[OS X TeX] Installing RTF2LaTeX2e

[André Bellaïche]

Le 16 juil. 06 à 03:54, Alex Scorpan a écrit :

>> If you go to /usr/local/rtf2latex2e and type rtf2latex2e or  
>> rtf2latex2e.bin, you get :
>>                                                         -bash:  
>> rtf2latex2e: command not found
>>                                                         -bash:  
>> rtf2latex2e.bin: command not found
>
> Even though you may be in a certain directory (by going there with,  
> say, cd /usr/local/rtf2latex2e) does not make the executables there  
> (such as, say, rft2latex2e.bin) run simply by typing their name.   
> When you just type a name, like
> 	foo
> the system will only look in the places indicated in its PATH  
> variable.  If the executable foo is not in a place specified in  
> PATH, then it needs to be called with its full location.  For  
> example, by typing
> 	/usr/local/rtf2latex2e/rft2latex2e.bin
> Of course, it's a pain.  But, if you are in the directory /usr/ 
> local/rtf2latex2e already, there is an abbreviation availbale: type
> 	./rft2latex2e.bin
> The dot is an abbreviation for "here", just as double dot ("..") is  
> an abbreviation for "parent directory"  (as in "cd .."), and tilde  
> ("~") is an abbreviation for "user's home directory" (as in "cd ~",  
> which takes you to, say, /Users/andre).
>
> It is a bit weird, because the paradigm of the Graphical User  
> Interface makes you expect that, when you are "there" (as in: the  
> folder is open in a window in front of your eyes), an application  
> that is there runs when you simply call it (by double-clicking it,  
> as it were).  For this, the UNIX layer has different paradigm:  
> global choices come before whatever's in front of you.
>
> If you think about it, though, it becomes less weird:  if you want,  
> it is an extra layer of protection or precision:  typing "foo" will  
> run your favorite foo, found in a location specified in the PATH  
> variable, while typing "./foo" will run the foo that's right here;   
> the two can be quite different, and this is one way to allow that  
> difference.
>
> Alex
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Very clear.   "foo" cannot be used without a path specification,  
either one of the ones in $PATH, or a specific path preceding "foo".  
A command is not the name of a file, it is a path to an executable  
file. I should have known.

I tried $ echo $PATH

I got :

/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple- 
darwin-current

So, I have to add : /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/rtf2latex2e. I'll  
manage to find how this may be done.

Thanks again.

Andre


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