[OS X TeX] TeXshop frustration

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 20, 2008, at 8:36 AM, Berend Hasselman wrote:

>
> On 20-12-2008, at 07:29, David Arnold wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Here's how it looks in TeXshop (screen capture).
>>
>> That hidden space caused 4 hours of misery.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>
> TexShop: Monaco 14 points, Tab Spaces: 4
>
> TextMate: Monaco 14 points, Tab Size: 4
>
> I have inserted a line above the line with the problem containing  
> repeated <tab>p
>
> TexShop (has syntax colouring)  result on screen:
>
> <tabstexshoptest.tex.tiff>
>
>
> TextMate (no syntax colouring, Showing invisibles) result on screen
>
> <tabstextmatetest.tex.tiff>
>
>
>
> Interesting: the final p on the inserted line in TexShop  is 1  
> "position" further to the right compared to TextMate.
> From a visual inspection it seems as if TexShop is not spacing  
> exactly with 4 spaces.
>
> Berend

Howdy,

Indeed... The third p is actually half way between the two characters  
above it! Report it as a bug to <http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=155796&atid=797238 
 >.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)