[OS X TeX] I would like TeXShop to do -kpathsea-debug=NUMBER

[Arthur Ogawa via MacOSX-TeX]

When I run a web2c tex engine on the command line, I am used to passing it an option like, e.g.,

latex -kpathsea-debug=-1 hello

and see in the console the kdebug: statements, the details of tex's searching for files to \input.

When running TeXShop, I would like to, from time to time, do likewise. 

My attempt:

I did attempt via TeXShop’s Preferences / Engine  panel by going to the pdfTeX group where I made entries in the fields as follows:

Tex
pdftex -shell-escape -kpathsea-debug=-1

Latex
pdflatex -shell-escape -kpathsea-debug=-1

but without success. 

BTW, I am using engine pdflatexmk.

When I examine the Console, I find,

Running 'pdflatex -shell-escape --synctex=1 --file-line-error  -recorder  "AfterTax.tex"'

This makes me think that I really do not have clarity on how these tools fit together.

Does anyone know a way? 

Respectfully submitted—Arthur Ogawa
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