Cannot choose SDK for MiKTeX on Mac/Linux

Type of JetBrains IDE (IntelliJ, PyCharm, etc.) and version

IntelliJ Ultimate for Apple Silicon (2020.3.2)

Operating System

MacBook Pro (M1) - macOS Big Sur (11.1)

TeXiFy IDEA version

0.7.2

What I did (steps to reproduce)

I followed the Installation instructions here.

1. I had the Toolbox / IntelliJ already installed
2. I downloaded MiKTeX from https://miktex.org/howto/install-miktex-mac.
3. I went with the private TeX installation
4. I upgraded using the MiKTeX Console and set the option to install missing packages on the fly
5. Fixing PATH issues I set the path for both zsh and bash, the command pdflatex works in my Terminal. I set the path for GUI applications as well, using both

sudo launchctl config user path "$HOME/bin:$PATH"

and

sudo launchctl config user path "~/bin:$PATH"

1. I’ve set my TeXshop preferences
2. I rebooted my pc (I did that several times as sanity check)
3. I installed the plugin
4. I created a new LaTeX Project (without an SDK because it won’t let me select any sdk, nothing happens if I press the plus-button to add an sdk)
5. IntelliJ creates the correct folder structure for me and opens the main.tex file
6. I’m getting a small banner with the following message:

No LaTeX installation could be found. Please add it to PATH or set up a LaTeX SDK (and reopen this file)

When I hit Setup SDK and choose to add a MiKTex-SDK I’m able to select different folders in my finder. I’ve tried quite some Folders (~/bin, Applications/Contens (and some of the subfolders)) yet I always get the following Error-Message:

Select Home Directory for MiKTeX SDK
The selected directory is not a valid home for MiKTeX SDK

I’ve tried reinstalling the plugin a few times as well as rebooting my computer.

I previously had MacTeX installed on my system, but as this didn’t work with the plugin either I followed the uninstalling guide. However I did only Uninstall TeX itself, I didn’t uninstall the other components as I think they don’t interact with MiKTeX.

Edit: Same Error on the non-m1 version of IntelliJ

[BUCKFAE]

Exactly. /usr/local/texlive/2020 seems to be the default installation folder.

I changed my SDK to TeX Live and now IntelliJ recognizes the article keyword (hooray 🎉).

However I’m still not getting autocompletion on \euro{} and it still doesn’t tell me that \fracc{}{} is incorrect.

[PHPirates]

• Great, then I will add it to the suggested paths, so next time it should suggest the SDK automatically instead of you having to search for which SDK you need.
• I should add to the Wiki that you can use this SDK type on Mac, because it is not obvious at all. Not sure if adding a separate SDK type is worth it though (maybe if we only show it on Mac, that would make sense).

I have \euro in the autocompletion: but that the moment that is still in alpha versions only. See the wiki for how to install an alpha version: https://github.com/Hannah-Sten/TeXiFy-IDEA/wiki/Alpha-builds Would be great if you could try out if that works on a Mac too, because I have no idea.

it still doesn’t tell me that \fracc{}{} is incorrect.

• That’s actually not yet implemented, but good point, we should do that, it shouldn’t be too hard. (https://texify-idea.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/issue/TEX-106)
• Will add MiKTeX for Linux SDK type
• I installed MiKTeX on my Arch system, and indeed as you say the structure is very different from MiKTeX on Windows: I have no clue where docs or package sources are. Will check how to support this as best as we can