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MacOSX-TeX Digest #141 - Thursday, November 1, 2001
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] BBEdit syntax coloring
by "Sime Ungar"
New teTeX
by "Richard Koch"
Bibliography.app for Mac OS X
by "William Adams"
Newbie Questions (Editor, Paths...)
by "Alexandre Enkerli"
Up to date teTeX.dmg release
by "Gerben Wierda"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Bibliography.app for Mac OS X
by "Troy Goodson"
Re: [Mac OS X TeX] small dots disappear in Quartz
by "Dave McCollum"
texshop magnification button problem
by "Joachim Kock"
TeXShop feature request: regexp in Find/Replace
by "Troy Goodson"
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] BBEdit syntax coloring
From: "Sime Ungar"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 18:01:01 +0100
>>It is not recommended to use $ in tex source code because it is a tex
>>primitive.
>>instead use \( and \[
>
>A problem with \(, as opposed to the "equivalent" $, is that it's
>fragile and requires protection.
>
>Suppose you want a section named "The alpha-example", and a table of =
contents.
>
>- If you write \section{The $\alpha$-example} then the following
>line is written to the .toc file:
>
>\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.}The $\alpha $-example}{22}
>
>and nothing bad happens.
>
>- If you write \section{The \(\alpha\)-example} then you get the
>error message:
>
>! LaTeX Error: Bad math environment delimiter.
>[...]
>l.8 ...turn> to continue without it.}-example}{22}
>
>and, after entering scrollmode, the following line is written to the
>.toc file:
>
>\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.}The \relax $\alpha
>\relax \GenericError { }{LaTeX Error: Bad math environment
>delimiter}{See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for
>explanation.}{Your command was ignored.\MessageBreak Type I
> to replace it with another command,\MessageBreak
>or to continue without it.}-example}{22}
>
>Clearly not what you want!
>
>- If you write \section{The \protect\(\alpha\protect\)-example} then
>the following line is written to the .toc file:
>
>\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.}The \(\alpha \)-example}{22}
>
>and all's well again - but not very handy!
>
>>but anyone is free
>
>It's for avoiding that kind of problem, I guess, that people often
>prefer to stick to $ $ constructs.
>
>Bruno Voisin
>
And also because, in the input file, $...$ and even more so $$...$$
is so much more conspicuous than \(...\) or \[...\].
Besides, when the line preceeding the displayed math is short,
spacing (abovedisplayskip) with $$...$$ and \[...\] is different.
Sime Ungar
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Subject: New teTeX
From: "Richard Koch"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:00:04 -0800
Folks,
Gerben Wierda has just released a teTeX with margin kerning fixed.
The teTeX, dated 11/01/01, is available on Gerben's site:
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
and on the TeXShop web site
http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html
Recall that Gerben released teTeX on October 30 with pdfTeX 1.00a instead
of pdfTeX 0.14h. The only difference between that version and this
one is that the file
/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/plain/misc/protcode.tex
needed for margin kerning has changes suggested by Ross Moore.
Many thanks to Ross for these changes. Users who have the October 30th
version will find the new protcode.tex at
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs
On this site, the file is named protcode.tex.fixed.
Dick Koch
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Subject: Bibliography.app for Mac OS X
From: "William Adams"
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 12:24:54 -0500
Turns out this seems to've been ported (from NeXTstep).
ftp://ftphost.uni-koblenz.de/outgoing/People/giesen
Try out the file:
Bibliography-2.1.p.b.tar.gz
I'm working from the server at work, so not in Mac OS X to test this
out....
William
--
William Adams, publishing specialist
ATLIS Graphics & Design / 717-731-6707 voice / 717-731-6708 fax
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
http://www.atlis.com
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Subject: Newbie Questions (Editor, Paths...)
From: "Alexandre Enkerli"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:24:33 -0500
Hi,
I'm fairly new at TeX/LaTeX, completely new at Mac OS X but I'm an
experienced Mac OS user with a fair amount of UN*X experience. I realize
this mailing-list deals with more technical questions, so sorry for the
newbieness.
1) Is there an FAQ for this list?
2) Is there an editor (e.g. Alpha) that integrates with TeXShop?
Otherwise, what's the best editor to use with this teTeX distro?
3) I understand how teTeX searches paths but I'd like more advice on
specific items. I'd like to install TIPA and I'm not sure if the mf,
tfm, and ps-type1 (pfb, pfm, afm) belong to specific locations along
those paths.
TIA for your help.
Alexandre Enkerli
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Indiana University
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Subject: Up to date teTeX.dmg release
From: "Gerben Wierda"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 20:05:23 +0100
After all the confusion, there is a final October release for teTeX.dmg,
which has been released on November 1, 2001, the day my daughter took
her first independent steps (yeah! 8-)
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX-2001-11-01-01-34-47.dmg
or
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/teTeX.dmg
All teTeX.dmg's released over the last couple of days work for
everything, with the exception of margin kerning. If you do not wnat to
download an entire dmg, download update-protcode.tar.gz and execute the
update_protcode script therein, it also is updated.
ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/macosx/tex-gs/update-protcode.tar.gz
I append the ChangeLog.
Gerben
This is ChangeLog.txt for teTeX and GS on Mac OS X
2001-11-01
- Released as teTeX-2001-11-01-01-34-47.dmg
2001-10-31
- *Really* Patched version of protcode.tex for Margin Kerning with
pdfTeX 1.00
(I forgot to put it in the texmf tree, I forgot to change \div and
\mul, and
my installer script stank. Bad day).)
2001-10-30:
- Updated pdftex from patched 20010417 (.14h) to 20010806 (1.00a)
- Patched version of protcode.tex for Margin Kerning with pdfTeX 1.00
Oct 2001 release, major changes:
- This file introduced on Oct 21, 2001
- latex base and required files updated in teTeX's texmf tree
- latex misc and tools directories
- texconfig, fmtutil and fmtutil.cnf updated as received from Thomas
Esser
- added bibtool and updated natbib (texmf)
- added revtex (texmf.macosx)
- added ppower4, pdfslide and pdfscreen (texmf.macosx)
- ppower4 java postprocessor (
- added ifmslide, foiltex (texmf.macosx)
- added texpower (texmf which it's makefile does by itself)
- updated epstopdf (eol style, differently implemented, not in-memory,
added
--eol=3D{cr,lf,crlf} flag to use with --filter (when auto detection
of eol style is not implemented)
- removed epstopdfwrap
- User texmf trees do not use texhash anymore. See
/usr/local/teTeX/texmf.cnf
installdmg removes existing ~/Library/texmf/ls-R hash files for all
users
- turned on spanish hyphenation availability by default (texmf)
- installer saves the current texmf.cnf in texmf.cnf. before
removing the file. The tar.gz installs a fresh one. If the contents
of the new one are equal to the old one, the backup is removed.
- moved texmf.cnf to texmf.macosx and created a symbolic link to it. I
can
then later on update the texmf.macosx version without disturbing when
someone has set the link to point to a different file
- Upgraded memory sizes in /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.macosx/texmf.cnf
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] Bibliography.app for Mac OS X
From: "Troy Goodson"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 11:38:30 -0800
At 12:24 PM -0500 11/1/01, William Adams wrote:
>Turns out this seems to've been ported (from NeXTstep).
>
>ftp://ftphost.uni-koblenz.de/outgoing/People/giesen
>
>Try out the file:
> Bibliography-2.1.p.b.tar.gz
>
>I'm working from the server at work, so not in Mac OS X to test this
>out....
>
>William
I'm running it right now. It doesn't feel like other OS X
applications, but it runs, and, as far as I can tell, it's working
just fine. I haven't tested it out much, but I'm happy to see it.
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Subject: Re: [Mac OS X TeX] small dots disappear in Quartz
From: "Dave McCollum"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:39:20 -0700
I thought I'd add a little (hopefully useful) info to this
discussion. I use Matlab 5.2.1.x almost daily from either OS 9.2.1 or
Classic.
It makes sense that, depending on the "viewer" application you use,
certain types of graphics in EPS/PS/PDF files will appear differently
when viewed on-screen. Further complicating this issue is that what
looks good in a Matlab figure window is often ugly/too big in the
printed version. Matlab either uses the Symbol font for this plot
characters, or maybe PS primitives. In most cases, the Symbol font is
used. Explanations may include, but may not be limited to, the
following:
- Sometimes, Matlab uses PS primitives for some graphics elements.
In my experience, checking embedded fonts in Acrobat, or the EPS file
itself, the Symbol font is often specified for these graphics =
elements.
- Different viewer apps in OS X may use different rendering engines.
Preview uses the Quartz built-in OS rendering engine, whereas Acrobat
uses its own (?). Add in different types of anti-aliasing....
- A very likely cause (in my mind, at least), is the use of the Symbol
font for these graphics elements (the plot symbols in Matlab EPS
files). It may be that the display/viewer differences could be due
to whether or not the Symbol font is embedded into the PDF file. If
not, then the font used to display the graphic elements may be =
different
for different apps, compounding any issues associated with rendering
engines and anti-aliasing.
-Dave
>Hi Troy,
>
>> At 9:54 AM +1100 10/30/01, Ross Moore wrote:
>> >Are the dots clean squares of pixels, or are they anti-aliased?
>>
>> I'm not quite sure what you're getting at... When I increase the
>> scaling in Preview.app, I can eventually see that there are a bunch
>> of small, overlapping circles; but definitely circles.
>
>Can you send me the image please, or a URL where I can download it.
>I'd like to tinker a bit.
>
>> >If the former, then try using Ghostscript to render the image,
>> >with anti-aliasing on for graphics primitives (not just for fonts)
>> > --- there is a setting GRAPH_ALPHA_BITS , I think.
>> >When you've got that working, use Ghostscript to write the image as
>> >PDF (e.g. with a modification to the epstopdf Perl script) and try
>> >viewing this in Acrobat.
>>
>> We've just left my sphere of knowledge surrounding Ghostscript. If
>> you or someone else can tell me what to type into gs or some such, I
>> can handle that.
>
>:-) Let me try first.
>
>> I have viewed this PDF with Acrobat Reader 5 in OS X and it
>> _does_not_ exhibit this problem. I can reduce the scale down to
>> about 0.08 and I still see the blue blob.
>
>OK; this sounds like the problem is with Apple's viewer then.
>Perhaps a feature ?
>
>
>Cheers,
>
> Ross
>
>
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Subject: texshop magnification button problem
From: "Joachim Kock"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:24:38 +0100
In the readme of TeXShop 1.13 it says that this bug
was fixed: when you change the preview magnification
a second time the display freezes.
I still experience this bug in 1.13...
Anybody else sees this? or have I somehow corrupted
my copy of TeXShop?
(Precise description: preview a document, change the
preview magnification (eg. from 200 to 400), switch
the focus to some other field (eg. the page number field);
switch the focus back to the magnification field and
try to change back from 400 to 200. The display freezes:
you can't scroll or change page (and the magnification
did not change back). If you close the window and run
tex another time, the next preview window is blank...
If you quit TeXShop and restart it, it works fine again.)
Cheers,
Joachim.
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Subject: TeXShop feature request: regexp in Find/Replace
From: "Troy Goodson"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 16:30:24 -0800
I really like the capability for Find/Replace with regular
expressions in OmniWeb 4.1sp5. I'm told that this implementation is
available at . You
might contact Greg Titus to find out more about
it. I'd really like to see this Find/Replace in TeXShop instead of
TextEdit's.
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