[OS X TeX] "I wish this worked a bit differently" list

[Alain Schremmer]

On Sep 12, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> ...
>> 2) When you search in a selection, the selection disappears after  
>> the search has been done. This creates a difficulty when you want  
>> to do several searches on the same selection, particularly when  
>> the selection is more than can be displayed in one window.
>>
>> Regards
>> --schremmer
>
> Howdy,
>
> I'm not sure if this will help but there are some extra keybindings  
> you can set up (I'll get to that in a bit) that allow you to set an  
> invisible mark at some point, move the insertion point/cursor to  
> another point and then select between the mark and the insertion  
> point (that might be what handy in the case you mention) or swap  
> the the mark and insertion point (handy to jump between two points  
> in a file).
>
> Download KeyBindings.zip from <http://homepage.mac.com/herbs2/> and  
> follwo the installation directions.
>
> The keybindings I chose were Ctl-X Space (yes... that's a two  
> successive key command) to set the mark, Ctl-X Ctl-M to select  
> between the mark and the insertion point and Ctl-X Ctl-X to swap  
> mark and insertion point.

I am sure it will help. But being as I am, I will have to try it when  
I am not under pressure. And, right now, I am under a lot of  
pressure. But I moved your post in my LaTeX folder. that is the  
folder in which I put all I want to learn.

Grateful regards
--schremmer

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