[OS X TeX] TeXShop balance begin/end

[Herbert Schulz]

On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Nestor Aguilera wrote:

> El Mie, 15 de Septiembre de 2010, 14:28, Herbert Schulz escribió:
>> 
>> On Sep 15, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Nestor Aguilera wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Does the TeXShop editor have a command for balancing begin/end pairs (in
>>> the source file)?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Nestor
> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Do you mean that it inserts matched pairs when you press the opening
>> delimiter; e.g., you press { and you get {} with any selection and the
>> insertion point between them?
> [...]
>> If you mean matching the delimiters as they are created, e.g., when you
>> press the closing delimiter it flashes back to the matching starting
>> delimiter, make sure TeXshop->Preferences->Source->Parens Matching is
>> checked.
> [...]
> 
> No, I don't have problems with that. Rather I was wondering if there is a
> method for selecting anything between matching begin/end pairs, e.g.,
> given
> 
> \begin{enumerate}
> \item one
> \begin{itemize}
> \item two
> \end{itemize}
> \end{enumerate}
> 
> I would like to select anything between \begin{itemize} - \end{itemize} or
> between \begin{enumerate} - \end{enumerate}.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nestor

Howdy,

Not built into TeXShop but you might be able to build a Macro using Applescript. It would have to check about possible nesting, etc., so it wouldn't be trivial.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)