[OS X TeX] TeXniscope download question

Aaron Jackson jackson at negril.msrce.howard.edu
Wed Dec 29 21:30:42 EST 2004


On Dec 29, 2004, at 9:10 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:

>
> Am 30.12.2004 um 02:56 schrieb Aaron Jackson:
>
>> Whereas TexShop doesn't give me anything.

Correction.  If you change the distiller from Ghostscript to Panther 
then Texshop can convert from dvi to pdf.  I suspect that is also what 
TeXniscope does.

>
> It'll give you a good view instantly if you'd choose pdf(la)tex to set 
> your documents. TeXniscope has again and again to convert DVI to PDF 
> just for temporary use.
>
> If you'd launch X11 you could too use xdvi to view DVI files. Compared 
> to TeXniscope text looks a bit too anti-aliased with PS fonts.

Xdvi is also a bit clunky when compared to aqua apps.  I was being a 
bit picky.

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