[OS X TeX] TexShop parens enclosure

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jun 13, 2016, at 8:22 AM, M. Tamer Özsu <ozsut at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I meant Library->TeXShop->Keyboard->autocompletion.plist.
> 
> I also just checked with the Key Bindings Editor and ( is bound to (#SEL##INS#). To be clear, when I type (, I do get () with the cursor inside the parens. What I don't get is when I select a word and then type (, it doesn't enclose the text in (....); it replaces the text with (). Is there a separate binding for that?
> 
> ==Tamer

Howdy,

I just created the binding (->(#SEL##INS#) in the Key Bindings Editor, saved it and tested it and it seems to work fine.

If you haven't added too many items to the list you can Quit TeXShop, remove the ~/Library/TeXShop/Keyboard folder and restart TeXShop. That should create a clean autocompletion.plist file. Then go into the Key Bindings Editor and add your personal bindings.

By the way, I don't have a key binding for [->[#SEL##INS#] or (->(#SEL##INS#) (I removed the one I created after testing it) because there seem to be too many times where I prefer a single ( or [ matched with something else in math mode. I do have {->{#SEL##INS#} because it's a general grouping delimiter and using it in math requires that it be ``escaped'' as \{ and Key Bindings is smart enough to NOT expand the keystroke if it's being ``escaped''.

Personal choice of course.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)