Hi everyone (this is a debut), so far I've been using TeXShop for my LaTeX writing. I've written an extension to it that allows me type all kinds of Unicode symbols (such as greek letters, relation symbols and whatnot) in TeXShop which get converted to LaTeX code (so "≤" becomes "\leq" etc) on saving (or loading) based on a 1-1 mapping list. Thus, the text is readable on screen while the code remains portable.
Now, I'd like to switch to Textmate because of its better project management (and because I've paid for it...). I wonder whether I can keep this functionality on which I heavily depend. Are there auto replace on save/load solutions available? Sorry if this has been discussed before (although I haven't found it) or it's obvious (though I hae used TextMate for a while, I didn't do much customizing).
Best, Jonas
On 15.07.2008, at 00:03, Jonas Zimmermann wrote:
Hi everyone (this is a debut), so far I've been using TeXShop for my LaTeX writing. I've written an extension to it that allows me type all kinds of Unicode symbols (such as greek letters, relation symbols and whatnot) in TeXShop which get converted to LaTeX code (so "≤" becomes "\leq" etc) on saving (or loading) based on a 1-1 mapping list. Thus, the text is readable on screen while the code remains portable.
Now, I'd like to switch to Textmate because of its better project management (and because I've paid for it...). I wonder whether I can keep this functionality on which I heavily depend. Are there auto replace on save/load solutions available? Sorry if this has been discussed before (although I haven't found it) or it's obvious (though I hae used TextMate for a while, I didn't do much customizing).
Well, this would be doable by using two scripts. But first I have some humble questions.
What kind of typesetting engine do you are using? E.g. I can type '≤' and I'll get '≤' without any conversion.
Do you want to typeset larger Greek texts or 'only' Greek letters in mathematical equations?
How do yo input these Greek letters? Do you switch to a Greek keyboard?
If I understood you correctly, your point is that you want to see e.g. α = β + γ instead of \alpha = \beta + \gamma
Cheers,
--Hans
Am 15.07.2008 um 18:38 schrieb Hans-Jörg Bibiko:
Well, this would be doable by using two scripts. But first I have some humble questions.
Scripts sound great. This would work like a hook on opening and saving .tex files? One may earn extra points by telling me how to reuse my .plist dictionary of replacement pairs...
What kind of typesetting engine do you are using? E.g. I can type '≤' and I'll get '≤' without any conversion.
I use pdflatex. I've never tried to typeset "≤" directly, I must admit. However, I remember that I used to run into problems with other characters (as simple as umlauts), especially when collaborating on documents with Windows users. So basically I want to keep my code clean of anything 8-bit ;)
Do you want to typeset larger Greek texts or 'only' Greek letters in mathematical equations?
That'd be only equations etc.
How do yo input these Greek letters? Do you switch to a Greek keyboard?
I've built a specific LaTeX keyboard (see http://www.lessjunkmorefunk.de/de/latex-keyboard for screenshots + actual keyboard files). That also gives me the benefit of accessible {}/[] characters (which are a bit hidden on the standard German layout and likely cause CTS) without making the Umlauts (äöüß) too hard to reach.
If I understood you correctly, your point is that you want to see e.g. α = β + γ instead of \alpha = \beta + \gamma
Yep, exactly. With a bit of ∑_{i=17}^∞x_i≥η→ℝ=ℕ love this becomes irresistable (to me) ;)
Best, Jonas
Jonas Zimmermann wrote:
Hi everyone (this is a debut), so far I've been using TeXShop for my LaTeX writing. I've written an extension to it that allows me type all kinds of Unicode symbols (such as greek letters, relation symbols and whatnot) in TeXShop which get converted to LaTeX code (so "≤" becomes "\leq" etc) on saving (or loading) based on a 1-1 mapping list. Thus, the text is readable on screen while the code remains portable.
Have you tried XeTeX?
-Jacob
Am 16.07.2008 um 12:14 schrieb Jacob Rus:
Have you tried XeTeX?
Well, that opens another field of tinkering. While I've got XeLaTeX to recognise Greek text characters, it doesn't work for math symbols. I use Minion Pro + MnSymbol.
I guess my preferred solution would still be an automagic conversion...
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