[TxMt] Re: Suddenly xelatex is not found anymore

[Alex Ross]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 9:39 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Alex Ross <tm-alex at rosiba.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 5, 2008, at 12:14 PM, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I've installed MacTex 2008 some days ago and switched finally from
>>> pdftex to xelatex. On friday I still compiled files successfully,
>>> today I get only a
>>>
>>> Error: xelatex is not found, you need to install LaTeX or be sure  
>>> that
>>> your PATH is setup properly.
>>>
>>> sh: line 0: type: xelatex: not found
>>>
>>> When I run from TextMate "which xelatex" it gives me: /usr/texbin/
>>> xelatex
>>> In Terminal the same, command completion in Terminal works fine as
>>> well. Compiling the file in Terminal works as well.
>>>
>>> I'm working with TM 1.5.7 (1464) and a recent SVN-checkout.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have an idea what the problem could be and how to fix  
>>> it?
>>
>> TextMate commands are moving away from sourcing the file
>> "bash_init.sh" which also sources .profile, thus your path variable
>> is not initialized in the same way the shell.  From terminal you can
>> `echo $PATH` and copy the result to the environment variables section
>> of TextMate's preferences.
>
> Where is this mentioned preference in the preferences?
> I can only find the "Shell Variables" -- if this is what you mean,
> what variable is it?
> TM_BASH_something? And the value is the path? Or is it somewhere else?

Yes, in the shell variables tab you have to add the PATH variable.