On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 06:40:07PM +0100, Hans Hagen wrote: > Hans Hagen wrote: >> Khaled Hosny wrote: >>> Running it gives: >>> >>> $ mtxrun -script texworks -start >>> MTXrun | unable to locate TeXworks >>> >>> Though I've texworks on my path: >>> >>> $ which texworks /usr/bin/texworks >>> >>> I found that the file.split_path(os.getenv("PATH")) call returns a table >>> with single member containing the full PATH variable (it assumes it is a >>> semicolon separated list, but on linux it is a colon separated list). >>> > > here the splitter works , can you send me the path string? $ echo $PATH /opt/texlive/2009/bin/i386-linux:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/home/khaled/bin:/home/khaled/.local/bin -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer