TeXShop ⇒ TeXShop error message

[shporer]

Hi,

After installing MaxTex, including TeXShop, I tried to open TeXShop (double-clicking) and although the application was added to the dock, no window appeared. When trying to open a new file I got the following error message:

failed to parse ~/Library/TeXShop/Macros/Macros_??.plist file

I checked and there is no TeXShop directory in my ~/Library/.

Any help will be appreciated,

Avi

[Juanjo]

failed to parse ~/Library/TeXShop/Macros/Macros_??.plist file

I checked and there is no TeXShop directory in my ~/Library/.

There should be one. Try to reinstall TeXShop.

[shporer]

Hi,

I tried that several times. Re-installing TeXShop (old and new versions) and even the entire MacTeX package all gave the same error message, and no ~/Library/TeXShop/ directory was created.

Avi

[Avo]

I had the same problem, except that I *did* have a ~/Library/TeXShop/Macros directory with a file Macros.plist in it. Removing the file did not help, so I sent an email to TeXMaster Dick Koch; he replied:

"Quit TeXShop. Remove the folder ~/Library/TeXShop/Macros. It is not sufficient to remove the contents of this file; you must remove the entire folder. Restart TeXShop. TeXShop will create a new default folder and file, which should work correctly."

This worked fine for me.