Changing resource data

This section is for people who know how to use a resource editor like ResEdit. Most user preferences for are stored as resources in a file called OzTeX Prefs. You might like to change the following resources in this file:

STR 200 and 201 specify the location and name of the default configuration file.
STR 240 and 241 specify the dimensions of the magnified rectangle that appears after clicking in the view window. If you want the magnified area to fill the view window then set both numbers to huge values (8000 should do). Setting either number to a value less than 5 will prevent any magnification.
STR 300 to 316 specify the keyboard short cuts used when previewing (see section $[*]$ ). All the resources are named, so it is easy to see which string corresponds to which short cut. uses the first character in each string. You might need to open a string resource with the hex editor if you want to insert a non-displayable character like Delete or Return.

Some read-only information is stored as resources in the application. For example, STR 12345 specifies the name of the preferences file. The MENU resources can also be modified. You might want to change the name of a menu item or add a new Command-key equivalent. Note that and have their own preferences files.