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ts [primary file]If there are no dots in the file name, the extension .tex will be added automatically. But if you work with files like a.b.c.tex, you must specify the full file name!
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Working with TeXShell
F13
or Shift-F3
.
Alt-0
. If it is a new file,
you can use a template.
F3
. Changing
between them is possible with Alt-[Window number]
.
F6
. If an error occurs,
you can return to the right place in Editor by pressing e
.
F8
. If the viewer needs a
PostScript file, it will be generated automatically by dvips.
F9
. Close the printing dialog
with Ctrl-Enter
.
Alt-x
.
- F1
- Shift-F3, F13
- F3
- Alt-0
- Alt-1 ... Alt-9
- F4
- F5
- F6
- F7
- F8
- F9
- F11
- Alt-F5
Alt-[Number]
).
- Ctrl-F2...Ctrl-F10
- Alt-x
-> Dialog keys
-> Keys for the internal editor
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Dialog keys
- Tab, Enter
- Shift-Tab
- Ctrl-Enter
- Escape
- Alt-[Letter]
The file dialog will be finished with Enter
, if you have
selected a file.
If an extension is specified, it will be added to a specified filename
without extension automatically.
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Action settings
The Ctrl-Function key
shows the Settings dialog for the
specified action. You can add new functions with Alt-i
or Alt-a
, or edit defined functions with Alt-e
:
- exwin
- exbg
- xterm
- xtermbg
- tedit
sh -c "cat %r.log | more"
-> Variable parameters
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Variable Parameters for Programs
There are two kinds of variable parameters.
% parameters are always used by TeXShell. !?...! includes an option which is used only if there is a valid value. There position of this variable value is marked with % sign.
- %p
- %r
"xdvi %r.dvi"
or
"xdvi %r"
)
- %e
.tex
and can changed in the
file dialog.
(eg. "vi %e.tex"
)
- %o
"xfig %o.fig"
)
- %g
-geometry
option generated by TeXShell.
- !i..%..!
- !0..%..!
- !9..%..!
- !l...!
- !o...!
- !e...!
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Global Options
You can call the dialog for the global Options with the menu
Options|Global settings ...
. All options will be
saved when the program is finished.
- Window position
- Edit options
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Document Templates
You can create templates for often used document structures.
These are TeX files with the extension .tpl
and two special
comment lines:
%! Description of the template %! Cursor position line for editing (without these lines) Document template (line 1) ...Save the templates in the global TeX directory or in
$HOME/.ts
.
If you open a new primary file for editing, you get a dialog for selecting
a template. After creating new templates, you must include them with
the Rescan
button.
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Files
There are global and local configuration files. The directory of global
files is specified in the Makefile and hard compiled in ts (Default:
/usr/local/lib/ts
). Local configuration files and templates
are saved in $HOME/.ts
.
- texshell.cfg
If you want to create a new one, make the wished configuration and
overwrite the global config file with your own.
- templates/*.tpl
- ts.cfg
- templates.idx
Rescan
button of the template selection dialog.
- *.tpl
- includes.cfg
- apps.cfg
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Project Management
By pressing F4
, the project window is opened. The file
includes.cfg
contains the regular expressions for scanning
the primary file.
The first char of a line indicates whether the founded fill should be scan recursively (1) or not (0), the second char is a space, the third char allows edit of the file (1) or not (0), following by a space, and the rest of the line is a regular expression for an included file. It's first group builds the command, the second the filename.
The scanning will be cutted after 10 recursions. You can select an existing file and open for editing. Create the non-existing files by calling the appropriate editor explicitly.
The used editor will by selected under control of apps.cfg
.
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