[OS X TeX] Changing TeXShop Matrix Panel size

[Rolf Schmolling]

Hi,

since – for me – copy and paste into the matrix-panel in TeXShop has  
stopped working I wonder if you could share those macros with us?  
Writing tables is a pain and I get mistakes all the time…

Thanks,

Rolf

Am 21.01.2009 um 18:08 schrieb Herbert Schulz:

>
> 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
>>
>> ???
>>
>> Could one of the TeXShop developers chime in here?
>>
>> Kirk
>
> Howdy,
>
> How about 3x3, 4x6, etc. I'm getting the upper limit is 10x10. At  
> least that's setting  the dimension manually.. I have to admit that  
> I use some Column Macros to set things up rather than the Matrix  
> Panel.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
>
>
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