[OS X TeX] TeXShop 2.09 and matching parentheses

Jérôme Laurens jerome.laurens at u-bourgogne.fr
Thu Feb 2 04:06:26 EST 2006


Le 29 janv. 06, à 18:51, Richard Koch a écrit :

> Folks,
>
> In the TeXShop editor you can select everything from a }, ], ), {, [, 
> or ( bracket to its match by
> triple clicking. A long time ago you needed to double click, but that 
> made it difficult
> to select just the bracket. So now and for some time
>
> 	one click positions the cursor
> 	two clicks selects the bracket
> 	three clicks selects everything between the bracket and its match
>

Bad choice. You are once again changing the standard way of doing 
things.
3 clicks user action is already used by cocoa to select a whole line

Do things like iTeXMac

one click positions the cursor
two click selects a bracket group
each supplemental click: extend the selection to the enclosing logical 
block

and don't forget to manage the escaped \{ and friends...
However, there might be a problem in managing comments %

to select just the bracket (and the delimiter in general), alt+2 
clicks, like xcode does.

In general, the purpose of the alt key is to let the user easily switch 
between 2+ alternatives.
Use this and you'll have a consistent interface.
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