[OS X TeX] Re: Hide temporary files created by TeXShop

[Alan Litchfield]

On 18/09/2007, at 10:36 AM, Markus S wrote:

>> The only time I delete  them is when there is an error that  
>> necessitates it.  Quite properly,  that is the only time you need  
>> to remove those files or when the job  is completed and the  
>> auxiliary files are no longer going to be kept  (archived).
>
> That is exactly what I do (delete after certain errors and for  
> archiving).
>
>> But if you want to delete them every time, why not make an  
>> Automator  file that runs both processes?
>
> No, I don't want to delete them every time. I don't want to see  
> them. Except for the .bst file, I never ever really need to see or  
> touch these files (the only reason wanting to see them is when you  
> want to delete them for reasons listed above, what I have to do  
> occasionally on Windows helping my colleagues with compilation  
> errors, but for that we already have command).
>
>

Sorry, my mistake. To be honest, to achieve what you want within the  
file system would require substantial rewriting of the various  
applications code, or...

Perhaps one could write a package along the lines of the  
\graphicspath command that is part of graphicx?

TeXShop is only a previewer for TeX/LaTeX and uses the typesetting  
system to produce documents. As such, whatever file is processed  
needs to run with the typesetting system. Whatever you do at a  
TeXShop program level is likely to produce errors with specific  
packages and programs.

Alan

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