[OS X TeX] TeXLive2009 (MacTeX) and spotlight-importer

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 2, 2009, at 3:51 AM, Rolf Schmolling wrote:

> Hi knowledgeable ones,
> 
> following my installation of TeXLive2009 via MacTeX on my MBP (C2D, 2.33 GH, 3 GB Ram, German OSX 10.6.2) I saw a lot of activity of mds and mdworker accompagnied by error-messages like this:
> 
>> 02.12.09 10:34:49	mdworker32[1446]	(Warning) Import: /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/semaphor/test-context.tex could not be imported; Only a PPC importer plug-in was found.
> 
> Is there no intel-md-importer included? Googling around I found this file:
> 
> http://rs227.rapidshare.com/files/118399299/lateximporter.tar.bz2
> 
> Someone had compiled the source (see http://www.apfeltalk.de/forum/spotlight-latex-files-t149052.html (German)).
> 
> I replaced my (PPC-only) "TeX.mdimporter" in Library/Spotlight (I have no recollection where this came from).
> 
> Is there some kind of _official_ mdimporter, universal or intel-only?
> 
> Thanks a bunch,
> 
> Rolf

Howdy,

There is a Universal TeX.mdimporter internal to TeXShop. I'm not sure what the execution precedence is but the one you had in Library/Spotlight (is that ~/Library/ or /Library/?) ma be interfering with the execution of the Universal version.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)