local file question

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Oct 22, 2023, at 10:22 PM, Tom Sgouros <tsgouros at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> I recently installed TexLive 2023 on my Mac (Macos13.2), and it seems like variables like "TEXMFHOME = ~/texmf" defined in the system-wide texmf.cnf resolve to /Users/tom/Library/texmf instead of "Users/tom/texmf". How can I make them resolve to where my files are? 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>  -Tom 

Howdy,

What do you mean by `my files'? The personal tree is really meant for peersonal packages and possibly personal fonts. You can put your source files anywhere.

One thing you can do is to make a symbolic link in ~/Library to your files: run

ln -s ~/texmf ~/Library/texmf

which will produce a small file that points to your files.

There are other things you can do but I suggest this is the simplest.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs2 at mac.com