[OS X TeX] Mactex (texlive2008) input of shortcuts only works if input file in same directory as .tex

[Axel E. Retif]

On  29 Sep, 2008, at 22:31, Neal Beck wrote:

> Hi
> Just switched from miktex on a pc to mactex (texlive2008) on a mbp.  
> [...]
> In miktex I could put a file of math shortcuts, nealshortcuts.tex in  
> the texmf tree and then use it as input to any file.
>
> Since I have switched, this only works if nealshortcuts.tex is in  
> the same file i am texing. Output is below (edited).
[...]
>
> (./ts_2008rev_tst912.tex (/sw/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ 
> article.cls
                              ^
                              |
You're not using MacTeX, but Fink's teTeX.

> (/Users/nealbeck 1/Library/texm
                   ^
                   |
I'm not sure if the space can cause problems, but I would avoid it.


> (/Users/nealbeck 1/Library/texmf/tex/latex/misc/nealshortcuts.tex)

Except for the space this definitely should work with MacTeX; I don't  
know if it works with Fink's teTeX.

Best,

Axel