[OS X TeX] broken tex distribution
Herbert Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com
Mon Aug 10 15:32:40 CEST 2009
On Aug 10, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
> Shawn Allgeier wrote:
>> My TeXshop stopped working. When I try to compile I receive the
>> following message:
>> -----
>> Can't find required tool
>> (null) does not exist.
>
> This indicates that you erased the pdflatex field in the Engine tab
> of the TeXShop preferences. Reset to the default values or write
> "pdflatex --shell-escape" in that box.
>
> --
> Martin
Howdy,
Don't write pdflatex --shell-escape" in that box. It is supposed to be
path to the binaries (xetex, simpdftex, etc.) not a specific program.
The information about what programs are to run are below that item.
Good Luck,
Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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