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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