[OS X TeX] is terminal sufficient?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jun 29, 2005, at 2:00 PM, Joseph C. Slater wrote:

>
> The most important difference on the Mac side in "syncing"  is  
> pdfsync which allows this to happen between pdf and source. This  
> works with a large number of editors and viewers. However, I don't  
> think it's been done with pico yet. If you like pico, you might try  
> nedit instead (it's x-windows). Alternatively, plain emacs from the  
> command line is more powerful then pico (it has a built in  
> understanding of LaTeX). It's not an easy learning curve, but given  
> you like the command line...
>
> I'd still install TeXShop and iTeXMac to play with. I rotate  
> amongst multiple tools depending on the size of the task and my  
> mood. There's a long list of software on the mac-tex web site (URL  
> below). I'd look at all the short descriptions. I'll be something  
> sounds good.
>
> Summary: Terminal is sufficient.
> Joe
>

Ah, but one of the nice things about TeXShop 2.03 under Tigerrrrr is  
that there is (approximate but pretty good) ``syncing'' between the  
displayed .pdf and the source .tex  without using pdfsync. That is  
because TeXShop 2.03 uses the internal PDF framework of Tigerrrr  
which allows .pdf searching.

In the end... to each his own!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest.com)


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