[OS X TeX] OT: Authoring+Editing with LaTeX/Mac Integration

[Themis Matsoukas]

I have written two 200-pages course related texts, both using plain  
text editors (started in textures and migrated into TS). I use  
\include for each chapter and have no need for folding as long as I  
can use TeXShop's %: to create tags for sections/subsection etc. I  
have created a small number of custom environments (e.g. examples  
that are numbered by chapter) and tons of command shortcuts which I  
put in a personal package. Finally, I use memoir to put everything  
together and pdfsync to move from source to output. This has worked  
so well for me that I doubt I will try anything new anytime soon.

Themis



On May 8, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey J Weimer wrote:

> I have been in search of a good tool for the Authoring + Editing  
> stage of preparing a manuscript (a textbook in this case). My  
> primary goal is to find a tool that allows me to WRITE a document  
> unfettered with concerns about Design + Printing. During the  
> writing process, an ability to OVERSEE the organization of the  
> content is important. Direct INTEGRATION with LaTeX at the Design +  
> Printing stage is the final wish.
>
> So far, I have found Scrivener (http://www.literatureandlatte.com/ 
> scrivener.html) as the most likely tool to accomplish the WRITE and  
> (some aspects of the) OVERSEE parts of the process. The downside  
> is, its only INTEGRATION with LaTeX is through MultiMarkDown. This  
> leaves me a bit ... unimpressed (I started a thread on the  
> Scrivener forum with further comments about this for those  
> interested).
>
> Before I go further, I wondered what experiences others might be  
> willing to share.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> J. J. Weimer, Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering
> University of Alabama in Huntsville, MSB 125, 301 Sparkman Dr
> Huntsville, AL 35899                phone: 256-824-6954
>
>
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