[OS X TeX] TeXShop automatic hiding/unhiding of root file

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jan 10, 2012, at 4:28 PM, roberto avanzi wrote:

> On Jan 10, 2012, at 22:01 , Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 10, 2012, at 10:53 AM, roberto avanzi wrote:
>> 
>>> I have a few documents split into a root file and several included files.
>>> The first line of the included files is
>>> 
>>> %!TEX root = ./some-name.tex
>>> 
>>> Now, suppose I am working on that project and I close TeXShop.
>>> When I reopen TeXShop the root file goes to the dock, then comes out again, for EACH included file that is reponened. This is a bit maddening, is unpleasing, and introduced an unnecessary delay.  I cannot find an option to disable this automatic hiding/unhiding of the root file.  Can anybody help?
>>> 
>>> Roberto
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> What version of the OS and TeXshop are you using? If you are using OS X 10.7.x and TeXShop 3.0x you most probably have System Preferences->General->Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps checked.
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> If you want that behavior you should close the root file before quitting and that might help. I don't want that behavior for any apps so I unchecked that option and don't see you problem.
> 
> Well, i *do* want that behaviour. It's a specific TeXShop behaviour that I do not want.
> I describe an example below.
> 
>> Finally, If you are using TeXShop 3.04 I suggest going to <http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/lion.html> and installing version 3.06 which seems to be stable and fixes some annoying problems in earlier versions of TeXshop 3.
> 
> I have 3.06 and also with 3.06 I have the same problem.
> 
> So, create in a folder four files called 1.tex, 2.tex, 3.tex and main.tex
> 
> 1.tex contains, say
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> %!TEX root = ./main.tex
> 
> one
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 2.tex and 3.tex are defined similarly
> 
> main.tex is then
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> \documentclass[12pt]{article}
> 
> \begin{document}
> \input 1
> \input 2
> \input 3
> \end{document}
> ------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> Typeset. close TeXShop with main.tex as front window. Now, reopen TeXShop. The window "main.tex" will wander to the dock and then come back, a couple of times.  If this does not happen and TeXShop jsut opens all windows, close and reopen it.
> 
> This is, frankly, a bit weird, and VERY annoying.
> 
> Roberto
> 


Howdy,

Strangely I wasn't seeing this behavior and then I suddenly did see it but I'm not sure what made it come and then go away. Are you selecting the files and ``re-opening'' them? You don't have to do that with that auto-re-open option set; just open TeXShop.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)