[OS X TeX] Spotlight plug in

[Rolf Schmolling]

Hello!

Thanks for that extremely useful tip! I was not aware that there was  
a way to fix the spotlight-display (though some uitillities like  
NotLight (http://www.tidbits.com/matt/) help a lot).

Greetings,

Rolf


Am 10.07.2007 um 19:04 schrieb Herbert Schulz:

>
> On Jul 10, 2007, at 11:54 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
>
>> Herb,
>>
>> You are right, it was not in /Library/Spotlight/. I put it there  
>> and things are better.
>>
>> But not perfect. The .tex files are mixed in with the documents.
>>
>> Example: I introduced the concept of "pasting" in lattice theory.  
>> I would like to find all my (.tex) paper where this concept is  
>> used. Spotlight lists them in a huge list of "Documents" (826  
>> entries), 95% of which is not .tex.
>>
>> Is there any way to get what I want?
>>
>> GG
>
> Howdy,
>
> There is a freeware system preference pane called BSP <http:// 
> www.end.com/BSP/> that allows you to create new categories in the  
> Spotlight sort. I've made one for files that are searched via the  
> TeX importer so .tex files end up in their own category.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
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