[OS X TeX] Collaborative editing using SubEthaEdit?

[Claus Gerhardt]

The Aplescript below will do what you want.

Claus

--AppleScript
-- Apply only to an already saved file
-- Claus Gerhardt, September 2006
(*This script refreshes the front text 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, docName} to setnametsn(fileName)


tell document docName of application "TeXShop"
	refreshtext
end tell

on setnametsn(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
	
	set theFile to POSIX file x as string
	tell application "Finder"
		get displayed name of the file theFile
	end tell
	set docName to result
	
	
	return {baseName, texName, pdfName, namePath, dirName,  
dirNameunquoted, logName, logPath, rtfName, docName} as list
end setnametsn

On Sep 20, 2006, at 18:41, Markus wrote:

> Hi,
>
> does anybody know how to use the collaborative editing features of  
> SubEthaEdit with latex in a smart way? Right now, I would do all  
> the editing in SubEthaEdit and then, when I wanted to compile it,  
> open the .tex file in TeXShop, compile it, close the .tex file in  
> TeXShop and do any changes in SubEthaEdit, then open it in TeXShop  
> again.... and so on.
>
> If TeXShop had a refresh feature like e.g. Textwrangler I would not  
> have to open and close the file constantly.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Markus
>
>
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