Cannot call TexStudio from JabRef

[L0rdKelvin]

JabRef version 3.8.2on

I've set the right path /Applications/texstudio.app in the preference, but when I click on the icon in menu bar I receive the message: Could not call executable '/Applications/texstudio.app'

Thanks for the support.

[chochreiner]

I can reproduce the error, though I cannot fix it atm, because i do no manage to import Jabref to Intellij...

Long story short: this is a permission issue because Texstudio is not signed; but you can open applications with the open statement.

A solution approach would be to introduce a MacOS specific statement which executes the program with open -a + application binary on the commandline:

    if (OS.OS_X) {
        Runtime.getRuntime().exec("open -a /Applications/texstudio.app");
    }

[stefan-kolb]

@chochreiner Did you just import the gradle file in Intellij? Should work out of the box. Do not try to create an Intellij project at first. Also feel free to contact me on Skype!

[stefan-kolb]

@chochreiner Take a look at OSX.java there are methods that use open -a

[chochreiner]

@stefan-kolb the problem was an outdated java version

I've had a closer look at the problem and found out that the official recommended command open -a /Applications/texstudio.app/Contents/MacOS/texstudio --args --insert-cite xx to open programs on the commandline does not work for some reason for texstudio - though it works for other applications; therefore the open approach does not really help to solve the problem

On MacOS, all programms, e.g. textstudio.app are in fact special folders, which wrap some things among the actual executable, which is fine to trigger the citation insert

e.g. fot texstudio: the path /Applications/texstudio.app/Contents/MacOS/texstudio works at least for me @L0rdKelvin

the most suitable shortime soluation would be to add the full path to the executables to the FAQ

[L0rdKelvin]

2017-03-06 13:03 GMT+01:00 Christoph Hochreiner <notifications@github.com>:

*/Applications/texstudio.app/Contents/MacOS/texstudio*

Dear Staff, you are wonderfully efficient, and I confirm that the new path works perfectly. Probably could be useful to set as default this path for Mac version of JabRef. Thank you so much! Daniele

[chochreiner]

I've just found the solution to rely on the normal application paths.
The dev build on: http://builds.jabref.org/fix2613/ already fixes the problem.