[TxMt] modifying environmental variables for latex

Hi.

I'm new to using both latex and TextMate and am trying to modify the environmental variables that the pdftex engine sees when it is typesetting my document.

So far I have tried modifying my ~/.profile and /etc/profile to include modified $TEXINPUT, $BSTINPUT environmental variables without any luck.

I have also tried adding these variables to the environmental variables area of the general TextMate Preferences but no luck there either.

I have also tried to find out if I could possibly give the tex engine the information via a command similar to the way the master files are designated (i.e. %! variable = ....) but no luck there either.

Many thanks.

Dan