[OS X TeX] Editing with a TeXShop bug

[Alain Schremmer]

On Sep 29, 2009, at 10:11 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Sep 29, 2009, at 8:32 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> TeXShop has a bug;
>>
>> When you hit Apple B the whole source is boldfaced. Hit Apple Z  
>> and the whole source reverts to normal as it should. Now start  
>> typing. The source you are typing is boldfaced.
>>
>> Since I am not a good typist, it happens to me a bit more than I  
>> would like.
>>
>> BUT: it finally occurred to me that this is an excellent way to  
>> see what I am adding to the source when I am editing since the  
>> "bug" survives typesetting.
>>
>> Of course, if you close and re-open the source everything is back  
>> to normal.
>>
>> So, in fact,
>>
>> TeXShop has a very nice editing feature.
>>
>> Happy regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> I've always disliked the use of Cmd-B and Cmd-I assigned to setting  
> the SOURCE text into Bold or Italic; they would be much better sued  
> to run macros that inserted the selection into \textbf{...} and  
> \emph{...}. I dislike those shortcuts enough that I've removed them  
> in a personal build of TeXShop.

Long time ago I indeed reassigned Cmd-I but hadn't bothered to do the  
same because, of course, I don't use bold very much at all.
>
> When you set Cmd-B all of the present text is converted to Bold and  
> anything you then add will also be bold. By doing a Cmd-Z you undo  
> the change to existing text but the Bold toggle is still turned on.

Ah! makes excellent sense. Too bad I couldn't think of it myself.

Grateful regards
--schremmer