[TxMt] Bibdesk problems

[Charilaos Skiadas]

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