On Feb 25, 2007, at 11:15 PM, Michael Zanis wrote:

Hi,

I am new to textmate and bibdesk. I am not able to format citations. I can follow the tutorials but if I try to cite from bibliography completion I get

\cite{sh: line 1: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin8.3.1/ kpsewhich: cannot execute binary file sh: line 1: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/i386-apple-darwin8.3.1/kpsewhich: cannot execute binary file Ng1}

I am using a PowerPC G4, with os x 10.4.8 and textmate 1.5.4.

This problem has nothing to do with BibDesk. TextMate's default Bibliography completion doesn't even use BibDesk, it accesses the bib file directly . Sounds though like you are running an old version of TM ( mine is 1.5.4 (1360), note the 1360 there ). I would suggest switching updates to "cutting edge", and then update.

There was an error some time ago in the way that the bibliography command was trying to locate kpsewhich, which is exactly your problem here. Even though you are on a power-pc, you have both powerpc and intel binaries, and the old method was essentially locating the ones that were coming first alphabetically (terrible, I know).

The new, "cutting edge", version should not have this problem. You can also instead start using the subversion repository version of the bundles (See the "Getting More Bundles" section of TextMate's help for more).

Haris Skiadas Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Hanover College

Thank you Haris, I have enjoyed your tutorials! This may be an even stranger question but on http://macromates.com/ I only see version 1.5.4 (r1324) which is what I have. Is there another location to find and download the most recent 1.5.4 (1360)? My apologies on probably making a simple issue difficult.

Go to:

TextMate > Preferences > Software Update

Turn "Automatically Check for Updates" on. Select "Cutting-Edge" in the "Wath for:" drop down. Turn "Download in the Background" on.

Hope that helps, -steve