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LaTeX Editor for OS X
I am looking for an easy to use LaTeX text editor for OS X.
It is meant to be used by a social science student, hence TextMate seems to difficult to use.
Basically I am looking for a LaTeX editor ...
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What does the keyboard shortcut ⌥⇞ mean?
I'm in need of a translator for ⌥ ⇞
This screen shot below is from the TexStudio and Texmaker latex editors.
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How can I incorporate LaTeX into an iBook created with iBooks Author?
I'm interested in writing a text in the sciences that requires some mathematical notation, but I see no way to incorporate LaTeX into iBooks using iBooks Author.
Am I missing a feature? Is there an ...
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Using LaTeX and SVN on iPad
I'm used to write technical documents with LaTeX and use SVN as version system.
I really would like to be able to do the same with my iPad.
The first problem is found a good App for LaTeX
I found ...
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Installing LaTeX on iMac
For years I have been a LaTeX user on Ubuntu. I want to know how to install/use LaTeX on Mac.
I generally use it to write mathematically intensive documents and make slides (on beamer). In future I ...
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What OSX PDF viewers support SyncTeX?
I hope this question is not a duplicate. I use a lot of pdfLaTeX in my daily work on OSX (10.8). I've been using Skim and its SyncTeX support to preview PDFs and link forward and backward and that's ...
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Keyboard layout for math
I usually need to write math with LaTeX, and after seeing this question: Entering unicode math symbols. I came here with some small questions.
I find that not perfectly comfortable, and I was ...
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Using PdfLatex in OS X?
This thread here mentions MacTex but it is 2 GB in size and I am trying to find something as small as Apple's open command for modularized preview. How can I get something like pdflatex in OS X? ...
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LilyPond on Lion
Did you succeed in installing LilyPond on Lion? How?
After downloading the (precompiled) LilyPond, I am getting:
In plain text:
LilyPond Error
An unexpected error has occurred during ...
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Automatically hide latex aux files in finder (files with a certain extension)
I'm a LaTeX user in OSX. I use TexShop primarily. LaTeX automatically creates lots of helper files with various different extensions (.log, .nav, .aux, .out, etc).
It's almost never necessary to view ...
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is it possible to spell check PDF files?
Is it possible to spell check PDF files? In Preview.app the "Edit > Spelling & Grammar > Check Document Now (⌘;)" is disabled. I'm working on a LaTeX document in Emacs and would like to use the OS ...
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Compiling LaTeX in Apple products: is something like pdflatex around?
My Apple friends says that they cannot compile LaTeX. I don't have a Mac at hand to test what the problem is.
How can I get something like pdflatex to get LaTeX compiled on a Mac such as a MacBook ...
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XeLaTeX doesn't have complete fonts
I've just moved to OS X form Ubuntu. I'm using OS X 10.8.2 unfortunately I'm not able to say what TeX distribution is installed on the computer since it wasn't me who installed it, I guess it was ...
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How come compiling my .tex file with my alias is lagging?
I have written an alias in ~/.bashrc to compile my tex files into pdfs. I am sure that ~/.bashrc is sourced.
alias p='rm -f *.pdf *.log *.aux;pdflatex *.tex;open *.pdf'
However, after I edit my ...
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How to install Writer2LaTeX in command line
This is the app I want to install, in ubuntu it was done automatically, but somehow in Mac it seems that I have to install manually.
Writer2LaTeX
http://writer2latex.sourceforge.net/
In the ...
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LaTeX- LaTable GUI did not show up on Mac
I downloaded a LaTable Mac Version but when I clicked on the file, the GUI did not show up. I am using MacBook Pro 10.6. I am wondering if anyone is having similar problems or knows how to fix this?
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How can I get LaTeX working on Anki?
Originally I was going to ask a question about how to get LaTeX working in Anki, but as I was writing the question, I was trying to solve the problem myself. I thought others may benefit from my ...
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File not found: file is in ~/Library but not on 'This Mac'
A program i run cannot find a specific file. The file is right there where it is supposed to be. When i use Finder to locate it:
it is found if i tell it to look in ~/Library
it cannot be found when ...
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How to use TeX Gyre fonts installed by TeX Live
I've installed TeXLive on Mountain Lion. The TeX Live Utility says that the tex-gyre package is installed, however these fonts don't appear on my system and I actually get errors when trying to use ...
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Microsoft true type fonts on mac
How do I install the mainstream Microsoft Hebrew true-type fonts (David, Arial, Times New Roman Hebrew) in Mac? I would like to use these fonts both in MS-Office and Latex documents.
In the ...
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Image manipulation -app with iPad that gets images directly from its camera and allows saving to specific location fast?
We are struggling with this puzzle here. I want:
shoot photo
manipulate it fast
add it fast to the LaTex document
Now I need to find an app that allows me to do this process. I can put ...
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Installing Kile on OS X 10.7
How does one install Kile on OS X. I have MacPorts installed on my machine.,I tried to install via the commands given here.
When I run the command.
sudo port -f activate dbus
I get an error as ...
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Use Textmate (or any arbitrary application) with Lion's “Versions” feature?
I'm writing a thesis in LaTeX with TextMate. I want very simple, very automated version control. Nothing complicated! Just, every time I save, a new version is created so that I can easily go back in ...
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How to compile LaTeX on Mac OS X? [closed]
How can I compile LaTeX on Mac OS X Mountain Lion? I know there are pre-compiled version of the soft that can be found on the Internet, but I actually want to compile LaTeX (to be able to test some ...
