[OS X TeX] command completion file for inline and display math mode

[R Martinez]

Herb,

You make some good points.

With TextExpander one can have a shortcut for a multiline piece of text. So one can (and I do) have a shortcut for an environment; it is not necessary to grow it in sections. Options for arguments, jumping to different arguments, controlling the cursor position I don't think is possible with TextExpander (if it is, I have not tried it). 

I like using TextExpander because I can use the LaTeX file with any editor. 

Best wishes,

Raúl 


On Jan 21, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> 
> On Jan 21, 2012, at 12:22 PM, R Martinez wrote:
> 
>> Dilan,
>> 
>> I use TextExpander for command completion. You can set up a specific TeX/LaTeX command completion file (this is what I do) and include as many commands as you wish. 
>> 
>> What you want to do is exactly what TextExpander is designed to do. In addition to completing commands, TextExpander completes any text you use frequently. 
>> 
>> Good luck,
>> 
>> Raul Martinez
>> 
> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> By Command Completion what do you do when you have a complex environment with possible arguments (optional and/or required)? Do you have to ``grow'' it in sections? Can you control the position of the cursor? Jump to different arguments if you can build it completely? Can you have information that tells you what the different arguments can contain? Have you tried the Command Completion that is already built into TeXShop?
> 
> I still thing a Macro is the best way to go for this kind of ``completion''.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
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