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- From: dmitri@physics (Dmitri Linde)
- Subject: Re: Answers to InstantTeX Questions
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.144327.25408@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
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- References: <1992Jul22.053824.7396@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1992Jul22.024043.3522@arizona.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 14:43:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul22.024043.3522@arizona.edu> zazula@pri.com writes:
- >
- >Hi -
- >
- >Not to be an instigator or anything, but:
- >
- >> 1. InstantTeX makes it possible to TeX your file directly from Edit
- >> via a keystroke.
- >>
- >
- >So does adding this to your ~/.commandict file:
- >
- >TeX X texsis -V $file&
- >
- >This adds the menu entry "TeX" with the command-key equivalent "X" to your
- >Utilities->UserCommands menu in Edit. I use TeXsis but you can change it to
- >read:
- >
- >TeX X tex -V $file&
- >
- >etc... It helps to have TeXview launched before running this - if you don't,
- >you'll have to quit TeXview before you can go back and edit your document...
- >
- >I don't recall who sent me this hack but I've been using it for quite a while
- >and the price is right...
- >
- >Ralph
-
- There are two problem with this hack. If there is an error in the file, TeX
- will quit and will not let you tell it to ignore the error or to
- ignore all errors. Another problem is that you have to wait until TeX is
- done until you can continue to work on the file. You do not have to wait
- if you are using TeX from a Terminal or if you use InstantTeX. I have
- used this hack myself, but I usually found myself Typing the TeX command
- in the Terminal instead, because I did not want to wait for 2 mins while
- the 100 page manual got TeXed.
-
- - Dmitri Linde
-
- Please reply to dmitri@StarConn.com
-