[OS X TeX] Changing TeXShop Matrix Panel size

[David Watson]

On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:56 AM, Kirk Lowery wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:51 AM, David Watson <dewatson at me.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Kirk Lowery wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 21, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Kirk Lowery wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> TeXShop's matrix panel defaults to 10x10 size. I use it to create
>>>>> complex linguistic trees with xyling. Very handy.
>>>>>
>>>>> According to the help file, one can change the size with the  
>>>>> command:
>>>>>
>>>>> $ defaults write TeXShop matrixsize 12
>>>>>
>>>>> However, when I execute that command (with 12 or any other  
>>>>> number),
>>>>> restart TeXShop and bring up the matrix panel, nothing has  
>>>>> happened.
>>>>> The maximum matrix size is still 10x10.
>>>>>
>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>
>>>>> Kirk
>>>>
>>>> Howdy,
>>>>
>>>> If I try to enlarge the matrix greater than 10x10 manually (i.e.,  
>>>> from
>>>> within the panel) it always goes to 10x10 so I'd guess that is a  
>>>> built-in
>>>> limit.
>>>
>>> Yes, that is what I get as well. But then what is the TeXShop help
>>> file mean when it says one can resize the matrix panel with:
>>>
>>> $ defaults write TeXShop matrixsize 12
>>>
>>> ???
>>
>> For what it's worth, I checked my plist and matrixsize 12 seems to  
>> be the
>> default, so I assume that this particular key is unimplemented.
>
> Is that ~/Library/TeXShop/MatrixPanel/matrixpanel.plist? In my .plist
> there is no key for matrix size nor, of course, any value for it. What
> is the key name for the matrix size?
>

The key-value pair is found in ~/Library/Preferences/TeXShop.plist,  
and the xml rendering of the key in question is:

	<key>matrixsize</key>
	<integer>12</integer>