[OS X TeX] "Save as"

["M. Tamer Özsu"]

I am not sure if an alias would work with Dropbox -- I think it requires a symbolic link.

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M. Tamer Özsu
University of Waterloo

On 2012-01-16, at 3:59 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

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> On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:29 AM, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. wrote:
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>> ...
>> Finally, while Herb's idea, to put the template file in ~/Library/TeXShop/Templates/, is appealing, except that I want to use it via dropbox, since I work on my documents on multiple devices, and that location is local to one computer.
>> BTW, "Save as" or "Save to" in TeXShop can't be used (as far as I can tell) to move something to that location, because TeXShop seems not to see the ~/Library/TeXShop/ folder (or more accurately, it is not displayed as an option for location to move to).
>> ...
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> Howdy,
> 
> You might try making a symbolic link (or even an Alias --- since TeXShop operates through the higher level OS calls rather than the Unix end of things like the TeX Distribution itself) of the file you keep in the DropBox into the ~/Library/TeXShop/Templates/ folder.
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> I thought I stated that Lion hides the ~/Library/ folder by default and how to open it by holding down the Option Key while clicking on the Go menu in Finder.
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
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