[OS X TeX] Compiling Texniscope from source

[Frederick Hoyt]

On Nov 28, 2004, at 3:34 PM, Will Robertson wrote:

> On 29 Nov 2004, at 5:31 AM, Frederick Hoyt wrote:
>
>> I downloaded the Texniscope source distribution, but did not find an 
>> Install or Make file there. Could someone advise me as whether it is 
>> (a) possible to compile Texniscope for X11, and if so, (b) how?
>
> (a) I'm sure it's not, since it is a Cocoa application.
> (b) Why not use xdvi?

Mostly I use gv, because I use several packages which produce 
ps-visible-only output (in particular tree-dvips.sty).

However, I like the "loupe" ("magnifying glass"?) and screen-splitting 
functions in Texniscope (and xdvi, for that matter), which is why I 
ask.

Thanks,

Fred



>
> Regards,
> Will
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Frederick M. Hoyt
Linguistics Department
University of Texas at Austin


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