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MacOSX-TeX Digest #1444 - Monday, July 25, 2005
Re: [OS X TeX] [ANN] TCOBrowser-0.86
by "Peter Dyballa"
Hello Adobe Reader haters!
by "Peter Dyballa"
`hide' environment
by "David Oliver"
`hide' environment
by "David Oliver"
Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
by "Morten H=F8gholm"
Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
by "Christopher Allen"
Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
by "Peter Lichtner"
Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
by "Alan Litchfield"
Re: [OS X TeX] Hello Adobe Reader haters!
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
by "Morten H=F8gholm"
Re: [OS X TeX] [ANN] TCOBrowser-0.86
by "Bruno Voisin"
Re: [OS X TeX] [ANN] TCOBrowser-0.86
by "Adam Maxwell"
Re: [OS X TeX] Hello Adobe Reader haters!
by "Peter Dyballa"
Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
by "Nestor Aguilera"
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] [ANN] TCOBrowser-0.86
From: "Peter Dyballa"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:51:59 +0200
Am 24.07.2005 um 01:52 schrieb Adam R. Maxwell:
> Well, I disabled plugins in a previous version in response to the
> problems you and others were having. I'm frankly not motivated to
> install Adobe's crapware and try to debug the problem on 10.3.x, since
> I can't even build TCOBrowser on 10.3.x anymore.
I think that's a reasonable opinion. How about this: if TCOBrowser sees
that crap it raises a warning telling that with this *ware PDF files
can't be displayed in TCOBrowser, but when this plague-in is removed
and that from SchubertIT installed it would work, + a footnote where in
Adobe Reader 7 to switch off the re-installation. Then TCOBrowser uses
the forward mechanism to the default Internet browser. On next start-up
TCOBrowser checks again and might warn again, if the plague-in is still
there. Otherwise it uses SchubertIT's PDF plug-in or, if it's not
installed, it forwards the PDF file to the default Internet browser.
To me it's a very valuable feature when TCOBrowser or any other
application can achieve things inside its own window(s). (Particularly
when one's using a few virtual desktops and the Internet browser is
left somewhere.)
--
Greetings
Pete
The box said "Use Windows 95 or better," so I got a Macintosh
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Subject: Hello Adobe Reader haters!
From: "Peter Dyballa"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:01:59 +0200
Fellow folks,
I have bad news: there is in Adobe Reader 7.0.2 an option to switch off=20=
full-screen for a simple PDF document! You can find it in the=20
Preferences (=E2=8C=98k) -> page display (?) -> standard layout. In =
German it's=20
the last option in this field, something like 'open windows are=20
maximized when document doesn't say something different.'
Seems to obey and even work!
--
Greetings
Pete
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by"=20=
(Douglas Adams)
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Subject: `hide' environment
From: "David Oliver"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:04:07 -0400
It's sometimes convenient to comment out whole paragraphs or sections
of a document in the way % comments out the remainder of a line. Does
anyone know if there exists anything like a "hide" environment such that
\begin{hide}
...material...
\end{hide}
comments out ...material...?
Thanks,
David Oliver
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Subject: `hide' environment
From: "David Oliver"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:07:29 -0400
It's sometimes convenient to comment out whole paragraphs or sections
of a document in the way % comments out the remainder of a line. Does
anyone know if there exists anything like a "hide" environment such that
\begin{hide}
...material...
\end{hide}
comments out (hides from the typesetting engine)...material...?
Thanks,
David Oliver
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
From: "Morten H=F8gholm"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:10:42 +0200
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:04:07 +0200, David Oliver wrot=
e:
> It's sometimes convenient to comment out whole paragraphs or sections o=
f =20
> a document in the way % comments out the remainder of a line. Does =20
> anyone know if there exists anything like a "hide" environment such tha=
t
> \begin{hide}
> ...material...
> \end{hide}
> comments out ...material...?
--=20
Morten
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
From: "Christopher Allen"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 17:13:57 -0400
You could do
\usepackage{ifthen}
\newboolean{hide}
\ifthenelse{\boolean{hide}}{}{Whatever text would be hidden.}
(The empty brackets are around nothing so that nothing appears when
hide is true.)
Chris
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
From: "Peter Lichtner"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:19:39 -0600
There is:
\begin{comment}
...
\end{comment}
Entry name:
comment
Caption:
Selectively include/excludes portions of text.
Author:
Eijkhout, Victor
Abstract:
Selectively include/exclude pieces of text, allowing the user to =20=
define new, separately controlled, comment versions. All text between =20=
\comment ... \endcomment or \begin{comment} ... \end{comment} is =20
discarded. The opening and closing commands should appear on a line =20
of their own. No starting spaces, nothing after it. This environment =20
should work with arbitrary amounts of comment, and the comment can be =20=
arbitrary text.
Other 'comment' environments are defined and selected/deselected with =20=
\includecomment{versiona} and \excludecoment{versionb} These =20
environments are used as \versiona ... \endversiona or \begin=20
{versiona} ... \end{versiona} with the opening and closing commands =20
again on a line of their own.
...Peter
On Jul 25, 2005, at 3:10 PM, Morten H=F8gholm wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:04:07 +0200, David Oliver =20
> wrote:
>
>
>> It's sometimes convenient to comment out whole paragraphs or =20
>> sections of a document in the way % comments out the remainder of =20
>> a line. Does anyone know if there exists anything like a "hide" =20
>> environment such that
>> \begin{hide}
>> ...material...
>> \end{hide}
>> comments out ...material...?
>>
>
>
> --=20
> Morten
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
From: "Alan Litchfield"
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 09:20:13 +1200
You could:
\long\def\comment#1{}
\comment{ put your long comment here }
Cheers
Alan
On Jul 26, 2005, at 9:07 AM, David Oliver wrote:
> It's sometimes convenient to comment out whole paragraphs or
> sections of a document in the way % comments out the remainder of a
> line. Does anyone know if there exists anything like a "hide"
> environment such that
> \begin{hide}
> ...material...
> \end{hide}
> comments out (hides from the typesetting engine)...material...?
>
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Hello Adobe Reader haters!
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:21:55 +0200
Le 25 juil. 05 =C3=A0 21:01, Peter Dyballa a =C3=A9crit :
> I have bad news: there is in Adobe Reader 7.0.2 an option to switch =20=
> off full-screen for a simple PDF document! You can find it in the =20
> Preferences (=E2=8C=98k) -> page display (?) -> standard layout. In =
German =20
> it's the last option in this field, something like 'open windows =20
> are maximized when document doesn't say something different.'
>
> Seems to obey and even work!
Thanks for the tip! Its works for the document windows, but the =20
toolbar(s) continue to take on the full width of the screen.
I've been digging a bit more on the way Acrobat applications invade =20
the OS' and other applications' ecosystem. It appears there are three =20=
components that are "self-healing" in Acrobat applications: this =20
meaning they reside in the application bundle, and each time the =20
application is launched it checks whether these components are =20
installed at various places in the system and in other applications; =20
if it doesn't find them, then the components are reinstalled by =20
copying them from the application bundle. The three components are:
- PDF Viewer (for both Reader and Acrobat): Safari plug-in for =20
viewing PDF files; takes over the Tiger built-in mechanism for doing =20
so, and in Panther and Jaguar takes over the Schubert-it PDF plugin.
- PDF Maker (Acrobat-only): allows direct creation of PDF files from =20
within MS Office applications.
- PDF Printer (Acrobat-only): additional printer, allowing printing =20
to PDF from any application.
IMO this is all made unnecessary by the PDF capability within OS X; =20
unless you're willing to create PDF files with a specific resolution =20
or compression ratio, for example if you're constrained by file size =20
(publishers sometimes request this). Tiger goes one step further in =20
making this unnecessary, by offering Automator scripts for =20
compressing, encrypting etc. PDF files from within the Print dialog.
The main problem for these 3 "plugins" is that there are normally =20
mechanisms for disabling them, but these don't work. Reader and =20
Acrobat have a checkbox in the Internet pref for disabling the PDF =20
Viewer Safari plugin, but it's re-checked every time Acrobat or =20
Reader opens a PDF file. Similarly in Office applications you have =20
normally a checkbox you can uncheck to make the supplementary PDF =20
Maker toolbar disappear; unfortunately, given the way this toolbar is =20=
created (in Word, Excel and PowerPoint macro files read each time =20
Word, Excel or PowerPoint is launched), the choice isn't remembered.
It seems the only way to get rid of this stuff is the one mentioned =20
by Maarten: throw away the corresponding files. The next, or one =20
after next, time Acrobat or Reader will be launched it will display a =20=
warning telling components are missing and should be reinstalled: the =20=
3 above components. You must uncheck the components, and check a box =20
telling you don't want to see the warning again. You can see the same =20=
warning, but without the checkbox allowing you to say you don't want =20
to be bothered again, using the menu item Help > Detect and Repair.
According to the install.log in ~/Library/Receipts/=20
com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro, the "self-healing" files are:
- PDF Printer
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Data/cidstart.ps
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Data/epilogue.ps
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Data/prologue.ps
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Example Files/RunDirEx.txt
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Example Files/RunFilEx.ps
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Example Files/pdfmrkEx.ps
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Settings/PDFA =20
DRAFT.joboptions
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Settings/Standard.joboptions
/Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF/Startup/Example.ps
/Library/Printers/PPD Plugins/AdobePDFPDE700.plugin
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/en.lproj/ADPDF7.PPD
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/ja.lproj/ADPDF7J.PPD
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/ko.lproj/ADPDF7K.PPD
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lproj/ADPDF7CS.PPD
/Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lproj/ADPDF7CT.PPD
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/createqueue.pl
/usr/libexec/cups/backend/pdf700
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/BlackWhite.icc
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/JapanStandard.icc
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/=20
Photoshop4DefaultCMYK.icc
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/=20
Photoshop5DefaultCMYK.icc
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Color =20
Management Off.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/ColorSync =20
Workflow.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/EU General =20
Purpose Defaults.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Emulate =20
Acrobat 4.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Emulate =20
Photoshop 4.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Europe =20
Prepress Defaults.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/JP General =20
Purpose Defaults.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Japan Color =20
Prepress.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/NA General =20
Purpose Defaults.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Photoshop 5 =20
Default Spaces.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/US Prepress =20
Defaults.csf
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Settings/Web Graphics =20
Defaults.csf
- PDF Maker:
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/PDFMakerLib
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/PDFMaker/PDFMaker DEU
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Acrobat/PDFMaker/PDFMaker FRA
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/D=C3=A9marre/Excel/=20
PDFMaker.xla
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/D=C3=A9marre/PowerPoint/=20=
PDFMaker.ppa
/Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/D=C3=A9marre/Word/=20
PDFMaker.dot
- PDF Viewer:
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AGLData_Full.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AGLUnicode.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/ARMLib.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AWSCommonSymbols.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AWSCommonUI.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AWSSCL.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/Adobe3D.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeACE.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeAGM.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeARE.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobeAXE16SharedExpat.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobeAXE8SharedExpat.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeAXSLE.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeBIB.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobeBibUtils.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobeCoolType.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeEula.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeJP2K.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobePDFPort_HFT.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobePersonalization.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobeRegistration.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/=20
AdobeSelfHealing.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/AdobeXMP.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/FileInfo.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/MSL.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/Onix.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/WAHttp.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/WAUtils.framework
/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/Frameworks/asn.framework
/Library/Internet Plug-ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin/
Bruno Voisin=
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
From: "Morten H=F8gholm"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:25:58 +0200
On Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:19:39 +0200, Peter Lichtner =20
wrote:
> There is:
>
> \begin{comment}
> ...
> \end{comment}
>
> Entry name:
> comment
> Caption:
> Selectively include/excludes portions of text.
Yes, and not surprisingly this is also listed in the FAQ under the sectio=
n =20
I linked too...
--=20
Morten
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] [ANN] TCOBrowser-0.86
From: "Bruno Voisin"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 23:46:39 +0200
Le 23 juil. 05 =E0 17:54, Adam R. Maxwell a =E9crit :
> I've just released a new TCOBrowser with some bugs fixed, thanks to =20=
> feedback from users. You can download this version at tcobrowser.sf.net/>.
I've just had a look at the drawer in TCO Browser for the first time. =20=
Very nice! (I'm not even mentioning the MikTeX package-install, which =20=
seems immensely useful.) I realized by accident TCOBrowser may be =20
used for visualizing any PDF file: dragging by accident a PDF file =20
from my Desktop onto the drawer, the PDF file was displayed inside =20
the drawer.
For Tiger user: something users may not be aware of is that, by Ctrl-=20
clicking the PDF document inside the drawer, a contextual menu =20
appears allows to select continuous scrolling, zooming in/out, =20
fitting to width, etc. The same applies in Safari. Only minor =20
complaint (relating to this Tiger mechanism, not specific to =20
TCOBrowser): it seems there's no way of specifying default settings =20
for the embedded PDF viewer (default magnification etc.).
That said, I must add I don't like drawers personally: I prefer =20
instead a "separated" window =E0 la Mozilla, Mail.app, iTunes etc. =20
Drawers are convenient, but look kind of unbalanced, especially with =20
the very wide drawer in TCOBrowser. Even time I click on a drawer =20
which has popped up from within a window, I have the impression the =20
additional pressure of my click will make the drawer fall and with it =20=
the virtual desktop made by the window (that is, as if the window was =20=
a table seen from above, and the drawer a drawer from this table)!
Regarding the TCOBrowser drawer, it seems it has a maximum width =20
beyond which it can't be enlarged, even if the screen would be large =20
enough for doing so.
Bruno Voisin=
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] [ANN] TCOBrowser-0.86
From: "Adam Maxwell"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:07:11 -0700
Hi Bruno,
=20
On Monday, July 25, 2005, at 02:47PM, Bruno Voisin wrote:
>Le 23 juil. 05 =E0 17:54, Adam R. Maxwell a =E9crit :
>
>> I've just released a new TCOBrowser with some bugs fixed, thanks to =20
>> feedback from users. You can download this version at > tcobrowser.sf.net/>.
>
>I've just had a look at the drawer in TCO Browser for the first time. =20
>Very nice! (I'm not even mentioning the MikTeX package-install, which =20
>seems immensely useful.) I realized by accident TCOBrowser may be =20
>used for visualizing any PDF file: dragging by accident a PDF file =20
>from my Desktop onto the drawer, the PDF file was displayed inside =20
>the drawer.
I didn't know it could do that. Interesting.
>
[...]
>
>That said, I must add I don't like drawers personally: I prefer =20
>instead a "separated" window =E0 la Mozilla, Mail.app, iTunes etc. =20
>Drawers are convenient, but look kind of unbalanced, especially with =20
>the very wide drawer in TCOBrowser. Even time I click on a drawer =20
>which has popped up from within a window, I have the impression the =20
>additional pressure of my click will make the drawer fall and with it =20
>the virtual desktop made by the window (that is, as if the window was =20
>a table seen from above, and the drawer a drawer from this table)!
Well, the drawer here is a convenience for quick access without a full-blow=
n web browser; I wouldn't read PDF in it myself, rather just list the conte=
nts of the CTAN directory. You can configure the prefs to open the CTAN li=
nks in your web browser, though, rather than the drawer (a double-click on =
a row opens the drawer or your default browser).
>Regarding the TCOBrowser drawer, it seems it has a maximum width =20
>beyond which it can't be enlarged, even if the screen would be large =20
>enough for doing so.
Drawers are limited to the size of their parent window.
Adam
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Hello Adobe Reader haters!
From: "Peter Dyballa"
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 00:23:43 +0200
Am 25.07.2005 um 23:21 schrieb Bruno Voisin:
> Thanks for the tip! Its works for the document windows, but the
> toolbar(s) continue to take on the full width of the screen.
>
OK, that's true, it could be shorter, particularly then when it's not
so overloaded with tools -- but there's one comfort at least: the blue
scrollbars are much shorter than they should according to the amount of
text or graphics. There is so much grey visible now ... I hope in
November with version 7.03 it will be the other way round!
For me on Panther, Adobe Reader 7 upgraded to version 7.02 does not
re-install the Internet Plague-In, and it's even so polite to ask me to
switch off the check to re-install 'missing components' ... I think I
can live with that in less aversion.
--
Greetings
Pete
Make it simple, as simple as possible but no simpler. (Albert Einstein)
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Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] `hide' environment
From: "Nestor Aguilera"
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 19:12:48 -0300
Hi,
> It's sometimes convenient to comment out whole paragraphs or sections
> of a document in the way % comments out the remainder of a line. Does
> anyone know if there exists anything like a "hide" environment such
> that
> \begin{hide}
> ...material...
> \end{hide}
> comments out (hides from the typesetting engine)...material...?
The "verbatim" package has the environment
\begin{comment}...\end{comment} (use \usepackage{verbatim} at the
beginning).
On the other hand, some text editors let you add or remove "%" comments
to blocks of lines.
Hope it helps.
Nestor Aguilera
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