[OS X TeX] Re: Newbie is confused by Getting Started document
Gary L. Gray
gray at engr.psu.edu
Mon Jan 22 18:19:01 EST 2007
On Jan 22, 2007, at 2:42 AM, Maarten Sneep wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2007, at 04:22, Gary L. Gray wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 21, 2007, at 9:52 PM, Bob Harris wrote:
>>
>>> Earlier this evening, I wrote:
>>>> I'm new to TeX on Mac OSX.
>>>> ...
>>>> So it seems to me like all I need is something that
>>>> converts latex to pdf and is easy to install.
>>>
>>> Looking at some other latex pages, it looks like all I might need
>>> are
>>> these commands
>>> latex sample.tex
>>> dvips -o sample.ps sample.dvi
>>> dvips -o -Ppdf sample.ps sample.dvi
>>> ps2pdf sample.ps
>>>
>>> Though I haven't tried them out yet, those commands (latex,
>>> dvips, and
>>> ps2pdf) are all available on the command line without me installing
>>> anything. Given that I probably would be using TextWrangler as my
>>> editor anyway, is there really any good reason for me to download
>>> the
>>> other stuff? From the standpoint of converting latex to pdf, is
>>> there
>>> something these command line tools are lacking?
>>
>>
>> Of course anything that can be done with TeXShop can also be
>> invoked from the command line. If that is your cup of tea, go for
>> it. You will lose the ability sync between source and preview
>> (invaluable in long docs) and several other nice things that it
>> provides, but it sounds like you aren't really interested in
>> anything new. [;-)]
>
> My AppleScripts for BBEdit and TetWrangler (still at http://
> www.nat.vu.nl/~sneep/tex/CompileTeX-BBEdit8.dmg) allows for
> synchronised viewing with TeXniScope, syncing with pdfview requires
> changes to that application, right now it will not work with multi-
> file source documents). It also provides easy access to the command-
> line tools Bob mentioned.
>
> Another tool that is really with installing the additions for is
> BibDesk, with is not just an editor, but a bibliography management
> tool, and a really good one too.
I forgot about your stuff Maarten. Thanks for pointing it out. I
think it is time I finally bookmarked it once and for all. :-)
All the best,
Gary
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