[OS X TeX] using Latexit

[Gary L. Gray]

On Aug 23, 2005, at 1:24 PM, Pierre Chatelier wrote:

>> there is actually a nice opportunity to add a user option to  
>> LaTeXiT: instead of having just one color picker, one could split  
>> this into foreground and background color selection buttons.
>>
>
> Yes, I have already thought about it. However, I came to a  
> different conclusion :
> Having two color pickers would be confusing. I do not know how to  
> place them in the document window so that it remains a functional  
> interface. Moreover, I think it's very rare that an equation  
> requires a colored background. So, I prefer to let the user add  
> himself the \pagecolor in this case.
> What do people think about that ? Would you rather agree or disagree ?

I agree. I want my background to be transparent 99.99% of the time,  
though I often want to change the color of the text in the equations  
and thus want to be able to change the color of the background in the  
preview. (Assuming I am understanding what you both are talking about.)

-- Gary

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