[OS X TeX] TeXShop split windows

Alain Schremmer schremmer.alain at gmail.com
Tue May 15 16:02:06 EDT 2012


On May 15, 2012, at 2:35 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On May 15, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 15, 2012, at 1:02 PM, Gary L. Gray wrote:
>>
>>> On May 15, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>>>
>>>> When I split the source window for the first time, the two panes  
>>>> are the same: where I happen to be in the document,
>>>>
>>>> But
>>>>
>>>> When I split the pdf window for the first time, the top pane is  
>>>> where I happen to be but the bottom pane is the beginning of the  
>>>> document.
>>>>
>>>> Is it me or is it TeXShop?
>>>
>>> It is TeXShop.
>>
>> I am relieved.
>>
>>> This may be particular to me, but one other thing I would like to  
>>> see when I split the preview window is for it to inherit the  
>>> magnification of the original window.
>>
>>> In particular, I have the magnification set to "Fit to Window,"  
>>> but there some documents for which the first thing I do is  
>>> increase the magnification. When I split the preview window in  
>>> those documents, the magnification of the new split part of the  
>>> window is "Fit to Window" and I would like it to be the increased  
>>> magnification.
>>
>> There is definitely an inconsistency---whether designed in or not:
>>
>> I set "Fit to Window" in the preferences and restarted.
>>
>> I split the window and increased the scale at the top of the window  
>> to 124.
>>
>> The magnification in the upper pane increases to 124 and then  
>> remains at 124 no matter how I change the window but the  
>> magnification in the bottom pane keeps "fitting the window".
>>
>> But things are even stranger than that:
>>
>> When I un-split the window, the whole window now remains at 124 no  
>> matter how I change the window.
>>
>> When I re-split the window, the scale in the top pane stays at 124,  
>> while the scale in the bottom pane goes back to fitting the window  
>> and the bottom pane goes back to the beginning of the document.
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> You probably have the default (i.e., in your TeXShop->Preferences)  
> set to Fit to Window and when you split the window the new pane is  
> picking up things from the defaults in TeXShop->Preferences.


No: When I split the window, both panes "fit the window"

Things are more complicated, though. When I increase the scale at the  
top of the window, this affects only the pane that is active which  
does make sense.

But the rest is still pretty hard to understand.

Puzzled regards
--schremmer



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