[OS X TeX] Creating a glossar

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 27, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Christian Burk wrote:

> [...]
>
> I created a new engine with your code and replaced the right *.gls  
> name:
>
> -----
> #!/bin/sh
> 	fname="`basename "$1" .tex`"	# here the LaTeX file's name is given
> 	pdflatex  "$fname"
> 	bibtex "glossar.gls"	# this is the constant name!
> 	pdflatex  "$fname"
> 	pdflatex  "$fname"
> -----
>
> TeXShops runs four times but the console says for the part of  
> bibtex: "I couldn't open file name `glossar.gls.aux'"
>
> I checked the name but that is right.
>
> Christian

Howdy,

Is it in fact a fixed name? My impression from glancing at the gloss  
manual is that the file produced when you compile myfile.tex is  
myfile.gls so the command should be

bibtex "$fname".gls

rather than the fixed name.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)



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