Mac OS X is the flagship operating system from Apple Inc. It was the successor to Mac OS 9 and here the 'X' means 10.
8
votes
1answer
68 views
Entering unicode math symbols into LaTeX, direct from keyboard, on a Mac
I would like:
my LaTeX source file to contain Unicode characters (e.g. I want to see λα．α ≠ β not \lambda\alpha\ldotp\alpha\neq\beta)
to type these characters directly from my keyboard (e.g. I want ...
2
votes
1answer
97 views
What is the best referencing tool for LaTeX?
I'm using TexShop on Mac and have a .bib file with references exported by Zotero. One disadvantage of this method is that CiteKeys where I can use in-text referencing \cite{citekeys} cannot be ...
8
votes
1answer
186 views
What happened to Textures and Bluesky Research?
A few weeks ago, the Bluesky website vanished. I have been unable to find any recent traces on the Internet of either Gordon Lee, who seems to have been the only person left at Bluesky (or, at any ...
1
vote
0answers
59 views
Use Mac's Preview to display PDF files from TexShop?
I am sure there is a simple way to do this but my internet search yielded nothing ..
I prefer using Mac's Preview to display PDF files rather than TexShop's internal PDF viewer. TexMaker has an ...
1
vote
0answers
131 views
problems with lion 10.8.3 on the last iMac 27" [closed]
I have tried to typeset very basic documents and it does not work! It cannot find documents like book.class or bk12.clo. I have checked all settings and seem OK (at least the work very well on my ...
3
votes
1answer
100 views
Is there any way to have a LaTeX compiler on a Mac without root access?
Long story short, I have limited install rights on my Mac. I believe the only limitation is that I can only write files inside my user directory. I also have limited read rights to files outside my ...
0
votes
0answers
75 views
Stuck with XeLaTeX fonts on Mountain Lion [closed]
I've been exploring XeLaTeX recently because I was interested in the, apparently, smoother font handling than offered by LaTeX/pdfLaTeX. However, I have yet to get a test document to compile even ...
3
votes
1answer
102 views
Why don't I see Latin Modern in my tex document?
a complete novice question:
I have installed new version of TeX (>3.0) on my Mac (10.7.x). The packages lm and lm-math are installed (I have checked in TeX Live Utility)
I have put the following ...
2
votes
1answer
96 views
Using the erdc package on Mac OS X
I have the MacTeX-2012 Distribution installed on my MacBook Pro running OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion. Opening TeX Live Update, I see that the erdc package is installed. However, as stated erdc.pdf, ...
1
vote
0answers
57 views
Please can someone explain to me how I can add a class! [duplicate]
I am a non-technical user. I use LaTeX to type up stuff and that's it. What I want to do is make posters like from this website. http://www.brian-amberg.de/uni/poster/
I think this gives me a new ...
0
votes
0answers
30 views
How to install a package in mactex? [duplicate]
I am using mactex on osx.
I wanted to do a smartdiagram
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\smartdiagramset{circular distance=4cm, font=\large, text width=2.5cm,
module minimum ...
3
votes
2answers
83 views
OS X command-script to compile LaTeX
I'm trying to create a script that compiles LaTeX on OS X. Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the language and even though the code works, it has several flaws. Is it possible to close the terminal ...
1
vote
0answers
37 views
How to change the Find Panel in TexShop?
I run a TexShop v3.11 on a Mac OSX 10.8.2. The find panel of TexShop is set to be Ogrekit in Preferences. Then I quit TexShop and reopened it. But, when I use cmd+F in my editing document, the find ...
1
vote
0answers
50 views
XeLaTeX stops working after a few days
I have recently (October) moved to a Mountain Lion-based laptop from Snow Leopard. I find that if I have not rebooted within the last week or so, XeLaTeX will just die in the middle of a run. The ...
0
votes
1answer
159 views
Flashmode and OS X Mountain Lion
I have trouble installing Claus Gerhardt Flashmode on my new Mac (Mac mini + Lion 10.8.2).
I use TeXShop.
Flashmode 7.0.2 does not work at all. (It worked fine with my old Mac, 10.6.8)
Instead, ...
