[OS X TeX] Page size? (Using TeXShop and XeTeX and plain)

[Jérôme Laurens]

>>
>> Calling all programmers --- could we add that so that one can pass
>> parameters from the first line of one's source file?
>
> Yes, please...
>>

better idea: give the whole shell script command needed to typeset the 
document in the first line, not just parameters.
even better idea: also give the whole shell script command to make the 
bibliography, in case we need something better than bibtex
even better idea: also give the command to make the index, in case we 
need something better than makeindex

All this overriding the usual behaviour when present.

This is so better than the actual TeXShop UI and exactly what iTeXMac 
implemented a long time ago.
But in fact, this is not such a good idea: adding meaningful TeX 
comments to a document should be considered as a pollution and should 
be avoided for portability reasons.
The right answer to that problem is in the forthcoming TeX Wrapper 
Structure, or in the .texshop file as a poor man solution...

HTH

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