[OS X TeX] diagonal arrows in figures

[Ross Moore]

Hi Philipp,

On 21/04/2005, at 1:44 PM, Philipp Mathey wrote:

>> These are exactly the reasons why Xy-pic was written,
>> so as to get greater flexibilty, resulting in much
>> higher quality in the resulting appearance.
>
> Point well taken.
>
> Regarding the 'pdftex' option for xypic  : I downloaded the xypdf* 
> files and copied them into
> /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex/tex/generic/xypic/
>
> I know something is missing since TeX is still complaining about the 
> unknown option 'pdftex'.
> Do I have to do something like 'sudo texhash' ( I have never done this 
> ) or are there other/more steps ?

Yes, if you put the files into the system texmf tree,
(or  texmf.local  tree)  which is the best place for them.

No, if you put them into your own  ~/Library/texmf/  tree
(duplicating precisely the folders at each level,
just as they are in the system one).


Hope this helps,

	Ross

>
>
> Thanks.
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