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Alain Schremmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:17:17 -0500
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deivy petrescu wrote:

> On Mar 28, 2006, at 20:46, Alain Schremmer wrote:
>
>> I am totally new to Applescript and to this list, so ...
>>
>> Here is my situation. In making figures for a book that I am  
>> LaTeXing to put on the web under GPL so that I need both a print  
>> version and an editable version, I have the following work flow:
>>
>> 1) When I make the first picture in a series
>>
>>    I create the file in Intaglio,
>>    + I click Save As  to get the editable file and enter the filename,
>>    say Picture1.Intaglio
>>    + I click Save A Copy As to get the LaTeX-includable file as
>>    Picture1.pdf.
>>    + I click Close the Intaglio file
>>    + I click on the already open LaTeX file with the
>>    \includefigure{Picture1.pdf} command
>>    + I click on the Typeset button there to see the output with the
>>    picture.
>>
>> In addition to being Applescriptable, Intaglio remembers:
>>
>>    To put the appropriate extensions: .Intaglio on Save As and .pdf on
>>    Save A Copy As (in addition to cropping the pdf to content size)
>>    To Save As in the folder called Graphics
>>    To Save A Copy As in the folder called Figures
>>
>> 2) When I make the second picture in the series,
>>
>>    I open, say, Picture1.Intaglio
>>    I click Save As (Shift Command S) -- and change the filename to,
>>    say, Picture2
>>    I make the modifications
>>    * I click Save (Command S)
>>    * I click Save A Copy As (Alternate Command S)
>>    * I click Close
>>    * I click on the already open LaTeX file with the
>>    \includefigure{Picture2.pdf}
>>    * I click on the Typeset button there to see the output with the
>>    second picture in the series.
>>
>> 3) When I edit an existing picture,
>>
>>    I open, say, Picture1.Intaglio
>>    I make the modifications
>>    ^ I click Save
>>    ^ I click Save A Copy As
>>    ^ I click Replace
>>    ^ I click Close
>>    ^ I click on the already open LaTeX file with the
>>    \includefigure{Picture1.pdf} command
>>    ^ I click on the Typeset button (Command T) there to see the output
>>    with the modified picture.
>>
>> So, with already a couple of hundred pictures, that's a lot of  
>> clicking and I thought that I should write three keyboard commands,  
>> for +, * and ^.
>>
>> I bought two books Applescript for dummies and Applescript, The  
>> Missing Manual, macroed what I was doing and am completely stuck  
>> because, of course, the macro recorder recorded specific  
>> information--and I didn't even try to typeset the LaTeX source  
>> (TeXShop is Applescritpable too):
>>
>>    tell application "Intaglio"
>>        activate
>>        save document id 139 in file "Macintosh
>>    HD:10_OMTo:4.MATH4LEARNING.tex:10.0:Graphics:Picture2.intaglio"
>>        save document id 139 in file "Macintosh
>>    HD:10_OMTo:4.MATH4LEARNING.tex:10.0:Figures:Picture2.pdf" as PDF
>>    picture with crop
>>    end tell
>>
>> I would appreciate any hint.
>>
>> Hopeful regards
>> --schremmer
>
>
>
> Alain,
> I do use TexShop as well, but scripted very little with it since I  
> really do not need to script it.
> However, if you are creating pictures (what kind?) may be you can  
> take a look at Smile.
> It not just creates pictures in pdf already, but also it has some  
> integration with TexShop.
>
> Check Smile out here:
> <http://www.satimage.fr/software/en/index.html>
>
> I know is not exactly an answer, but I think it might be the right  
> direction.
>
>
> Best
>
> Deivy
>
My problem is not really TeXShop or Intaglio. It is just all that 
clicking I have to do with the drawings so as to have both an includable 
pdf file and an editable graphics file.

It is getting a bit late and I will look at smile tomorrow night.

Regards
--schremmer

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