[Mac OS X TeX] OS X a nightmare?

[Bernard Knaepen]

<x-flowed>Hi Mark,
how do you combine pepper and TeXShop?

Bernard.



>>>I apologize for sending a generic OS X message to this group, but rest
>>>assured I'm a devout TeX and Mac user and my motivation is at least in part
>>>related to (my dilemma of whether to switch to) OSX-TeX. I'm presently very
>>>happy with my OS9-Alpha-OzTeX combination, and am
>>>wondering if cMacTeX on OSX is far superior, so much better that it would
>>>overcome the negatives discussed below.
>>>
>>>(Assumption here: cMacTeX is the only TeX available on OS X. correct?)
>
>Nope, there are also TeXShop and OzTeX.
>
>(As for your problems with OS X, its a lot faster on a G4 with lots 
>of RAM than it is on e.g. an iMac or an iBook with less than 256MB - 
>but OK still not as fast as it should be. By all accounts 10.1 fixes 
>this. Stick with it and experiment, you will find that one can 
>indeed work very elegantly (albeit differently) in X - you know - 
>think different and all that. A couple of carefully chosen utilities 
>will really improve things. Suggest "Launchbar" and "Space" for 
>general workspace enhancement, "Get Info" or "Super Get Info" and a 
>combination of "Pseudo" and "RBrowser" (care required here) for file 
>manipulations which are not so easy in the Finder and finally 
>"TinkerTool" for a bit more customization power.
>
>Back to TeX though, I would give TeXShop a spin, I find TeXShop and 
>Pepper a good combination. There's also a rather interesting app in 
>development called ScientificAssistant.
>
>Can supply URLs for all if required but they can all be found on 
>Versiontracker and Softrack.
>
>cheers,
>mark.
>
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