[OS X TeX] kpsewhich and TeXShop

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 6, 2008, at 1:28 PM, Aaron Rendahl wrote:

> On comp.tex.text the following script was recommended to me for  
> easily viewing sty and cls files within packages:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> emacs -f toggle-read-only `kpsewhich $*`  &
>
> Is there a way to modify it to open the file in TeXShop instead of  
> emacs?
>
> Thanks so much,
> Aaron Rendahl
> University of Minnesota School of Statistics


Howdy,

Not completely sure what you're trying to do but there is a nice macro  
that allows you to easily find and read included (sty, cls, tex) files  
easily. Select the file name in your source and execute the macro; it  
guesses the extension from the enclosing command and uses kpsewhich to  
find and open the file. The macro, written by Mathew Hills, is called  
Open Selection.  You can get it, and other TeXShop goodies, as part of  
TeXShopKit.zip from <http://homepage.mac.com/herbs2/>.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)