<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Alain,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just found that you can change the colors in TeXShop's preferences pane "Theme" - at least in version 4.xx, but probably also in former versions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Claus<br class=""><div><br class=""><div class="">On 22. Nov 2018, at 00:04, Claus Gerhardt <<a href="mailto:claus.gerhardt@uni-heidelberg.de" class="">claus.gerhardt@uni-heidelberg.de</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Alain,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The color for highlighting can probably be changed by a hidden preference. On the page</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/version.html" class="">https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/version.html</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I found the following commands</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">Three hidden preferences were added, allowing users to change the yellow highlight color to another color, when used by inverse sync from the pdf window to the source text. This is helpful if the user has changed the default colors of the source window. The new items are</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop ReverseSyncRed 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop ReverseSyncGreen 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop ReverseSyncBlue 0.00</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hidden preference items were added to change all of the colors used in the new 2.38 additions by Yusude Terada: the temporary parenthesis color (default is magenta), the highlight color for text between matching parentheses (default is yellow), and the color of invisible characters when shown (default is orange).</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop highlightBracesRed 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop highlightBracesGreen 0.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop highlightBracesBlue 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop highlightContentRed 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop highlightContentGreen 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop highlightContentBlue 0.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop invisibleCharRed 1.00</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop invisibleCharGreen 0.50</div><div class="">defaults write TeXShop invisibleCharBlue 0.00</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ReverseSync is from pdf to source. Thus, if this is what you want then can certainly change the color easily.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Claus</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">On 21. Nov 2018, at 17:42, Schremmer Alain <<a href="mailto:schremmer.alain@freemathtexts.org" class="">schremmer.alain@freemathtexts.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Yes, TexShop 2.47 is an antique but so am I and my vision is failing.<br class=""><br class="">When I apple click on something in the pdf, TexShop very obligingly highlight the corresponding code in the source. (Sometimes in grey, sometimes in yellow.) My problem is that when the pdf window is large, I can't see the highlighting. For that I have to shrink the window.<br class=""><br class="">I would like to change both colors to something more vivid that I would see well enough without having to shrink the window.<br class=""><br class="">I haven't been able to find where I could do that. <br class=""><br class="">I looked around but I don't think even Schulz's TeXShop Tips & Tricks (v0.2.3–2011/01/07) mentions it.<br class=""><br class="">I would very much appreciate any help.<br class=""><br class="">--schremmer<br class="">----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br class="">TeX FAQ: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq" class="">http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq</a><br class="">List Reminders and Etiquette: <a href="https://sites.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/" class="">https://sites.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/</a><br class="">List Archives: <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx" class="">http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx</a><br class=""> <a href="https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/" class="">https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/</a><br class="">TeX on Mac OS X Website: <a href="http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/" class="">http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/</a><br class="">List Info: <a href="https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex" class="">https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex</a><br class=""></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></body></html>