[OS X TeX] finding missing braces

Rene Borgella macmechanic at fastmail.fm
Sun Mar 4 17:08:33 EST 2007


Hello,

I don't know if this would be a viable option, because I don't use these
tools, but it occurs to me that perhaps Textwrangler (the freebie) or
BBedit may do this.

You high powered users out there may know if this is even a possibility.


HTH

Rene'


Rolf Schmolling wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> Well I had a look at VIM (I think) but all that programming part scared
> me away. Yes learning curve and LaTex somehow belong into the same
> sentence BUT the steepness and when reaching a plateau of sorts (and
> still see those mountains (of wisdom, reading this listÂ…) far far away
> and incredibly highÂ…
> 
> So maybe I try again. I had a look at Textmate and got the same feeling.
> too complex for this humble Macuser.
> 
> If anybody can implement this into TexShop it would make me very
> grateful and it would gain a lot (as well as linenumbersÂ…)
> 
> Greetings,
> Rolf
> 
> 
> 
> Am 04.03.2007 um 21:30 schrieb brian at pongonova.net:
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 08:40:26PM +0100, Rolf Schmolling wrote:
>>> Someone I met in texusergroup hinted about some editors beeing smart
>>> enough to do this but I really want to hang to TexShop because it
>>> seems the only thing I'm able to work properly (simple but elegant,
>>> no programming-skill neded, excellent sync between source and pdf)?
>>
>> Rolf, I use vim (excellent LaTeX support through latex-suite) for
>> editing, and TeXShop for typesetting.  If you're willing to work with
>> a learning curve (and I can't imagine anyone using this stuff who
>> isn't!), vim would take care of this little problem for you.
>> Basically, the synax highlighting changes colors when you open a
>> brace...close it, and the color changes again.  It's visually apparent
>> where the missing closing braces are.
>>
>> http://www.vim.org
>> http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net
>>
>>   --Brian
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