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

[Alex Hamann]

On 30.09.2008, at 13:08, Neal Beck wrote:

> Hi
>
> Many thanks to you (Axel) and your colleagues. I checked the path  
> and of course you folks are right. I will take care of getting rid  
> of fink (was an older decision).
>
> However, and I have no idea if this is a bug or a miracle I was  
> expecting but should not have, when I do tex distribution in prefs,  
> the radio button is on texlive-2008. (Now I know about \sw I would  
> not have been fooled.) I have 3 dists (Fink, tl2007 and 2008, but I  
> am staring right now at the radio button on 2008).
>
> if you are interested, my mac put the space in nealbeck 1 when I  
> was moving stuff from an old mac
>
> thanks again
> neal
>
>

Hi,

as far as I know, the Fink distro is not integrated into the TeX  
Distribution Panel. As it puts itself before anything else in the  
path, it is absolutely possible to have a TeXLive-based distro  
checked there but still have a system that relies on version  
installed by find.

Best,

Alex