[OS X TeX] How use pdflatex-dev and xelatex-dev with TeXShop

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Apr 5, 2022, at 11:40 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 5 Apr2022, at 12:02 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> 
>>> On Apr 5, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> How should TeXShop (4.70) with TeXLive 2022 (from MacTeX 2022) be configured so as to use pdflatex-dev anc xelatex-dev?
>>> 
>>> It would seem that in TeXShop’s Preferences > Engine > pdfTeX I can change the LaTeX command to:
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>>> 	pdflatex-dev --file-line-error --synctex=1
>>> 
>>> (1) Is that all? Or alternatives?
>>> 
>>> (2) What about xelatex?
>>> 	
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>> ...Enclosed are latexmk based engines for using latex-dev, lualatex-dev, pdflatex-dev and xelatex-dev with the obvious names latexmk-dev.engine, lualatexmk-dev.engine, pdflatexmk-dev.engine and xelatexmk-dev.engine.
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>> Place those four engines in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines and the four auxiliary *rc files in ~/Library/TeXShop/bin/tslatexmk. The engines will then show up in TeXShop after it's re-started.
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>> The naming convention makes it easy to switch from the normal to the dev version by just adding -dev to the engine name in TeXShop's program (or TS-program) directive.
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>> <latexmk based dev engines.zip>
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>> ...
>> Herb Schulz
>> herbs at wideopenwest.com
>> 
> 
> I often switch between typesetting with (pdf)latex and pdflatexmk from the TeXShop Typeset drop-down menu, which is MUCH quicker than altering a "!TEX TS-program” directive.
> 
> So how do the new latexmk engines fit with just using the Typeset menu choices?
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Howdy,

The typeset popup menu on then Source Window's Toolbar will have the new engines listed.

Switching between pdflatexmk (via the directive) and pdflatexmk-dev would require the typing of the -dev addition to the directive. However, if you just want to check to see that the file compiles under -dev and examine the formatting without actually editing the source you can switch back to the Source using Cmd-1 and then simply Undo the -dev using Cmd-Z.

I rarely use the -dev engines for anything but simple testing.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com