[texworks] TeXworks 0.4.3 : where is the transcript file

[Paul A Norman]

HI,

I believe that it is a balancing act, some things may be worth putting
up as an issue on the C++ Development side of things because they have
deep level programming requirements and potentially impact  a lot of
people, other things are more specific and able to make use of the
existing underlying scripting capabilities of TeXworks, and may find
support from some one who writes scripts.

I'd like to suggest that if a person uses any LaTeX type commands in
their documents that take 'arguments'  like \textit(some text} - 'some
text' is the argument, and think through their LaTeX documents, usage
of packages, and relating LaTeX commands to each other -- envisaging
the likely :) outcomes, then  that person is over halfway to being a
good candidate to making QtScripts in TeXworks!

And in any event I agree and encourage the idea that if someone has
done contemporary web paging, it would be surprising if they had no
JavaScript or similar skills --  and hopefully at a pinch they should
be able to wade through and make QtScript macros for TeXworks ... very
worthwhile---can really speed things up and help with accuracy or
repetitive tasks in the editor...

(Small example I consistently mispesll :)  \noindent when typing at
speed, trouble is it does not look wrong when misspelt, and if you
tell Typeset to R contniue non-stop, you get no further prompts, and
no no-indents in the finished document. A simple Alt N Alt I   macro
really helps me a  lot!)

http://twscript.paulanorman.com/docs/html/TexWorksQtScripting.htm

http://twscript.paulanorman.com/docs/TexWorksQtScripting.chm

And to help start new scripts accurately...

http://code.google.com/p/texworks/issues/detail?id=261#c41

Paul

On 13 November 2011 16:25, Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> wrote:
> On 2011-11-12 at 16:19:11 -0800, Charlie Sharpsteen wrote:
>
>  > On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Philip TAYLOR <P.Taylor at rhul.ac.uk> wrote:
>  >
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Charlie Sharpsteen wrote:
>  > >
>  > >  If TeXworks is missing something you find necessary, feel free to add to
>  > >> the source code or write a script that fills the gap.
>  > >>
>  > >
>  > > I am a TeXworks user, Charlie, not a TeXworks developer --
>  > > my skills (if I have any) lie in writing TeX code, HTML
>  > > & CSS, none of which would allow me to add functionality
>  > > to TeXworks.
>  > >
>  > > Philip Taylor
>  > >
>  >
>  > I'm just a TeXworks user as well---I do some development work because I
>  > want to have stable Mac builds and a better PDF viewer.
>  >
>  > Since you have experience working with HTML, perhaps you know a bit of
>  > JavaScript. In that case, you could write a script for TeXworks that adds
>  > the feature you want without having to know about C++ or compiling things
>  > from source:
>  >
>  > // TeXworksScript
>  > // Title: Open TeX logfile
>  > // Description: Attempts to open the logfile for the current document
>  > // Author: Charlie Sharpsteen
>  > // Version: 0.1
>  > // Date: 2011-11-12
>  > // Script-Type: standalone
>  >
>  > logfileName = TW.target.fileName.replace(RegExp('\.(tex\|pdf)$'), '.log');
>  > TW.app.openFileFromScript(logfileName, TW);
>  >
>  > undefined;
>  >
>  >
>  > Whenever I see someone make a statement like "I'm
>  > surprised/confused/angry that (open source project x) doesn't have
>  > (feature in product y)" I can't help but think of the old proverb:
>  >
>  >   Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.Teach a man to fish
>  > and you feed him for a lifetime.
>
> Sure, but if you teach Phil to fish, it's fine for Phil.  It doesn't
> solve the problem for other people.
>
> As I mentioned in my previous mail, I'm convinced that it's wrong that
> TeXworks currently disregards the importance of .log files completely.
> It's also wrong to assume that each user has to write a script in
> order to make .log files accessible.
>
> Isn't TeXworks supposed to lower the barrier?
>
> Regards,
>  Reinhard
>
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