[OS X TeX] Some minor problems in TS

[Warren Nagourney]

OK, I must be doing something stupid. I tried the %!TEX method and it  
doesn't work for some reason. The root and chapter files are in the  
same directory, so I just said %!TEX root=QEAP.tex  (QEAP.tex is my  
root file) in the top line of a chapter file (I threw away  
the .texshop file). It now insists on ignoring the root file and  
typesetting the chapter file alone. What have I done wrong? (I assume  
I don't need the .texshop file since some "preprocessor" is parsing  
the %!TEX construction).

Thanks.

wn

On Nov 21, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Maarten Sneep wrote:

> On 21 nov 2008, at 22:10, Warren Nagourney wrote:
>
>> Thanks. I notice that when one sets a root file with a chapter  
>> file on top, the program writes a file with the name  
>> <chapterfile>.texshop and this file contains only the name of the  
>> root file. It might be possible to just write my own .texshop  
>> files (or duplicate and rename the existing .texshop files). On  
>> the other hand, maybe using the %!TEX .... construction would be  
>> better.
>
> The .texshop files contain just the path to the root file, trivial  
> to reproduce, but very messy as well, and not a method I would  
> recommend. First of all, placing
>     %%!TEX root = path
> in the file makes the setting visible. My BBEdit scripts support  
> the %SourceDoc and the %!TEX root methods, not the .texshop files.  
> Exchanging with others may just become a little bit easier.
>
> Maarten
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