[OS X TeX] TexShop Feature Request: Command-T while revising a chapter possible?

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:00 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Iraj Kalantari wrote:
>
>> When working on a book with chapters to be included, I find myself  
>> making repairs a chapter, saving it, and then, instinctively,  
>> reaching for 'Command-T'.
>>
>> This of course won't work as one must (to the best of my  
>> knowledge) go to the including 'book' source and typeset that file.
>>
>> Is it possible to arrange that when TeXShop receives a typeset  
>> command on a 'chapter', it can be told (until told otherwise) to  
>> run the 'book' source that is associated with it (or can be so)?
>>
>> Is such an arrangement already available?
>>
>> Iraj.

The way I use the %!TEX root tag is as follows:

First, I have two folders: Contents and Controls

---In the Contents folder I have files named 0.tex, (that's for the  
Preface),1.tex, 2.tex etc each of which starts as follows:

		%!TEX root = ../Controls/\jobname.tex
		\chapter{My Chapter One}
			Some text

---In the Controls folder, I have files also named 0.tex, 1.tex,  
2.tex etc each of which is just a copy of:

	\documentclass[11pt]{book}
		\usepackage{xxx}
		\usepackage{yyy}
	\begin{document}
			\addtocounter{page}{2}
			\addtocounter{chapter}{0}
		\include{../Contents/\jobname}
	\end{document}

---Thirdly, I have a folder WholeBook which contains the file MyBook  
which is the usual root file:

	\documentclass[11pt]{book}
		\usepackage{xxx}
		\usepackage{yyy}
	\begin{document}
		\frontmatter
			\include{../Contents/1}
			\include{../Contents/2}
			etc
	\end{document}

Thus, 'Command-T for a chapter, whether from the Content file or the  
Control file will typeset just the chapter.

In fact, for the sake of symmetry, I am now using the following  
variation on the above theme

I have only the two folders: Contents and Controls in which I have  
the same files as above but also, in addition:

---In the Contents folder:

The file ALL.tex:

	%!TEX root = ../Controls/\jobname.tex
		\include{../Contents/0}%Preface to be numbered along with the  
contents, etc
	\mainmatter
		\include{../Contents/1}
		\include{../Contents/2}	
etc

---In the Controls folder
		
The file ALL.tex:

	\documentclass[11pt]{book}
		\usepackage{xxx}
		\usepackage{yyy}
	\begin{document}
		\frontmatter
			\input{../Contents/ALL}
		\backmatter
			\include{../Text-contents/99}%That's the GNU FDL
			\printindex
	\end{document}

Regards
--schremmer

P.S. I use the same scheme for the ancillaries, shortly to be  
downloadable.