[texworks] Setting the typesetting

[Paul A Norman]

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On 1 July 2010 19:07, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jul 1, 2010, at 1:11 AM, Stefan Löffler wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Am 2010-07-01 06:28, schrieb Alain Schremmer:
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>>> It seems to me that a user who uses, say pdfLaTeX, should not have to
>>> reset the typesetting each time s/he starts TeXworks.
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>> pdfLaTeX should be the default when you started using Tw at a recent
>> version. Note that if you used an older version at some point, the old
>> default (which was pdfTeX) is still in your preferences.
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> I guess the dmg is "old" then.
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>>> Or Is there a particular reason that the typesetting choice is not
>>> remembered? Like everybody working on TeXworks is a TeXpert? Or me
>>> having missed something?
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>> The toolbar / menu items are intended for quickly changing the engine on
>> a file-to-file basis. To set the default, go to Edit > Preferences >
>> Typesetting and choose a default engine from the drop-down list.
>> Alternatively, you can define a default engine in a file by the "%!TEX"
>> modlines (see
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>> http://code.google.com/p/texworks/wiki/TipsAndTricks#Setting_the_(La)TeX_engine_per_file)
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> It never occurred to me that TeXworks would only typeset in TeX. I just
> thought it not remembering the setting was unusual behavior.
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> Regards
> -schremmer
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