[XeTeX] How to make XeTeX find the texmf.cnf file?

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:06 AM, George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Nov 13, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Christian Boitet <Christian.Boitet at imag.fr> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I just added to my profile:
> > setenv PATH "$PATH":"/usr/local/texlive/2016"
> >
> > If I understand well, it should solve the problem... but it does not at the moment.
> >
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> NO. The path needs to point to the binaries not the base of the distribution tree.
> 
> Try doing
> 
> setenv PATH "/Library/TeX/texbin:$PATH"
> 
> and see if that works.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> The OP is using macOS, where the default user shell is bash.   Normally, setenv is used with csh.
> If the OP is using csh (not unexpected for a long-time TeX user) there may be some obscure 
> configuration glitches.  Here, a tcsh user gets normal behaviour from MacTeX and macports' texlive.    
> Macports' also provides TeXShop (versions 3.75 or 2.47).  Lots of moving parts and very little
> hard data here.
> 
> -- 
> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia

Howdy,

The two engine files that he was looking for actually use csh (they go back quite a long time---old macOS versions used csh as the default).

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)