[OS X TeX] Trouble with Tikz and Edit -> Experiment...

[Agustín Valverde Ramos]

Hi

The problem is that the system replace "..." by "…". You can deactivate this in every application in "Edit -> Substitutions -> Smart dashes", but to deactivate it in the pop-up window "Edit -> Experiment…" you must use the Keyboard pan in System Preference App: in Text tab, uncheck "Use smart quotes and dashes"

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5526395?tstart=0

Agustín


> El 11 mar 2016, a las 6:36, Don Green Dragon <fergdc at Shaw.ca> escribió:
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> Perhaps this should be sent to a different list, but I’ll try here first. I cannot get the \foreach command to work properly while using Edit -> Experiment….  For example, the code
> 
> \begin{tikzpicture}
> \foreach \n in {1,2,3,4,5}
> 	\fill [red] (\n, 0) circle (2pt);
> \end{tikzpicture}
> 
> executes properly and shows the expected five red discs whether I typeset from the source file with the Typeset button at the upper-left of the TeXShop window or whether I open «Edit -> Experiment…»  and then hit the Typeset key at lower-right of the «Edit -> Experiment» window.
> 
> However, if the code is
> 
> \begin{tikzpicture}
> \foreach \n in {1,...,5}
> 	\fill [red] (\n, 0) circle (2pt);
> \end{tikzpicture}
> 
> then it typesets properly from TeXShop’s upper-left Typeset button but NOT when the code is typeset from the «Edit -> Experiment…»  window. It certainly would be useful (to me) if it worked properly when working with Edit -> Experiment as I use {tikzpicture} a great deal.
> 
> In other words, Edit -> Experiment… requires (it seems) that the list of `values’ be explicit not implied. For example, 
> 
> \foreach \n \in {1,2,3,4,5}
> 
> is explicit whereas
> 
> \foreach \n  in {1,…,5}
> 
> is implicit. I don’t know whether the problem lies with the Tikz code or the coding related to the functioning of Edit -> Experiment…. 
> 
> I have found Edit -> Experiment… to be  amazingly useful. Wonderful! Splendid!
> 
> 
> don green dragon
> fergdc at shaw.ca
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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