[OS X TeX] Changing TeXShop Matrix Panel size

[Kirk Lowery]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM, David Watson <dewatson at me.com> wrote:
> On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Kirk Lowery wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM, David Watson <dewatson at me.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Kirk Lowery wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Herbert Schulz
>>>> <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Kirk Lowery wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> TeXShop's matrix panel defaults to 10x10 size. I use it to create
>>>>>> complex linguistic trees with xyling. Very handy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> According to the help file, one can change the size with the command:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> $ defaults write TeXShop matrixsize 12
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, when I execute that command (with 12 or any other number),
>>>>>> restart TeXShop and bring up the matrix panel, nothing has happened.
>>>>>> The maximum matrix size is still 10x10.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kirk
>>>>>
>>>>> Howdy,
>>>>>
>>>>> If I try to enlarge the matrix greater than 10x10 manually (i.e., from
>>>>> within the panel) it always goes to 10x10 so I'd guess that is a
>>>>> built-in
>>>>> limit.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, that is what I get as well. But then what is the TeXShop help
>>>> file mean when it says one can resize the matrix panel with:
>>>>
>>>> $ defaults write TeXShop matrixsize 12
>>>>
>>>> ???
>>>
>>> For what it's worth, I checked my plist and matrixsize 12 seems to be the
>>> default, so I assume that this particular key is unimplemented.
>>
>> Is that ~/Library/TeXShop/MatrixPanel/matrixpanel.plist? In my .plist
>> there is no key for matrix size nor, of course, any value for it. What
>> is the key name for the matrix size?
>>
>
> The key-value pair is found in ~/Library/Preferences/TeXShop.plist, and the
> xml rendering of the key in question is:
>
>        <key>matrixsize</key>
>        <integer>12</integer>

Yep, I have the same. I changed the number to "30", restarted TeXShop
and nothing changed: 10x10 seems to be the hard limit. I wonder what
the preference "matrixsize" does then?

Possible bug?

Kirk