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TeXLive
Update
tlmgr update --self
tlmgr update -- list
tlmgr update --all --dry-run --no-auto-remove --no-auto-install --no-depends --no-depends-at-all --force
Show configuration
tlmgr conf [texmf | tlmgr]
tlmgr info pkg
tlmgr install pkg [--file file ] --dry-run --force
tlmgr reinstall ...
tlmgr remove -- no-depends --no-depends-at-all --force --dry-run
tlmgr list --only-installed
Uninstalls the entire TeX Live installation
tlmgr uninstall [--force]
Set paper size
tlmgr paper [a4|letter]
Platform
tlmgr platform list|add|remove|set [platform] # repositories
tlmgr repository list path|tag
tlmgr repository add|remove|set path [tag]
tlmgr repository add http://tlcontrib.metatex.org/2013 tlcontrib
tlmgr option repository http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de /ftp/pub/mirror/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
Search
tlmgr search --global --word --list --taxonomy --keyword --all
Useful Commands
Spaces
Page
\columnsep
-- the gap between columns\topmargin
-- the gap above header\topskip
-- the gap between header and text\textheight
-- the height of the main text\textwidth
-- the width of the text\oddsidemargin
-- odd page left margin\evensidemargin
Paragraphs
\parindent
-- the indentation of paragraphs\parskip
-- the gap between paragraphs
Floats
\floatsep
-- the space left between floats. (multi column layout => \dblfloatsepinsted)\textfloatsep
-- the space between last top float or first bottom float and the text ( use\dbltextfloatsep
if it is a multi column layout).\intextsep
-- space left on top and bottom of an in-text float.\abovecaptionskip
-- master the space above caption\belowcaptionskip
Math
\abovedisplayskip
-- the space before maths\belowdisplayskip
-- the space after maths\arraycolsep
-- gap between columns of an array
Lists
\topsep
-- space between first item and preceding paragraph\partopsep
-- extra space added to \topsep when environment starts a new paragraph\itemsep
-- control the space between successive items – I use this one offen
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TeXShop
Specifying the TeX engines
Or
The setting of the XeTeX front-end engine of TeXShop can be found under the folder
/Library/TeXShop/Engines/XeTeX.engine
.A new engine can also be created. For instance, for using XeTeX with the
--shellescape
option, we can duplicate the original XeLaTeX.engine to create a new file under the aforementioned folder, namelyXeLaTeX-shellescape.engine
.Then in the
.tex
file we can indicate the new engine using the following directive:In TeXShop 3.21, the BibTeX engine can be selected on a file-by-file basis using the syntax
or
The item after the equal sign gives the name of the program (for instance "biber") and any required flags.