[OS X TeX] LaTeX for MAC

[trogers at math.fsu.edu]

I kind thought his earlier posts implied he only installed TeXShop, 
sorry I couldn't respond earlier.

please go here and choose one of Gerben's terrific i-installers (I use 
'thin'):
http://www.rna.nl/tex.html

-Ted


On Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 06:28  PM, Michael Murray wrote:

>> Dear Michael,
>>
>> For some reason, the pdftex or the pdflatex is not
>> running (i think).
>>
>> After I push latex or tex (with your commands and text
>> inputted), no crunching occurs and a new window
>> immediately appears: Goto error; tex messages: blank
>> space; tex input: space.
>>
>> And that's it: nada, niente, zilch. No pdf is
>> produced.
>>
>> I have this latex doc. printed out, but the commands
>> print w/ the text.
>>
>> I have saved as pdf in print mode, but the commands
>> appear in the text.
>>
>> After reading the manual and other stuff, I have been
>> unable to figure out why the pdftex or the pdflatex is
>> not running (if that is what is happening).
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
> Hi Tim
>
> OK thats the console window and it sounds like its
> not running latex or anything.
>
> Did you run the installer in TeX.dmg ?
>
>
> What does it say if you open up Terminal in /Applications/Utilities and
> do `latex test.tex' - assuming test.tex is in your Home directory ?
>
>
>
> Michael
> -- 


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