Hi!
I would like to be able to do this in TM
1. select a .tex-file 2. run a macro that 2.1 selects all text 2.2 runs that text through a "tex-compiler" wich listens to stdin 2.3 pipe the results from the "tex-compiler" to the preview-app (can this too listen to stdin?) which show me a nice pdf
And if I like the results I can save the .tex-file otherwise not. The main point here is that I which to see the pdf without having to save my .tex-file.
Would someone help me with this? I have an idea on how this is supposed to be done...
1. record a macro (alt-cmd-m) 2. select all text (cmd-a) 3. filter through command (shift-alt-r) 3.1 input: selection 3.2 output: ? discard? 3.3 command: ??? something like "<build pdf> | open -a /Applications/Preview.app"
I just read that "open" cannot read from stdin so I guess it has to be some other way around. Please, I'm really lousy at this stuff. Help would be much appreciated!
Kindest Regards Ivar
On 30-12-2004 12:14, Ivar Åsell wrote:
You could make shellscript and use the command 'tempfile' to create a temporary filename, store that in a variable, use Preview to open that file and then copy it over to your current file or delete it if it's not satisfactory.
Jeroen.
On Dec 30, 2004, at 12:14, Ivar Åsell wrote:
You can do this as a command. TeX can't write to stdout nor can Preview load from stdin, but you can do this command(s):
rm /tmp/texput.pdf pdflatex -output-directory /tmp [ -f /tmp/texput.pdf ] && open -a Preview.app /tmp/texput.pdf
Standard in: Entire document Standard out: Discard
This should show your document as tex/pdf w/o requiring it to be asved. You may also want to use the '-file-line-error' option and use the separate window to parse the errors so that you can jump directly to the erroneous line -- I haven't experimented with it myself yet, since it has been a while since I last wrote a longer report in LaTeX ;)
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