[OS X TeX] finding missing braces

[Antoine Gautier]

At 2:09 PM +0100 3/4/07, Rolf Schmolling wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> anybody having an idea how to search for missing braces on TexShop?

Rolf,

Here is a simple thing you can try :

Add à " } " at the end of your document, double-click it. TS will  
highlight the first problematic (possibly unmatched) " { "
Delete it, then

Add à " { " at the beginning of your document, double-click it. TS  
will highlight the last problematic (possibly unmatched) " } "

Usually, and unless your document contains many unmatched braces,  
that should get you at/close to the problem.

(if some { or } are commented by a % , that will fool TS however.  
Search for comments then)

Cheers,

Antoine
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