[OS X TeX] "Save as"

[Michael Sharpe]

On Jan 15, 2012, at 11:26 AM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. wrote:

> What happened to the old "Save as…" feature on TeXShop?  I found it very useful when, for example, creating a template for documents that get repeated (in my case, e.g., homework assignments, or homework solutions) or for creating reformatted versions of older documents (e.g., changing the .tex file for generating a section of a solution manual into the .tex file for a handout about one assignment): I would make up a template then save it as whatever I currently needed.  With the new TeXShop editor, this is no longer available (command-S now gets the bell saying "no such command, stupid!").  If I duplicate (using the file pulldown menu), I get a .txt file, which is missing the various color codes in the TeX editor, and furthermore has none of the buttons at the top of the window.
> 
> Of course I can use command-A to select all and then command-C to copy into an empty new file, but this takes more work.  I've looked into TeX help and can't find anything to help me with this.
> 
> Suggestions?

You can get an Applescript macro from

http://math.ucsd.edu/~msharpe/saveSourceAs.dmg

that installs in the TeXShop macro menu and behaves more like the old Save As except that the name it suggests is part of a series rather than Untitled. Mine is set up to be triggered by Cntrl-Opt-Cmd-S.

Michael