TeXShop for Mac
TeX front-end.
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TeXShop overview
TeXShop is a TeX previewer for OS X, written in Cocoa. Since PDF is a native file format on OS X, TeXShop uses "pdftex" and "pdflatex"; rather than "tex" and "latex" to typeset; these programs in the standard teTeX distribution of TeX produce PDF output instead of DVI output.
TeXShop uses TeX Live, a standard distribution of Tex programs maintained by the TeX Users Group (TUG) for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and various other Unix machines. The distribution includes tex, latex, dvips, tex fonts, cyrillic fonts, and virtually all other programs and supporting files commonly used in the TeX world. The most recent version of this distribution is maintained for the Mac by the MacTeX TeXnical Working Group of the TeX Users Group and available under the "Obtaining" tab.
The latest TeXShop release, version 3, requires System 10.7 (Lion). An earlier version of TeXShop, version 2, is also maintained and requires System 10.4 (Tiger), although System 10.5 (Leopard) is strongly recommended because it fixes several important bugs in Apple's PDFKit code, extensively used in TeXShop. Users with systems 10.2 or 10.3 should use TeXShop 1.43, and users with systems 10.0 and 10.1 should use TeXShop 1.19. Both of these versions are available on this site.
TeXShop is distributed under the GPL public license, and thus free.
What’s new in version 5.42
- Recall that version 5.36 fixed a bug reported by Hans Schoutens which surfaced when his document reached a length of 1000 pages. His Page Number box displayed the number with a comma, writing for instance 1,213. In that case, it was not possible to use the box to go to page 1,209 by just changing the last two digits, because TeXShop ignores all numerals after the comma. I fixed this problem by removing all commas in the box before using the number to go to another page.
- Version 5.42 fixes a bug reported by Juan Luis Varona Malumbres. In TeXShop Preferences under the Misc2 tab, there is an item reading "During File Save, Automatic UTF-8-Mac to UTF-8 Conversion", but this item no longer worked. I checked back to TeXShop 5.18 and the item was already broken then. The ultimate cause is embarrassing.
- Peter Smith requested that the keyboard shortcut command-T also apply if an Experiment window is open, and typeset for that window rather than for the entire document. Done.
- If TeXShop opens the Log file of a project, a header at the top allows users to filter the contents of the log file based on various criteria, showing for instance all warnings, or all underfull boxes. This feature was added to TeXShop twenty years ago, and I had completely forgotten how it works. It turns out that texloganalyser is a perl script by Thomas van Oudenhove, which he has maintained over the years. This script is in TeXLive, and TeXShop calls the script to parse. Thanks, Thomas van Oudenhove, after all these years!
Full list of changes available here
TeXShop for Mac
Free
In English
Version 5.42
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Nov 4 2023
Version: 5.21
In 2021 a user (pigman41 in the reviews) wrote "I cannot typeset any tex file. The console box says "I can't write on file 'math.log'". Can anyone help please?" This is 2023, and I am trying to use TeXShop again after last using it in 2022, and I find I have the same problem. A TeX doc that worked before now produces "I can't write on file 'filename.log'" and then adds "Please type another transcript file name." But no matter what name I try, the response is still the same.
Nov 4 2022
Version: 5.03
I have OS 10.15.7 on an Intel Mac. The version prior to 5.03, however, initially worked and then did not. TeXShop just simply would not open. I updated to 5.03 and still the same issue. TeXShop will still not open. I believe I have removed most or all of the older version but even so a fresh install did not work either. Is there an uninstall app for TeXShop or do you have suggestions for what files might still linger and that need to be removed? In the meantime I will go back to the latest version 4.
Thanks!
Nov 11 2021
Version: 4.68
I don't know what happened. TeXShop stops working today. It was fine yesterday and I did not change anything on my computer. The preview panel does not show the pdf files. And I cannot typeset any tex file. The console box says "I can't write on file 'math.log'". Can anyone help please?
Sep 22 2019
Version: 4.41
Forgot the ***** in my previous comment...
How come the files of the best available Latex front-hand application still lack a TexShop icon of their own?... Blaming Apple's policy is not the answer... It is time to do something about it. Note: My previous complain on this very issue is already two years old. Still patiently waiting... And yes, TexShop is irreplaceable!
