[OS X TeX] Where does TeX look for files?
Alain Schremmer
schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 02:40:05 CEST 2010
On Apr 18, 2010, at 6:07 PM, André Bellaïche wrote:
> Is there a similar way to instruct TeX to look for sty files, font
> files, etc. in a specified directory, not by changing the paths in
> some Unix way, but by means of a macro from inside the tex file you
> are typesetting?
Here is a way to keep your sty files *together* with the tex file you
are typesetting
1) Get the SymbolicLinker.plugin
2) Place it in Library > Contextual Menu Items
3) Place "MyStyFile.sty" wherever you want, e.g. along with the tex
file you are typesetting but not necessarily so.
4) Make a symbolic link by right clicking MyStyFile.sty and selecting
"Make Symbolic Link" at the bottom of the Contextual Menu
5) Move the symbolic link in ~ / Library / texmf / tex / latex with
your other sty files
6) Remove the text " symlink" after "sty"
7) Place "\usepackage{MyStyFile}" in the preamble of the tex file you
are typesetting
That's it.
In fact, if you have several sty files in the same place---I do
because that's where I keep the preambles for various the parts of
the magnum opus---you can put them all in a folder and just symlink
the folder instead of all the individual sty files.
Regards
--schremmer
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