[OS X TeX] The `%!TEX TSprogram = TeXify' line used in TeXShop ...

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 13, 2008, at 9:32 PM, tkiffe wrote:

>
> For decades just %! has been the "magic number" for Postscript files  
> and Postscript data streams.
> Any additional data after the %! simply specifies additional  
> information about the Postscript code
> contained in the file and is not required.
>


Howdy,

That may be the fact of life but it certainly isn't the way I read the  
Postscript Reference Manual. In any case there is a simple way around  
this by adding the extra % (i.e., use %%!TEX...) and TeXShop still  
understands the line.

Deja vu all over again.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)