[OS X TeX] TeXShop: how retain Color Index in source (or set it permanently)?

[Richard Koch]

Murray,


> On Sep 6, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The source window for a TeXShop document has a checkbox “ColorIndex” which, if checked, colors indexing commands.
> But even if the document is saved after checking the box, the next time it’s opened, the box is unchecked and the index entries are no longer colored.
> 
> (1) Is there a way to get TeXShop to remember the setting for a file where the box has been checked and then the file saved?
> 
> (2) Even better yet, is there a way to set a global preference always to color index entries in source?
> 
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TeXShop 3.72 will be released sometime in the next two weeks. I just added a hidden preference named "IndexColorStart" to TeXShop 3.72. This preference controls the status of the ColorIndex toolbar item when a document is first opened. The item can still be turned on or off during a session as before.

This preference is a Boolean with values YES or NO. By default, it is NO. The command below sets the default to YES:

	defaults write TeXShop indexColorStart YES


Dick Koch