[texshop] amstex

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Apr 29, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Bruno Voisin <bvoisin at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> <AMSTeX.engine>

Howdy,

The path is set wrong in that engine. It has been a while since the path to the TeX binaries has been /usr/texbin; it is now /Library/TeX/texbin. Actually, the default passed to the engine includes /Libary/TeX/texbin so that that line is unnecessary. I enclose an updated engine, that uses the bash shell, that does the job.

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As all too usual I keep forgetting to to a Reply All when I respond. Here is the contents of a message I sent directly to Camille Debieve:

How old is that document? Does the document start with `\documentclass'? If so, what follows that command? Did you install TeX Live using the MacTeX installer? I want to make sure you really need the amstex engine or will pdftex be sufficient. If possible please let us know what the first few lines of the document look like.

PS: TeX Live, as installed by the MacTeX installer, does have the amstex typesetting engine. I assume you need an engine to execute that command for TeXShop. Is that correct?

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)