Flags

buildPkgsSubmenu

The Packages submenu is an optional submenu containing a list of all .tex and .sty files in your TeX search path. Choosing a filename from the list inserts the corresponding \usepackage command into the preamble of the current document. By default, however, the Packages submenu is not built when the LaTeX macro package is loaded. To build this submenu on-the-fly, enable the flag buildPkgsSubmenu as described above, and then choose Rebuild Documents Submenu on the Documents submenu (see section 2.1.2). Thereafter, the Packages submenu will be built automatically along with the LaTeX menu.

deleteObjNoisily

One of the basic latex.tcl operations is to insert an object into the current document. If, at the time the insertion command is issued, there is a selection (i.e., text is highlighted), then the program behaves differently depending on the value of the flag deleteObjNoisily. If set to true, the user will be prompted before any selected text is deleted. If, on the other hand, this flag is false, then the selection is replaced quietly and without warning (although it may be undone). By default, deleteObjNoisily is set to true. NOTE: Not all objects are ``inserted'' into the document since sometimes there is an attempt to ``wrap'' the current selection. See section 1.5 for more information.

deleteEnvNoisily

Before an environment is inserted into the document, the program checks to see if there is a selection. If so, and the flag deleteEnvNoisily is set to true, the user is asked whether or not the current selection should be replaced; if false, the current selection is deleted without warning. Note that the default value of deleteEnvNoisily has been set to true. Like objects, environments may wrap, so sometimes the current selection is treated differently. See section 1.5 for details.

promptNoisily

Some environment commands prompt the user for input. As mentioned below, if useStatusBar is set to true, the prompt is displayed on the thin status bar at the bottom of the screen. This is less obtrusive than a dialog, but may go unnoticed at first, so if promptNoisily is set to true (which it is, by default) and useStatusBar is enabled, the program beeps prior to displaying the prompt. You can turn off this annoying sound by invoking the Flags command on the Current Mode submenu of the Config menu and removing the check on promptNoisily.

runTeXInBack

If true, typesetting will occur in the background. This flag is false by default.

searchNoisily

Many commands cause latex.tcl to search the current document. If a search fails, and searchNoisily is set to true, the program displays a message on the status bar and beeps. If, on the other hand, searchNoisily is set to false, only the message is displayed. By default, searchNoisily is set to true.

smartDots

By default, latex.tcl replaces three consecutively typed dots (...) with the LaTeX command \ldots. To escape the effect of smartDots, press the <DELETE> key on-the-fly.

smartQuotes

If this flag is set to true, pressing the single quote key <'> will generate ` or ' automatically depending on the context. Similarly, pressing the double quote key <"> generates `` or '', whichever is required. Set smartQuotes to false if you want the single and double quote keys to insert ' and " literally, or press the <DELETE> key to escape the effect of smartQuotes on-the-fly.

smartScripts

When this flag is enabled (which it is by default), the ^ and _ keys on a U.S. keyboard are bound to the commands superscript and subscript, respectively, on the Formulas submenu of the LaTeX menu (see section 2.1.4). Press the <DELETE> key to escape the effect of smartScripts on-the-fly.

useBrackets

In LaTeX, the displaymath environment is equivalent to \[...\]. If you prefer to use the latter, set useBrackets to true. By default, useBrackets is set to false, that is, the displaymath environment is used to construct multi-line math displays. Note: By default, latex.tcl always uses \[...\] inline (unless useDollarSigns is set to true--see below).

useDollarSigns

Support is provided for both the TeX and LaTeX methods of invoking inline math mode (see the Math Modes submenu in section  2.1.4 for the various options), but only one of these is bound to command keys (namely, <CTL CMD M> and <CTL OPT CMD M>, by default). This is what the flag useDollarSigns does. If set to true, latex.tcl uses dollar signs to delimit inline math mode ($...$ and $$...$$), whereas if it is false, LaTeX notation will be used (\(...\) and \[...\]). By default, useDollarSigns is set to false--the LaTeX way of doing things.

useStatusBar

This flag determines whether or not the status bar is used when prompting for user input. (The status bar is a long, thin message area at the bottom of your screen.) Use of Alpha's status bar is enabled in TeX mode, by default. See the related flag promptNoisily above.

wordWrap

If this flag is set to true, the program automatically inserts a carriage return as the cursor nears the end of a line (the length of which is defined by the variable fillColumn described in section 1.4.2 below); otherwise, the line extends indefinitely to the right (until the <RETURN> key is pressed, of course). By default, wordWrap is turned on in TeX mode. See the Alpha Manual on the System help menu (under the question mark) for more information.