[OS X TeX] Suddenly, I'm Italian

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 1, 2011, at 6:02 PM, Justin C. Walker wrote:

> Hi, Herb,
> 
> On Dec 1, 2011, at 15:46 , Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>> On Dec 1, 2011, at 5:25 PM, Justin C. Walker wrote:
> 
>>> and I typed, again, "definitESC".  This time, I got a list of Italian words (including "definizione", which would have been OK in another time and place).  Retrying previously successful completions left me at the mercy of the Italian dictionary.
> [snip]
>> Looks like you are using a combination of TeXShop's Command Completion (e.g., \be+TAB --- you appear to have set TAB as the trigger) and Apple's Completion (e.g., definit+ESC). Here's what you should do and you should be happier too: \be+TAB to get \begin{; definit+ESC and choose definition; close the } and then press TAB again and you should get \end{definition} so you have nothing to add.
> 
> Thanks for the details; that will smooth my workflow a bit.  Always happy to learn a few new keystrokes.
> 
> However, that still leaves me with the unanswered question of why TeXShop suddenly started thinking I am Italian.
> ...

Howdy,

That has to do with Apple's Completion mechanism and I have no idea how that works! I try to avoid it! :-)

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)