[OS X TeX] texshop and lualatex

[Richard Koch]

Doris,

The Typeset menu in TeXShop only shows build-in engine files,
because otherwise it would grow too large, and because almost
everyone typesets by just selecting Typeset or using its keyboard
equivalent.

By default, there is a Typeset button and corresponding pulldown
menu in the Source Window. This pulldown menu shows all engines,
as you report, and can be used to initially choose a different engine.

(Here comes the useful fact!) There is a corresponding Typeset
button and pulldown menu for the Preview window. These tools aren't
in the Preview window by default, but can be dragged there by
choosing "Customize Toolbar" in the Window menu while the
Preview menu is active. When you use an external editor, these
tools should be activated that way.

Dick Koch

On Jun 27, 2014, at 11:10 AM, Doris Behrendt <doris.behrendt at me.com> wrote:

> hi list,
> 
> i want to try lualatex together with texshop (3.36.2) and an external editor (vi);
> but in the typeset-menu there is no lualatex, in spite of having the LuaLaTeX.engine in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/
> 
> when I open the source from texshop and not vi, lualatex appears in the popup list, exactly like described here:
> 
> http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/2011-February/046474.html
> 
> I know, I can use % !TEX TS-program = lualatex, but I just wondered why the popup list than I can click on from the source-editor of texshop differs from the possibilities I’m offered when clicking on the typeset-button on top in the menu bar;
> 
> thanx in advance
> doris
> 
> 
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