[OS X TeX] Tying TeXShop down

[Roussanka Loukanova]

On Sat, 7 Apr 2007, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> On Apr 7, 2007, at 7:13 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

>> 2) On the other hand, when I type Shift ", that is exactly what I get and 
>> no more. Similarly, when I type Shift ^, I don't get ^{ } etc. What else 
>> did I do to break that?
>> ...
>
> Howdy,
>
> TeXShop->Preferences->Document->Editor and check Auto Complete.
>
>> ...
>> 5) I "installed and configured" cm-super but how do I know "I" am using it? 
>> (I have not changed anything in my preamble.)
>> 
>> Hopeful regards
>> --schremmer
>> 
>
> Add the lines
>
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{textcomp}
>
> to your preamble and the CMSuper fonts will be used. Have you tried using the 
> Latin Modern fonts? I think they are better than the CMSuper versions. Invoke 
> them with
>
> \usepackage{lmodern}
> \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
> \usepackage{textcomp}
>
> and compile.


I recall reading somewhere that \usepackage{textcomp} shouldn't be needed. 
I tried with and without, and didn't notice any difference. So?

Roussanka

>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)

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