[OS X TeX] Flashmode 1.1.1

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Sun Dec 12 14:47:38 EST 2004


In case you miss a button for a particular script you may tell me. 
Unfortunately, I don't know (yet) how to design the interface of  
'Flashmode-Scripts' so that user definable scripts could be added, but 
there might be someone knowledgable listening.

Claus

On Dec 12, 2004, at 20:37, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> I added buttons for the five Flashmode applications to the panel. If 
> you don't see the buttons for 'Flashmode-one' to 'Flashmode-alt' just 
> update. Sorry for the inconvience, I hope you don't mind.
>
> Claus
>
> On Dec 12, 2004, at 19:56, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>
>> A new application 'Flashmode-Scripts' has been added to the 
>> distribution, that will display all Flashmode scripts as well as most 
>> scripts in TeX-Scripts-BBEdit, so that the scripts can be run by the 
>> push of a button.
>>
>> Claus
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2004, at 13:53, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>
>>> Flashmode 1.1.1 is out. It can be downloaded from
>>> http://www.math.uni-heidelberg.de/studinfo/gerhardt/tex/
>>>
>>> Claus
>>>
>>> Version 1.1.1:
>>> - All Flashmode applications and the support files are contained in 
>>> a folder 'Flashmode' that has to  be installed in '~/Library'.
>>> - There are five Flashmode applications, Flashmode-one to -four, and 
>>> Flashmode-alt. They now configured as plain applications not as 
>>> applications bundles. They are contained in Flashmode/Applications 
>>> and I would recommend to leave them there, installing their icons in 
>>> the Dock; but of course they could be installed anywhere.
>>> - The binaries, 'flashmode-one', etc.,  are stored in Flashmode/bin; 
>>> the settings files, where the resp. interval length is defined, are 
>>> in Flashmode/Preferences.
>>> - The folder Applescripts contains some useful scripts 'pdflatexc', 
>>> 'sync', and an addition a script for making the files and 
>>> applications in 'bin' resp. 'Applications' executable, should this 
>>> ever be necessary.
>>> - Each Flashmode applications should be started manually and they 
>>> could also be quitted manually, though issuing the 'quit' command 
>>> via the Applescript 'flashmode-quit' is the preferred way, since one 
>>> might not know which application is controlling a particular 
>>> document, 'flashmode-quit' does.
>>> - When a Flashmode application starts, it first checks, if the 
>>> document is already controlled by another copy, if so, it will beep 
>>> and quit, otherwise, it will save a protocol file, a 
>>> 'basename.flashmode' file in the directory of the tex document, 
>>> which contains the copy's name. In the unlikely event that Flashmode 
>>> will hang, one may not know which copy is involved, but one will 
>>> certainly know which document is affected. After reading its 
>>> protocol file one can kill the specific Flashmode copy with the help 
>>> of the Activity Monitor.
>>> When Flashmode quits, it will remove the protocol file; 
>>> 'flashmode-quit' will do it as well.
>>> - The 'quit' commands via Applescript are piped to five small 
>>> applications 'flashmode-one-quit-trigger', etc.. In case you move 
>>> the Flashmode applications to a different folder it might happen 
>>> that the OS doesn't know where the targets of the triggers are 
>>> located and it will offer a dialogue browser. If anything fails you 
>>> could use the corresponding scripts, located in 'Scripts', and save 
>>> them again as run applications in /Flashmode/Applications.
>>> - Flashmode now first typesets each controlled document at start up 
>>> to ensure that a pdf file exists.
>>> - There are no debugging copies anymore.
>>> - The Applescripts have been slightly rewritten and some have been 
>>> improved.
>>> - It is recommended to remove the old Flashmode copies completely 
>>> from your hard disk before working with the new ones.
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