Using an External Text Editor

iTeXMac is not tied to its built in text editor and you can choose an external text one. Then, you can use the dock menu to ask iTeXMac to perform certain tasks, such as compile a project, view an output file.

To use an external text editor, select the appropriate menu item of the Source menu.

There is no clever interaction with an external editor, iTeXMac just asks the helper to open the document. Actually, you should better use customized projects for more efficiency. However, iTeXMac being planned to implement AppleScript™ in a future version, interaction will be more transparent.

The dock menu might be usefull to control iTeXMac without bringing it to the front. However it is of limited interest.

Tip: Using the alternate key while opening a file is a one shot change of the opening policy. If your default is to use the built in text editor, iTeXMac will use the external helper (if any) this time. Conversely, if your default is to use the external helper, iTeXMac will use the built in text editor this time. This works only for documents not already opened in iTeXMac.