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MacOSX-TeX Digest #131 - Monday, October 22, 2001
[Mac OS X TeX] Setting A4 as default paper size
by "Michael Murray"
Strange TeXShop image behavior (?)
by "Neal Parikh"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Setting A4 as default paper size
by "Alessandro Languasco"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Setting A4 as default paper size
by "J. Stark"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Strange TeXShop image behavior (?)
by "Troy Goodson"
External Editor Protocol for TeXShop?
by "Troy Goodson"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] External Editor Protocol for TeXShop?
by "Jon Guyer"
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Subject: [Mac OS X TeX] Setting A4 as default paper size
From: "Michael Murray"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:39:48 +0930
I found the followign fix for setting A4 as default paper size on
MacFixit. This
worked for me -- at least for the last couple of days.
As it involves fiddling with a system file you do it at your own
risk !! I don't have sufficient expertise to assure you that it
will not do any harm.
Note that it is case sensitive. I entered iso-A4 and it didn't work.
>http://www.macfixit.com/archivesx/october.01.a.x.shtml
>
>
>Non-US default paper size: another work-around
>
>Regarding our previous item on changing the default paper size,
>Martin Ler offers another solution:
>
>
>"Rather than working with the PaperInfo.xml file, open the
>ApplicationServices.framework in System/Library/Frameworks and
>navigate down to
>Versions/A/Frameworks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lpr=
oj/Localizable.strings.
>In this file locate 'DefaultPaperSize =3D na-letter'.
>
>There you should place the name of your preferred default page size.
>The right names you will find in the PaperInfo.xml file up in the
>Resources directory. For example: na-letter is name for US-Letter
>and iso-a4 is for A4 paper size."
>
>
>Caveat: You will need to be a root user to edit this; and changing
>System files is always a risk.
Michael
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Department of Pure Mathematics Fax: 61+ 8 8303
3696
University of Adelaide Phone: 61+ 8 8303 4174
Australia 5005 Email: mmurray@maths.adelaide.edu.au
Home Page: http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray
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Subject: Strange TeXShop image behavior (?)
From: "Neal Parikh"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 00:01:57 -0400
I use OmniGraffle (http://www.omnigroup.com) to create diagrams for use
in my LaTeX documents, and I've noticed some very odd behavior in
TeXShop when I try to get them embedded.
First of all, if I export the image to PDF, using:
\includegraphics{figure1}
won't work if figure1.pdf is in the same folder for some reason. I
imagine this is because it requires that the EPS file also be there, but
I'm not sure. As a result, I have to export the diagram to TIFF, then
use ImageMagick to convert to EPS, and then use epstopdf to make my
PDF. *Then* \includegraphics{} works.
However, when I print out the document, the image is really fuzzy. The
image is *not* fuzzy when I print from OmniGraffle, and the image is
*not* fuzzy when I print the exported TIFF or PDF file. If I import the
PDF image into Microsoft Word X, for example, it prints out fine. In
TeXShop, it becomes fuzzy, and it seems to become even fuzzier when I
center it using the following code:
\begin{centering}
\includegraphics{figure1}
\end{centering}
Any ideas? Most frustrating... =3D)
TIA
--
You are not your signature.
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Setting A4 as default paper size
From: "Alessandro Languasco"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:39:47 +0200
Just to say that I applied the same trick and it runs fine .
Alessandro
On Luned=EC, ottobre 22, 2001, at 03:09 , Michael Murray wrote:
> I found the followign fix for setting A4 as default paper size on=20
> MacFixit. This
> worked for me -- at least for the last couple of days.
>
> As it involves fiddling with a system file you do it at your own
> risk !! I don't have sufficient expertise to assure you that it
> will not do any harm.
>
> Note that it is case sensitive. I entered iso-A4 and it didn't work.
>
>> http://www.macfixit.com/archivesx/october.01.a.x.shtml
>>
>>
>> Non-US default paper size: another work-around
>>
>> Regarding our previous item on changing the default paper size, =
Martin=20
>> Ler offers another solution:
>>
>>
>> "Rather than working with the PaperInfo.xml file, open the=20
>> ApplicationServices.framework in System/Library/Frameworks and=20
>> navigate down to=20
>> =
Versions/A/Frameworks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lpr=
oj/
>> Localizable.strings. In this file locate 'DefaultPaperSize =3D=20
>> na-letter'.
>>
>> There you should place the name of your preferred default page size.=20=
>> The right names you will find in the PaperInfo.xml file up in the=20
>> Resources directory. For example: na-letter is name for US-Letter and=20=
>> iso-a4 is for A4 paper size."
>>
>>
>> Caveat: You will need to be a root user to edit this; and changing=20
>> System files is always a risk.
>
>
> Michael
>
> -- _________________________________________________________
> Assoc/Prof Michael=20
> Murray Department of=20=
> Pure Mathematics Fax: 61+ 8 8303=20
> 3696 University of=20
> Adelaide Phone: 61+ 8 8303 4174 Australia 5005 =20=
> Email: mmurray@maths.adelaide.edu.au Home Page:=20
> http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray
> PGP public key:
> http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray/pgp.txt
> _________________________________________________________
>
>
>
>
>
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____________________________________________________
Alessandro Languasco, Ph. D.
Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata
Universita' di Padova
Via Belzoni 7
35131 Padova (Italy).
Phone: +39-(0)49-8275958
Fax: +39-(0)49-8275892
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Setting A4 as default paper size
From: "J. Stark"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:23:50 +0100
Rather than editing the actual file, it is probably easier to just
copy the analogous resource from en_GB.lproj or en_AU.lproj. In
principle the system ought to take the default page size from these
when the language is set to British or Australian English, but this
seems to be broken. Copying the appropriate Localizable.strings to
English.lproj gives the required behaviour:
sudo cp
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Framewo=
rks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/en_GB.lproj/Localizable.string=
s
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Framewo=
rks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lproj/Localizable.stri=
ngs
>I found the followign fix for setting A4 as default paper size on
>MacFixit. This
>worked for me -- at least for the last couple of days.
>
>As it involves fiddling with a system file you do it at your own
>risk !! I don't have sufficient expertise to assure you that it
>will not do any harm.
>
>Note that it is case sensitive. I entered iso-A4 and it didn't work.
>
>>http://www.macfixit.com/archivesx/october.01.a.x.shtml
>>
>>
>>Non-US default paper size: another work-around
>>
>>Regarding our previous item on changing the default paper size,
>>Martin Ler offers another solution:
>>
>>
>>"Rather than working with the PaperInfo.xml file, open the
>>ApplicationServices.framework in System/Library/Frameworks and
>>navigate down to
>>Versions/A/Frameworks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/English.lp=
roj/Localizable.strings.
>>In this file locate 'DefaultPaperSize =3D na-letter'.
>>
>>There you should place the name of your preferred default page
>>size. The right names you will find in the PaperInfo.xml file up in
>>the Resources directory. For example: na-letter is name for
>>US-Letter and iso-a4 is for A4 paper size."
>>
>>
>>Caveat: You will need to be a root user to edit this; and changing
>>System files is always a risk.
>
>
>Michael
>
>--
>_________________________________________________________
>Assoc/Prof Michael Murray
>Department of Pure Mathematics Fax: 61+ 8 8303 3696
>University of Adelaide Phone: 61+ 8 8303 4174
>Australia 5005 Email: mmurray@maths.adelaide.edu.au
>Home Page: http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray
>PGP public key:
>http://www.maths.adelaide.edu.au/pure/mmurray/pgp.txt
>_________________________________________________________
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Strange TeXShop image behavior (?)
From: "Troy Goodson"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:33:01 -0700
At 12:01 AM -0400 10/22/01, Neal Parikh wrote:
>I use OmniGraffle (http://www.omnigroup.com) to create diagrams for
>use in my LaTeX documents, and I've noticed some very odd behavior
>in TeXShop when I try to get them embedded.
>
>First of all, if I export the image to PDF, using:
>
>\includegraphics{figure1}
>
>won't work if figure1.pdf is in the same folder for some reason. I
>imagine this is because it requires that the EPS file also be there,
>but I'm not sure.
I've also used OmniGraffle to produce PDF's for TeXShop, but I use
pdftex. In TeXShop, look at your "typeset" menu. Is pdftex checked?
And, do you have "\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}" in your file?
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Subject: External Editor Protocol for TeXShop?
From: "Troy Goodson"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:52:41 -0700
I'd like TeXShop to support the External Editor Protocol. There's
information on it at
and
According the former, "this protocol is currently implemented by
BBEdit, Style, Tex-Edit Plus and PageSpinner on the server side, and
by Interarchy, NetFinder, Transmit and Fetch on the client side."
It apparently works via Apple Events. It sounds like a good idea.
Any thoughts?
Troy.
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] External Editor Protocol for TeXShop?
From: "Jon Guyer"
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:16:02 -0400
At 1:52 PM -0700 10/22/01, Troy Goodson wrote:
>I'd like TeXShop to support the External Editor Protocol. There's
>information on it at
>
>
This, not Marco's, is the canonical site.
It's pretty easy to implement. I did it in about 200 lines of
verbosely commented Tcl code for Alpha.
--
Jonathan E. Guyer
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