external commands doen't seem to be found

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
:make on a tex file, :!path_to_script for custom shell script, also
:!pdflatex
/bin/bash: pdflatex: command not found

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
compile a pdf of my tex document. I get the error "/bin/bash: pdflatex:
command not found, when I then tried calling pdflatex from my custom script
it was not found either, the other commands in the bash script worked as
expected

What version of MacVim and OS X are you using (see "MacVim->About MacVim"
and  "Apple Menu->About This Mac" menu items, e.g. "Snapshot 40, 10.5.6
Intel")? OS X 10.5.6 & MacVim 7.2 stable 1.2

Please provide any additional information below.
Doesn't work in cli either: "LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}." from
cli vim while \begin{document} is clearly there, however calling my custom
script from cli vim works fine. But as I said MacVim doesn't even find
pdflatex.

My custom script: texmake
#!/bin/bash
pdflatex ~/Desktop/test/test.tex
open test.pdf

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kcd...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 4:05

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That being said, the solution to your problem may be as easy as:

Go to: MacVim -> Preferences -> Advanced
Make sure the following is enabled: "LaunchVim processes in a login shell"

If not, ask on one of the mailing lists (vim_mac would be a good bet).

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 4:27

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Sorry about using the wrong place. And thank you very much for helping any way!

Original comment by kcd...@gmail.com on 27 Apr 2009 at 10:07

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This problem appear mac vim 7.3.x 

In 7.x, advanced tab menu don't have "Make sure the following is enabled: 
"LaunchVim processes in a login shell"

Check please

Original comment by neoc...@gmail.com on 31 Jan 2011 at 12:38

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First of all, go through the steps listed at:

https://github.com/b4winckler/macvim/wiki/Troubleshooting

If that doesn't help you identify the problem you may ask on vim_mac but do 
give details about your setup (do you use bash, zsh, etc.?).  I recall other 
people having similar problems but it is usually something about their setup 
which causes it.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 1 Feb 2011 at 6:44