[OS X TeX] TeXShop wish list

Paul Smyth psmythirl at mac.com
Mon Sep 4 11:58:45 EDT 2006


That's the same version I'm using. I only downloaded it a couple of  
days ago. I've tried various of my documents but the result is always  
the same. Thanks anyway.

Paul

On 4 Sep 2006, at 12:50, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> I assume your using an old beta. The current beta is 2.10beta2. For  
> me the script works fine.
>
> Claus
>
>
> On Sep 4, 2006, at 13:07, Paul Smyth wrote:
>
>> Thanks Claus,
>>
>> I added this as a Macro and I can run it but I'm getting errors.  
>> In the current version of TeXShop I get
>>
>> TeXShop got an error:
>> NSReceiverEvaluationScriptError: 4
>>
>> Same in the current beta.
>>
>> Note: I have not modified the script in any way.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 4 Sep 2006, at 11:24, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>
>>> The Applescript below closes the frontmost tex file and removes  
>>> the corresponding .aux files. You can add any other filename.xxx  
>>> to be removed by looking at the structure of the script.
>>>
>>> Save the script as a Macro to be called by a short key.
>>>
>>> Claus
>>>
>>> --AppleScript
>>> -- Apply only to an already saved file
>>> -- Claus Gerhardt, September 2006
>>> (*This script provides the filename and its various derivatives  
>>> of the frontmost (tex) document in TeXShop.*)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> tell application "TeXShop"
>>> 	get path of document of window 1
>>> 	set fileName to result
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> set {baseName, texName, pdfName, namePath, dirName,  
>>> dirNameunquoted, logName, logPath, rtfName} to setnamets(fileName)
>>>
>>> tell application "TeXShop"
>>> 	close document texName
>>> end tell
>>>
>>> set shellScript to "cd " & dirName & ";"
>>> set shellScript to shellScript & "rm -f  " & baseName & ".aux"
>>> do shell script shellScript
>>>
>>> on setnamets(x)
>>> 	set n to (number of characters of contents of x)
>>> 	set fileNamequoted to quoted form of x
>>> 	set windowName to do shell script "basename " & fileNamequoted
>>> 	set m to (number of characters of contents of windowName)
>>> 	set dirName to quoted form of (characters 1 thru (n - m - 1) of  
>>> x as string)
>>> 	set dirNameunquoted to (characters 1 thru (n - m - 1) of x as  
>>> string)
>>> 	set theText to contents of windowName as string
>>> 	
>>> 	set n to (number of characters of contents of theText)
>>> 	set i to n as number
>>> 	
>>> 	repeat while i > 0
>>> 		if character i of theText is equal to "." then
>>> 			set m to i
>>> 			exit repeat
>>> 		else
>>> 			set i to (i - 1)
>>> 		end if
>>> 	end repeat
>>> 	
>>> 	set baseName to (characters 1 thru (m - 1) of theText as string)
>>> 	set texName to baseName & ".tex"
>>> 	set namePath to dirNameunquoted & "/" & baseName as string
>>> 	set pdfName to namePath & ".pdf" as string
>>> 	set rtfName to namePath & ".rtf" as string
>>> 	set logPath to namePath & ".log" as string
>>> 	set logName to baseName & ".log" as string
>>> 	
>>> 	try
>>> 		tell application "TeXShop"
>>> 			save document texName
>>> 		end tell
>>> 	end try
>>> 	return {baseName, texName, pdfName, namePath, dirName,  
>>> dirNameunquoted, logName, logPath, rtfName} as list
>>> end setnamets
>>>
>>> On Sep 4, 2006, at 5:30, Jan Rosinski wrote:
>>>
>>>> The following option in TeXShop Preferences would be useful to  
>>>> me and maybe other people will find it useful as well. I would  
>>>> like to have, as an option to select,  'Trash Aux Files when  
>>>> closing a document'. This option, when checked, would reduce the  
>>>> clutter in my TeX folders automatically and without any problem  
>>>> since creating new aux files is very quick. If you do not want  
>>>> it, you can always uncheck it.
>>>>
>>>> Jan Rosinski
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