[OS X TeX] texshop and lualatex

[Doris Behrendt]

Dick,

thank you.
Doris

On 27 Jun 2014, at 20:34, Richard Koch <koch at math.uoregon.edu> wrote:

> 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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