[OS X TeX] switcher

Adam R. Maxwell amaxwell at mac.com
Fri Dec 3 16:23:42 CET 2004


On Dec 3, 2004, at 06:12, William F. Adams wrote:

> On Dec 3, 2004, at 8:14 AM, Jan Rosinski wrote:
>
>> I do not know if this is possible but it would be very useful.
>> Usually I have two or more papers opened simultaneously in the 
>> TeXShop.
>> This is multiplied by 3 in the window menu (tex, pdf, console).
>> Changing between them is time consuming and requires a lot of 
>> attention.
>> A simple switcher in the TeXShop menu bar
>> or on a side (as an option to choose in preferences)
>> would make walking between the documents much easier and speedier.
>
> That's a good example of how Apple has in many ways crippled the NeXT 
> UI.
>
> I habitually tear off my ``Windows'' sub-menu in NeXTstep when working 
> w/ more than one or two windows in an app --- this allows one 
> one-click access to any window. Very nice.

And if you get OCSmartHacks from <http://www.ocs.cz/OCSmartHacks/>, you 
can once again have tear-off menus (and more)!

-- 
Adam
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