[OS X TeX] Feature request on TeXShop's "Experiment" mechanism

[Alain Schremmer]

On Jun 3, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Ross Moore wrote:

> Hi Alain,
>
> On 03/06/2015, at 12:40 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, Adobe is not welcome on my machine because it is  
>> really too intrusive.
>
> Is this because it continually advises you of updates being available?

Can't really remember but it was something that got heavily on my  
nerves. That might be it.
>
> Surely this is better than just installing them automatically,
> without telling you?

That's for sure but, since I am still running a PPC under 10.5.8 ....  
I am pretty sure Adobe left me behind a long time ago.

So, I feel truly terrible about all the time you must have spent  
trying to convince me.

Most apologetic regards
--schremmer


> You can easily adjust how it behaves in a Preference pane.
> Automatically downloading may be the recommended default,
> but if that irks you, then just change it.
>
>
>
>
> That is hardly a valid reason to avoid a very useful piece of  
> software.
>
> I find that Acrobat Pro is indispensible for:
>
>  1. reading and annotating student work;
>  2. filling PDF forms
>  3. electronic signatures on such forms
>  4. adding, deleting or reordering pages
>  5. combining multiple PDFs and Images into a single document
>  6. extracting images from PDFs
>  7. small edits in existing PDFs
>
> Further, it is the only tool (apart from limited web-services)
> capable of checking and validation of special features that
> I am developing the TeX/LaTeX coding for, to enrich PDFs to
> satisfy international standards.
>
> Yes, there are tools that can do some of the above; but APro
> has it all together, so is much more convenient to use.
> The latest versions, v11 and the newly released DC, are
> significant advances on previous versions.
> It just keeps getting better and better.
>
> With Education pricing, it is not expensive and often will
> be bundled with Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. and paid for
> by a site-wide license at your University or Research Institute.
>
>
>>
>> Best regards
>> --schremmer
>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Ross
>
>
> Ross Moore
>
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