[TxMt] Re: Latex cannot check for packages from TextMate

[Christoph Wockel]

On 17.09.2008, at 20:25, Brad Miller wrote:

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> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Christoph Wockel <christoph.wockel at gmx.net 
> > wrote:
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> On 17.09.2008, at 13:42, Brad Miller wrote:
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>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Christoph Wockel <christoph.wockel at gmx.net 
>> > wrote:
>> I have a similar problem, my Textmate does not find the files I put  
>> in ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex (which is the default location for the  
>> personal additions to the texmf tree in MacTeX). I get a  
>> corresponding message on compiling my file and when using the Label  
>> Completion.
>> I'm not sure what you mean that TextMate does not find the files in  
>> ~/Library/....
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> My preamble looks like
>
> \documentclass[11pt]{article}
>
> \include{abbreviations}
> \include{paper}
>
> This is definitely a new use case for the ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex  
> directory that I have not considered.  I'll add this to my todo list.

great! As a workaround I shall copy the files from ~/Library/... to  
the directory where the .tex document is located. Then the problem  
vanishes.

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> Out of curiosity, are abbreviations and paper .tex files or are  
> they .sty files?  Why do you use \include rather than \usepackage?
>

These two files only contain some command and environment definitions,  
which I do not want to copy and paste into each new document. The  
are .tex files. I thought that using \include (or \input) is the  
cleanest way of doing this.

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> \begin{document}...
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> and the files paper.tex and abbreviations.tex are located in ~/ 
> Library/texmf/tex/latex. When runing "Typeset & View", I get the  
> following warning
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> Warning: Could not open abbreviations.tex to check for packages
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> Warning: Could not open paper.tex to check for packages
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> although the document compiles without errors. In the same document,  
> if I hit Alt+ESC inside \ref{}, I get the message "Could not locate  
> any file named 'abbreviation'" as a tooltip.
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> I think the author of the completions command probably made the same  
> assumptions as I did about ~/Library/texmf/tex/latex
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>> Do you mean when you run the Typeset & View command?  What specific  
>> error message do you get?  Typesetting your file and label  
>> completion are two completely separate things.
>>
>> Do you have multiple versions of latex installed on your computer?   
>> It may be that you are not running the MacTeX version?
>
> no, I only have MacTex installed and "which pdflatex" yields "/usr/ 
> texbin/pdflatex" (in the terminal).
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>>
>> Brad
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>>
>> I use to include various of these files in the preamble of my LaTeX  
>> documents. Inspecting the code of the Latex package makes me feel  
>> that the files in this folder are ignored?
>>
>> Christoph
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>> On 16.09.2008, at 06:36, Darren Croton wrote:
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>>> I've recently upgraded to a shinny new iMac from my 3 year old  
>>> powerbook.  This has required the re-installation and setup of all  
>>> my software.  I.e. Latex and TextMate, which previously worked  
>>> seamlessly.
>>>
>>> Specifically, i downloaded and installed MacTeX.  Latex (pdflatex)  
>>> works fine from the command line.  However "Typeset & View" in  
>>> TextMate returns the following:
>>>
>>> Error: Could not open to check for packages
>>>
>>> This is most likely a problem with TM_LATEX_MASTER
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm fully up-to-date (cutting edge) and i have confirmed that all  
>>> the appropriate paths exist (i.e. to /usr/texbin in /etc/ 
>>> profiles).  "pdflatex" is selected in the TextMate latex  
>>> preferences.
>>>
>>> An extensive search of the web provides a lot of solutions  
>>> (usually related to making sure the path is set correctly), but  
>>> none work for me.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?  I'm slightly baffled and have run out of things to try.
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
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>> Brad Miller
>> Assistant Professor, Computer Science
>> Luther College
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