You can always try including the relative path. Something like: (find-executable-path "pdflatex" "../../../sw/bin")
Doesn't OS X have a .profile? Maybe try defining the path there instead of in .bashrc? On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Viera Proulx <v...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > I am starting to play with scribble and have tried to generate a pdf > document from the scribble source. The conversion to html worked fine. > > When I hit the Scribble to PDF button I got: > > Welcome to DrRacket, version 5.2.1 [3m]. > Language: scribble/manual; memory limit: 128 MB. > scribble: loading xref > scribble: rendering > . . > ../../../../../../../Applications/Racket/collects/scribble/private/run-pdflatex.rkt:7:0: > run-pdflatex: could not find a `pdflatex' executable > > > > So I looked for run-pdflatex.rkt and opened that and ran it - > successfully. I am working on a Mac OS 1.6.8 - so I wondered whether > pdflatex exists on it. Running in the Terminal, I tried: > > vkp$ which pdflatex > /sw/bin/pdflatex > vkp$ which man > /usr/bin/man > > so, the command is there. I checked my .bashrc and /sw/bin is in the PATH: > > > PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/vkp/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sw/bin:/Applications/Racket/bin:/usr/bin/ant/bin:/Applications/android-sdk-mac_86/tools:$PATH > > > Then I tried in the Interactions for the run-pdflatex.rkt > > Welcome to DrRacket, version 5.2.1 [3m]. > Language: scheme/base; memory limit: 128 MB. > > (find-executable-path "pdflatex") > #f > > (find-executable-path "man") > #<path:/usr/bin/man> > > > > So - I have no idea why the path to pdflatex is not found. Any help is > appreciated. > > -- Viera > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/users >
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