# [OS X TeX] Re: List of feature requests on this list

Themis Matsoukas matsoukas at engr.psu.edu
Tue Mar 3 21:59:46 CET 2009

Here is a feature I would love to see in TS: I would like TS to
recognize the structure of math constructs so that consecutive clicks
of the mouse select increasingly larger contexts. Here is what I mean.
Suppose I have an expression like

\frac{1+ \exp(a(x))}{2}

If I place the cursor inside the exponential (say, right after the
letter a) then I would like to see the following behavior:

--one click of the mouse selects the argument of the exponential, a(x)

--the next click selects the exponential, \exp{a(x)}

--the next click selects the entire numerator, 1+ \exp(a(x))

--the next click selects the entire fraction, ... and so on.

A wish for sequential clicking  may sound esoteric but Mathematica in
fact implements it very nicely and it's a feature I now use a lot.

Themis Matsoukas
matsoukas at engr.psu.edu

On Mar 2, 2009, at 9:54 AM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

> This "wish list" is a compilation of TeXShop features being suggested/
> requested on this list. Omissions result from my negligence rather
> than from my malevolence.
>
> By the way, suggesting a TeXShop feature on this list is absolutely
> not an alternative to making a request at  http://sourceforge.net/
> tracker/?group_id=155796&atid=797241 . (This thread started as a way
> to gauge the importance accorded to features suggested/requested on
> this list but, while "voting" didn't seem to generate much interest,
> "keeping track" seems to have.)
>
> In order to facilitate archive searches, features being suggested/
> requested on this list should probably be suggested/requested under
> their own name rather than in this thread.
>
> Idented items are null and void, having, one way or the other,
> already been dealt with. They are still listed for the sake of
> completion.
>
> Hopeful regards
> --schremmer
>
> ============================================
> ============================================
>
> A—Line numbers in the source file window (that the Console refers to)
> as an option (to turn it off on simple documents)
>
> 		—B: Change font size in the source window (Available: Source > Font
>> Bigger/Smaller)
>
> 		—C: Change Command I  from meaning Source > Font > Italic to a
> keyboard command for \emph (Available under Leopard: Goedde, March
> 24, 2008 11:35:58 AM EDT & Also works for Tiger: Munn March 30, 2008
> 7:26:50 PM EDT)
>
> 		—D: Change Command B from meaning Source > Font > Bold to a
> keyboard command for \textbf (Available under Leopard: Goedde, March
> 24, 2008 2:43:20 PM EDT & Also works for Tiger: Munn March 30, 2008
> 7:26:50 PM EDT)
>
> E—A way to collapse one or more sections' text / better yet an
> outliner mode
>
> F1—A SECOND Typeset button, one that does NOT save at the same time
> F2—A preference option to control whether Typeset saves or not - and
> link that to the keyboard typeset command.
>
> 		—G: Let the bottom of the source window be standard, with a
> horizontal scroll bar (Available: Source > Wrap Lines > None)
>
> H—The ability to split the output window as well as the source window
> (if possible with sync)
>
> 		—I: A button in the source window to open the output window (To
> bypass the menu's File > Open for Preview)( Available: a) Window >
> Source<>Preview, b) with a key press: Apple-1)
>
> 		—J: Cursor staying put (Available: Pref > Document > Select on
> Activate)
>
> K1—Colored matched brackets.
> K2—Indenting of the nested environments (Loukanova March 26, 2008
> 2:49:30 PM EDT)
>
> L—Emacs <-> TeXShop. (Loukanova, March 24, 2008 5:51:47 PM EDT + 25
> Mar 2008 07:47:57 +0100 (CET)
>
> M1—An option to color $...$ strings a solid color.
> M2—An option to color  $$...$$ strings a solid color. (Andretta
> March 31, 2008 9:57:31 AM EDT)
>
> N1—An option to always open documents (.tex and .pdf) in the same
> position where they were last closed. (Schremmer March 30, 2008
> 6:50:45 PM EDT)
> N2—When opening tex file, position at the same line number as when
> last closed (Seguin, March 31, 2008 11:30:06 PM EDT)
> N3—When opening pdf file, display the same page as when last closed
> (Seguin, March 31, 2008 11:30:06 PM EDT)
>
> O—An option that allows the Tags menu drop down to always display at
> the same scroll position from which the last tag was selected.
>
> P—Autocompletion based on recently used words . (Rosinski March 26,
> 2008 8:04:20 AM EDT & 8:44:30 AM EDT)
>
> Q1—Easy access to "Finder Info" for the PDF output. (Moore March 30,
> 2008 5:39:42 PM EDT & Kew-Moore March 30, 2008 7:14:03 PM EDT)
> Q2—Easy access to "PDF Info". (Moore March 30, 2008 5:39:42 PM EDT &
> Kew-Moore March 30, 2008 7:14:03 PM EDT)
>
> R1—Ability to split the PDF preview window like you can split the
> source window. ("There seems to be a work-around". Dyballa July 7,
> 2008 11:14:13 AM EDT) "It may require support from Apple developers"
> Moore July 7, 2008 5:52:36 PM EDT)
> R2—Ability to split the PDF preview window like you can split the
> source window with, in addition, the two top panes being synchronized
> and the two bottom panes being synchronized.
>
> S1—Ability to take "snapshots" à la Skim. (Goldstein July 7, 2008
> 1:49:49 PM EDT)
> S2—A "spyglass" floating window that is the target of cross-reference
> hyperlinks in the main PDF viewing window. (Moore July 7, 2008
> 5:52:36 PM EDT)
>
> T—"An extensible tag list would be a nice addition". (Schulz March 2,
> 2009 9:24:07 AM EST)
>
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