TeXniscope

(v0.3.4 - Dic. 2004)

TeXniscope is a DVI/PDF previewer for MacOSX. It has a simple user interface and it is capable of synchronization (forward/backward) with an external editor (e.g. Emacs) both for DVI files (using the src-ltx package) and PDF files (using the pdfsync package).

Out of the box it works with teTeX (installed through Gerben Wierda's iInstaller) and Emacs (Enhanced Carbon Emacs). However it can be configured to work with other installations (give a look at the Preferences and at the Help). In particular Alpha support has been added (thanks to Joachim Kock).

The program is still in his beta development (currently v0.3). However it is already usable. The DVI files are internally translated to PDF using an embedded version of dvipdfmx and then feed through the Quartz PDF rendering routines.

The current version (v0.3) does not work in OSX 10.2.

Features:

Hyperlinks and PDF outline support (basic).
Syncronization (forward/backward, both in DVI and PDF) with AppleScript interface.
A basic zoom window can be activated with Control-Click.
Every preview window can be splitted in two independed views (only the lower one is activated by the forward search).
Copy selection (export in PDF format). The selection rectangle can be set-up with Alt-Click, drag corners to resize, drag inside to move. To copy Command-C as usual.
Support double-page and multi-page modes.
Preview is updated (if necessary) when the document window is activated. Refreshing of the current document can be forced with Command-R (configurable) and with AppleScript. Periodic automatic refreshing is also available (with a default period of 2 sec).
As a last resort DVI files are translated in PDF (stored in a temporary file) with dvipdf (the distiller can be configured) and displayed. Syncronization is not available when the external distiller is used.
Display syncronization marks when available.
Shows TeX internal page numbering (when present in the DVI file). This is useful when physical and document page numbering does not coincide. However "Goto Page" command works with physical page numbers.
Preview PS files by converting to PDF using a configurable distiller (defaults: ps2pdf).
User configurable key bindings.
Continuous scrolling with the mouse.
Custom default magnification.

Known issues:

Any shortcoming of dvipdfmx: e.g. cannot handle pstricks specials.
Syncronization is not available when the external distiller is used.

Current version

TeXniscope v0.3 (v0.3.4) GZipped DMG (1.1 Mb)
Last updated: Fri Dec 17 10:46:40 CET 2004

Older versions

TeXniscope v0.3 (v0.3.3) GZipped DMG (1.1 Mb)
Sources (XCode project) Zip (GPL, 1.3 Mb)
Last updated: Sun Dec 5 17:33:49 CET 2004

TeXniscope v0.2 GZipped DMG (940 Kb)
Last updated: Tue Aug 24 13:29 CEST 2004

TeXniscope v0.1 GZipped DMG (544 Kb)
Last updated: Fri Jul 9 17:41 CEST 2004
(note: use dvipdfm)

If you have problems or find any bug, please write to: mgubi <at> mac.com .