[OS X TeX] How to use special characters in TeXShop

[Herbert Schulz]

On Oct 5, 2008, at 9:06 PM, Yu (Ryan) Yue wrote:

> Dear genius,
> I was trying to make use of the special characters table in TexShop,  
> but just could not do it. I could neither drag the symbol to the  
> editor nor find the corresponding LaTeX code. Can anyone give some  
> help? Thanks!!
>
> Best,
> Ryan


Howdy,

Are you referring to using TeXShop's Symbol Panel; the one you open  
via the Window->LaTeX Panel... menu item (Cmd-Opt--)? Just select the  
tab you want and click on the symbol you want; the LaTeX command will  
be placed in your document.

There also is a Symbols Widget that does a similar thing available at <http://vocaro.com/trevor/software/widgets/ 
 >.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)