[OS X TeX] Praise for TeXniscope

[Steffen Wolfrum]

... and again it get's me wonder:
there is no comparably great PDF-viewer for Windows ?

Poor TeX/PDF/Win - users ...

Steffen




Joachim Kock <jkock at start.no> wrote:

> Bravo, Massimiliano,
> thanks a lot for your good work.
> 
> Despite its young age, TeXniscope is already the best previewer on OSX!
> (in the opinion of Yours Sincerely, anyway).
> 
> This statement may surprise fans of TeXShop and iTeXMac, but these two
> great programmes were never dedicated previewers, focusing instead on
> editing and texing --- it is only natural that they now lack behind when it
> comes to previewing.
> 
> In case you've missed it, here are the very precious new features in
> TeXniscope 0.3:
> 
> * You can define your own keyborad shortcuts for navigating the preview.
> E.g. space for scrollPageDown, w for zoomToWidth, etc.  (Note the
> importance of having unmodified keys --- if you are reading a paper
> on-screen it is very important that you can navigate with one hand, so that
> your other hand is free to hold a beer or a cup of coffee --- seriously.)
> 
> * There are AppleScript commands for setting the magnification (including
> zoomToFit and zoomToWidth).  This is really convenient for controlling the
> viewer from your editor.
> 
> Another very dear feature is the "Go To Page..."  (Cmd-G) letting you
> navigate the document with the keyboard.  (In TeXShop and iTeXMac you can
> only page-navigate using the toolbar, and in particular you are forced to
> have the toolbar turned on.  This is waste of screen, especially on a
> portable computer.  Another reason why in TeXShop and iTeXMac you do need
> the toolbar is that it is the only means of knowing which page you are
> viewing.  In TeXniscope there are convenient small indicators (page number
> and magnification) at the bottom left of the window (a la OzTeX), and you
> can abolish the toolbar altogether (not unlike the -spartan option in
> xdvi).
> 
> Finally, TeXniscope is very good at synchronising --- it seems to be the
> only previewer around that understands both pdfsync and dvi src specials.
> 
> Cheers,
> Joachim.
> 
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