[texworks] Using scripts

[Tyler Estler]

Greetings, Stefan ...

Thanks very much. This is exactly the level of detail that I wanted, and you
have been a very big help. I especially appreciate the tip on how to create
a shortcut to run a script. Repeatedly stopping to click the "Scripts" menu
seemed to be a bit of a pain. I look forward to trying some things out now.

Best regards,

Tyler

On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Stefan Löffler <st.loeffler at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Hi,
>
> Am 2010-05-21 17:03, schrieb Tyler Estler:
>
> You are very quick to respond, which is great!
>
>
> You're lucky - I'm currently at my PC and have little enough to do to fit
> in a mail or two occasionally ;).
>
>
> I am most interested in how scripts are executed in practice. For example,
> in WinEdt when I type \ref{} or \cite{}, dropdown lists of labels or
> bibliography entries appear, which is a wonderful feature.
>
>
> Yes, and this is indeed planned for the (near?) future. However, the
> scripting implementation is not that advanced yet, there's still room for
> improvement ;).
>
>
> Such a feature appears to have been enabled in Tw by a script by Paul
> Norman. I would like to see an example of using this script, for example.
>
>
> Partially, yes. It doesn't work as-you-type (you already noticed that), and
> it doesn't present an inline list. Instead, it opens a dialog where you can
> choose from several options.
>
> To run the script, simply select "Insert Cross Reference" menu item from
> the "Scripts" menu (or a submenu thereof, if you installed the script to a
> subdirectory) in Tw. It should immediately bring up the dialog.
> Since selecting a menu-item is not a very speedy thing to do when in the
> middle of typing, you can also assign a shortcut to the script.
> Unfortunately, the only way to do that at the moment is to edit the script
> file directly. So if you open the "insertCrossRef.js" file in a text-editor
> (you can even use Tw itself) from where you installed it, you can add the
> following line somewhere in the first few lines (all those starting with
> "//"):
>
> //Shortcut: Alt+R
>
>
> This will allow you to run the script by hitting Alt+R (you probably need
> to reload the script list in Tw to make it work). You can even define some
> more complex shortcuts, such as "Alt+I, Alt+R" which means that you need to
> first hit Alt+I and then Alt+R to run the script. I find this quite useful
> as I define all my insert commands to start with Alt+I, for example, but
> this is a matter of taste.
>
> HTH
> Stefan
>
>
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