[OS X TeX] Strange Behavior in TeXShop

[Adam R. Maxwell]

On Jul 31, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Louis Talman wrote:

> I'm running version 2.36 of TeXShop under Mac OS X 10.6.4 on a recent Intel iMac.  All of my preferences are pretty much Out-Of-The-Box.  When I bring up TeXShop, either by double-clicking on its icon or from the Dock, the File:OpenRecent menu item displays only the grayed-out "Clear Menu" selection.  It doesn't seem to be aware that I've been using TeXShop for quite a long time and doesn't remember anything I had open in the recent past.
> 
> Is this a bug, or is there a hidden preference somewhere that controls the number of items it's supposed to remember?

Check the value set in the Appearance panel of System Preferences.  I think this changed in Snow Leopard; for some reason, Apple decided those values should apply to the per-application menus as well as the Apple menu.

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Adam