[TxMt] Re: Suddenly xelatex is not found anymore

[Niels Kobschaetzki]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:34 PM, Alex Ross <tm-alex at rosiba.com> wrote:
> 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.

Thanks a lot - that solved the problem ^^
Finally I can work as it used to be ^^

Cheers,
Niels