[TxMt] Compiling Latex with TextMate ???

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On Aug 11, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Brad Miller wrote:
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> On Aug 11, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Brad Miller wrote:
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> So, I'm not understanding what you mean by a  TexShop engine.

It's just a regular script like latexmk.pl really. From the TeXShop  
help:

These XeTeX features form a special case of a new general method for  
adding typesetting engines to TeXShop. There is now a folder in ~/ 
Library/TeXShop named Engines; the files in this folder are shell  
scripts which call typesetting programs. When TeXShop first starts,  
it examines this folder and adds the script names of files it  
contains to the pull-down typesetting menu. Choosing one of these  
items and pushing the Typeset button calls the script. Users can  
write their own scripts and add them to the Engines folder. Each such  
script must have a name without spaces, and extension ".engine", and  
have the executable bit set.
Items in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines can be chosen as the default  
typesetting method in TeXShop Preferences. Notice that when a method  
is listed in Preferences, its name is given without the extension.

I think this might also give an example: http://www.apfelwiki.de/ 
forum/viewtopic.php?p=4579&sid=d9d6934f9efa686624a1a56fb1d758de
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> Maybe this setup would be more descriptive.  The text entry box  
> would only be active if the checkbox was checked.

Yes this looks very close to what I had in mind, except that the user  
shouldn't really be able to choose both latexmk.pl and a custom  
script. Perhaps radio buttons would be the way here, one of them  
being "use above engine", another being "use latexmk.pl" and the  
other being "use custom script: ...".

If the menu gets too chaotic, you could have the Typesetting and  
Viewing parts be two different tabs. Then we could add a third tab  
dealing with the preferences for the various environment shortcuts  
etc, once I get around to adding those to a nib system.

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College