What's new in LaTeXiT 2.16.6
Dec 17, 2023
- Open *.tikz files as *.tex files;
- fixed context menu preventing the selection of SVG even if it is available through pdftocairo.
New in LaTeXiT 2.16.5 (Dec 16, 2022)
- Support pdftocairo for SVG export;
- fixed persistence of SVG export settings;
- minor fixes.
New in LaTeXiT 2.16.4 (Aug 4, 2021)
- Fixed library importation broken by some security enforcements in MacOS;
- Better error reporting when history or library cannot be created on invalid path.
New in LaTeXiT 2.16.3 (Jun 8, 2021)
- Library import was broken on some MacOS versions;
- adjustments against regressions caused by MacOS Big Sur.
New in LaTeXiT 2.16.2 (Apr 12, 2021)
- Better "auto" mode;
- Fixed regressions related to deprecated APIs replacement.
New in LaTeXiT 2.16.1 (Mar 12, 2021)
New in LaTeXiT 2.16.0 (Jan 26, 2021)
- Added Apple Silicon architecture;
- Replaced deprecated APIs;
- Added LaTeXiT "App extension";
- Fixed an error case that could prevent the Library from being saved;
- Slightly improved baseline handling in the LaTeXiT Service.
New in LaTeXiT 2.15.0 (Sep 28, 2020)
- Replaced deprecated APIs;
- Added support for some equations copied from Wikipedia web pages.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.11 (Sep 14, 2020)
- Changed a little the meta-data to circumvent a problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.10 (Sep 14, 2020)
- Changed a little the meta-data to circumvent a problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader;
- fixed a misbehaviour when the mini-window is active.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.9 (Apr 21, 2020)
- Fixed a crash that could occur in the Preferences GUI.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.8 (Apr 19, 2020)
- Fixed a crash that could occur when browsing the library.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.7 (Apr 13, 2020)
- Version 2.14.6 did not launch in english.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.6 (Apr 13, 2020)
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.5 (Feb 13, 2020)
- Fixed a crash due to the replacement of a deprecated API;
- Minor GUI adjustments.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.4 (Dec 24, 2019)
- Fixed an obscure code signing problem resulting in a crash of the LaTeXiT Helper process on some configurations.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.3 (Dec 20, 2019)
- New fixes of regressions (still due to slightly aggressive code cleanup);
- I feel really sorry for those cumulative updates, please excuse me.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.2 (Dec 20, 2019)
- Fixed interface regressions due to slightly aggressive code cleanup;
- fixed a backward compatibility problem with a MacOS older than 10.12.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.1 (Dec 18, 2019)
- Fixed drag'n drop under MacOS 10.15 Catalina.
New in LaTeXiT 2.14.0 (Dec 16, 2019)
- First notarized version, requires MacOS 10.9+.
New in LaTeXiT 2.13.5 (Nov 17, 2019)
- The 2.13.* series will be the last one to support MacOS 10.6/10.7/10.8. The MacOS 10.9+ compatibility and application notarization will be available starting from LaTeXiT 2.14.0. The 2.13.* series will still be maintained as long as possible for minor fixes;
- equation colors were not restored correctly according to the screen color profile.
New in LaTeXiT 2.13.4 (Nov 6, 2019)
- The 2.13.* series will be the last one to support MacOS 10.6/10.7/10.8. The MacOS 10.9+ compatibility and application notarization will be available starting from LaTeXiT 2.14.0. The 2.13.* series will still be maintained as long as possible for minor fixes;
- minor interface fix (undesirable key shortcuts).
New in LaTeXiT 2.13.3 (Oct 22, 2019)
- The 2.13.* series will be the last one to support MacOS 10.6/10.7/10.8. The MacOS 10.9+ compatibility and application notarization will be available starting from LaTeXiT 2.14.0. The 2.13.* series will still be maintained as long as possible for minor fixes;
- fixed a regression preventing the restoration of LaTeX mode when re-opening an equation;
- take retina High Dpi into account when exporting to bitmap;
- more Dark mode fixes;
- export using a temporary file is now a persistent option (restored after restarting the application;
- added menu "LaTeX > Baseline of current equation...";
- the insertion point color is now the same as the text itself;
- fixed MacOS 10.6 backward compatibility.
New in LaTeXiT 2.13.2 (Mar 20, 2019)
- Force to allow text completion for all MacOS versions (the standard shortcut has become since MacOS 10.13);
- added a new preference to allow automatic text completion for any word beginning with backslash ();
- added a new "on-the-fly" drag'n dropping export option to create a temporary file instead of using the pasteboard only; it can help interacting with other applications;
- LaTeX palettes are no more automatically hidden when LaTeXiT is not the active application;
- various polishing on text-completion, LaTeX palette insertion;
- fixed the localization of the LaTeXiT Service items;
- dark mode adjustments.
New in LaTeXiT 2.13.1 (Mar 6, 2019)
- Changed "invisible graphic metadata" to a more clever data watermarking for PDF with outlined fonts and EPS;
- restore some automatic color[...]{} text insertion on color change in the inspector;
- dark mode adjustments.
New in LaTeXiT 2.13.0 (Feb 4, 2019)
- restored the recently broken "invisible graphic commands" metadata annotations, hoping that copy/paste from stupid third party softwares like Keynote or Powerpoint will work better in the future;
- reworked the "invisible graphic commands" metadata to avoid piling them over and over in equations; it is now optional and added on the fly (when enabled) only when exporting to PDF or PDF with outlined fonts;
- added a search field in the library;
- it is now possible to re-latexize all history and library items to strip obsolete, oversized, metadata (and reduce history and library size);
- history and library can also be "compacted" (a simple vacuum for those who know);
- some work on LaTeX palette items creation and behavior for more clever insertion and text replacement;
- added two LaTeX palettes contributed by Sherman Gregory;
- disable most automatic text-shortcuts replacements (from MacOS general preferences) in LaTeX-related text areas;
- various fixes and improvements.
New in LaTeXiT 2.12.0 (Dec 13, 2018)
- Added MacOS Mojave Dark mode support;
- Dropped MacOS 10.4 and 10.5 compatibility.
New in LaTeXiT 2.11.1 (Dec 12, 2018)
- Better support of old pdflatex versions
- Slightly modified auto-naming of files when exporting to the Finder
- Fixed a file name in Italian localization
- Fixed minor bugs
New in LaTeXiT 2.11.1 Beta 4 (Oct 26, 2018)
- new attempt to enable Dark mode;
- slightly modified auto-naming of files when exporting to the Finder.
New in LaTeXiT 2.11.1 Beta 1 (Sep 28, 2018)
- Slightly modified auto-naming of files when exporting to the Finder.
New in LaTeXiT 2.11.0 (Sep 23, 2018)
- Added ability to include background color in exported equations;
- Removed declared public.tex UTI to avoid clashing with other applications.
New in LaTeXiT 2.11.0 Beta 1 (Aug 31, 2018)
- added ability to include background color in exported equations;
- removed declared public.tex UTI to avoid clashing with other programs.
New in LaTeXiT 2.10.1 (Apr 1, 2018)
- Fixed last-minute regression regarding drag'n dropping from the main window.
New in LaTeXiT 2.10.0 (Mar 31, 2018)
- Changed options of the history and library databases to avoid persistent journal files and make synchronizing those files between different machines;
- Ability to import TeX files into the library, which will be split into detected equations;
- New library display mode to adjust to tall equations.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.2 Beta 4 (Mar 9, 2018)
- Ability to import TeX files into the library, which will be split into detected equations.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.2 Beta 1 (Mar 5, 2018)
- Changed options of the history and library databases to avoid persistent journal files and make synchronizing those files between different machines easier.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.1 (Feb 26, 2018)
- More work on invisible graphic annotations in PDFs (as more robust metadata, to prevent Keynote and Powerpoint from stripping them). There were problems, especially with Adobe Illustrator;
- change the way Ghostscript is used to generate PDF "with outlined fonts";
- added advanced Ghostscript options for export "with outlined fonts", to circumvent potential problems;
- added ability to disable invisible graphic annotations in the PDF "with outlined fonts" export;
- fixed "clever" filenames that were invalid because of the slash character;
- ability to disable "clever" filenames by pressing option (⎇);
- added preliminary lualatex support;
- changed MathML export for easier integration into Office.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.1 Beta 3 (Feb 21, 2018)
- fixed "clever" filenames that were invalid because of the slash character;
- ability to disable "clever" filenames by pressing option (⎇);
- added preliminary lualatex support;
- changed MathML export for easier integration into Office.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.1 Beta 2 (Feb 12, 2018)
- More work on invisible graphic annotations in PDFs (as more robust metadata, to prevent Keynote and Powerpoint from stripping them). There were problems, especially with Adobe Illustrator;
- Change the way Ghostscript is used to generate PDF "with outlined fonts";
- Added advanced Ghostscript options for export "with outlined fonts", to circumvent potential problems.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.1 Beta 1 (Feb 9, 2018)
- Modified invisible graphic annotations in PDFs (as more robust metadata, to prevent Keynote and Powerpoint from stripping them), to improve Adobe Illustrator compatibility.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 (Feb 9, 2018)
- Added invisible graphic annotation in PDFs as more robust metadata, to prevent Keynote and Powerpoint from stripping them;
- try to use a clever file name when dropping a file to the Finder;
- export SVG as string when the target application is not able to display SVG;
- any occurrence of %__TEXTCOLOR__ in the preamble will be replaced by the currently selected text color, to circumvent the problem of packages that override the previous settings;
- more clever background coloring of icon of equations created in the Finder, when the "automatically contrasted background" is enabled;
- added menu "Font > Bigger/Smaller".
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 Beta 6 (Jan 24, 2018)
- export SVG as string when the target application is not able to display SVG;
- any occurrence of %__TEXTCOLOR__ in the preamble will be replaced by the currently selected text color, to circumvent the problem of packages that override the previous settings;
- more clever background coloring of icon of equations created in the Finder, when the "automatically contrasted background" is enabled;
- added menu "Font > Bigger/Smaller";
- added invisible graphic annotation in PDFs as more robust metadata, to prevent Keynote and Powerpoint from stripping them.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 Beta 5 (Jan 22, 2018)
- Added menu "Font>Bigger/smaller".
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 Beta 4 (Dec 3, 2017)
- More clever background coloring of icon of equations created in the Finder, when the "automatically contrasted background" is enabled.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 Beta 3 (Oct 11, 2017)
- Any occurrence of %__TEXTCOLOR__ in the preamble will be replaced by the currently selected text color, to circumvent the problem of packages that override the previous settings.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 Beta 2 (Oct 9, 2017)
- Export SVG as string when the target application is not able to display SVG.
New in LaTeXiT 2.9.0 Beta 1 (Apr 28, 2017)
- Try to use a clever file name when dropping a file to the Finder.
New in LaTeXiT 2.8.1 (Jul 14, 2016)
- fixed incompatibilities with recent updates of Ghostscript ;
- save history after each new item ;
- save library as soon as possible ;
- updated Linkback.
New in LaTeXiT 2.8.1 Beta 4 (Mar 10, 2016)
- Save history after each new item;
- Save library as soon as possible.
New in LaTeXiT 2.8.1 Beta 1 (Oct 21, 2015)
- Do not forget to backup your history/library before using a beta version.
- Updated LinkBack.
New in LaTeXiT 2.8.0 (Sep 8, 2015)
- Added search feature in history ;
- keep items order when importing a library ;
- added a "TeX Source" export to library ;
- added ability to attach a comment to library equations ;
- better handling of ¥ character in Japanese ;
- fixed various localizations.
New in LaTeXiT 2.8.0 Beta 9 (Jun 18, 2015)
- added a "TeX Source" export to library;
- added ability to attach a comment to library equations.
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.6 Beta 4 (May 13, 2015)
- keep items order when importing a library
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.6 Beta 2 (Apr 15, 2015)
- added search history feature;
- fixed various localizations.
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.5 (Dec 2, 2014)
- better MathML export
- fixed compatibility with Ghostscript 9.15
- better PDF metadata insertion
- Some people, who want to make a donation, but do not use Paypal, told me to do an Amazon wishlist. So, here it is: Books, Tools (you can find it later on the donation page of LaTeXiT)
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.4 (Nov 29, 2014)
- better MathML export ;
- fixed compatibility with Ghostscript 9.15 ;
- better PDF metadata insertion ;
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.4 Beta 5 (Oct 13, 2014)
- Fixed compatibility with Ghostscript 9.15.
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.4 Beta 1 (Sep 27, 2014)
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.3 (Sep 15, 2014)
- Restored right-click menu on image.
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.2 (Sep 13, 2014)
- Fixed CPU usage in some cases.
- Fixed minor bugs.
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.1 (Sep 10, 2014)
New in LaTeXiT 2.7.0 (Sep 2, 2014)
- new "background synchronization" feature to share a file with another program ;
- prefetch PDF w.o.f. for faster export ;
- fixed text font when drag'n dropping text in the text area ;
- better text import ;
- equation background color is now properly kept when inserting equations in the library ;
- fixed minor bugs.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.2 Beta 5 (Jun 9, 2014)
- Preliminary work on backsync additional scripts.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.2 Beta 2 (Jun 7, 2014)
- Preliminary "BackSync" support (temporary name).
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.2 Beta 1 (Jun 2, 2014)
- fixed text font when drag'n dropping text in the text area;
- prefetch PDF w.o.f. for faster export..
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.1 (May 20, 2014)
- Fixed "PDF with outlined fonts" bounding box to make it compatible with Illustrator ;
- Added "Format>Comment/Uncomment" ;
- Reduced service titles for better appearance in MacOS X keyboard preferences.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.1 Beta 2 (Apr 23, 2014)
- Added Format>Comment/Uncomment ;
- Tentatively fix PDF with outlined fonts+Illustrator.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 (Apr 18, 2014)
- Fixed drag'n drop TO the terrible iWork'13 (and its bunch of regressions) ;
- Fixed drag'n drop FROM (the terrible) iWork'13 (and its bunch of regressions), thanks to the proxy icon of the "image" panel ;
- Added service filtering with regular expressions (see Preferences > Services) ;
- Added "Auto" LaTeXisation mode ;
- Added "Format > Align…" menu item ;
- Added Ctrl+Command+T shortcut to LaTeXize AND put into clipboard ;
- Duplicate all services, with versions that also put into clipboard ;
- Fixed NSFlippableView crash bug ;
- Added $OUTPUTPDFFILE2 environment variable for processing scripts ;
- Fixed incompatibility between gs >= 9.09 and the export "with outlined fonts" ;
- Deliberately omitting the \color command inserted in the preamble, when the requested color is the default black, for better user customization ;
- Added the "Do not clip preview" preference ;
- New latexit metadata embedded inside PDFs that iWork'13 won't strip ;
- Fixed JPEG export dialog box ;
- Fixed a color handling bug in XeLaTeX mode ;
- Fixed Automator regressions ;
- Fixed drag'n drop to OmniGraffle.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 13 (Jan 31, 2014)
- Fixed Automator regressions.
- Fixed drag'n drop to OmniGraffle.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 12 (Jan 29, 2014)
- Added support for drag'n dropping from iWork'13, thanks to the proxy icon of the "image" panel.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 11 (Jan 20, 2014)
- Fixed a color handling bug in XeLaTeX mode.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 8 (Nov 18, 2013)
- Fixed JPEG export dialog box
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 5 (Nov 8, 2013)
- Try to circumvent drag'n drop failure to Keynote 6 (iWork'13)
- Experimental latexit metadata embedded inside PDFs that iWork'13 won't strip
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 4 (Oct 22, 2013)
- IMPORTANT: Do not forget to backup your history/library before using a beta version.
- Added service filtering with regular expressions (see Preferences > Services).
- Added "Auto" LaTeXisation mode.
- Added "Format > Align…" menu item.
- Added Ctrl+Command+T shortcut to LaTeXize AND put into clipboard.
- Duplicate all services with versions that also put into clipboard.
- Fix NSFlippableView crash bug.
- Added $OUTPUTPDFFILE2 environment variable for processing scripts.
- Try to circumvent incompatibility between gs ≥ 9.09 and the export "with outlined fonts".
- Deliberately omitting the \color command inserted in the preamble, when the requested color is the default black, for better user customization.
- Added the "Do not clip preview" preference.
New in LaTeXiT 2.5.4 (Sep 9, 2013)
New in LaTeXiT 2.5.3 (Jul 4, 2013)
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 2 (Feb 5, 2013)
- Added "Auto" LaTeXisation mode.
- Added "Format > Align…" menu item.
New in LaTeXiT 2.6.0 Beta 1 (Feb 4, 2013)
- Added service filtering with regular expressions (see Preferences > Services)..
New in LaTeXiT 2.5.2 (Feb 1, 2013)
- fixed a bug regarding "background color" not working.
- fixed Retina file icons to make them Mac OS 10.5 compatible.
New in LaTeXiT 2.5.2 Beta 1 (Jan 28, 2013)
- fixed a bug regarding "background color" not working.
- fixed Retina file icons to make them Mac OS 10.5 compatible.
New in LaTeXiT 2.5.1 (Jan 26, 2013)
- fixed a library migration bug to 2.5.0 format ;
- you can now scroll in the image area ;
- if available, gs-noX11 is now prefered to gs ;
- graphics adapted to retina displays ;
- ability to close, suspend or resume a Linkback link.
New in LaTeXiT 2.5.0 (Jun 18, 2012)
- disabled 64 bits mode to avoid problems with buggy older version of MacOS X ; it can still be built and enabled for those who really want it ;
- new data model for history and library, featuring reduced loading time and less resources used ;
- fixed the Service : the baseline alignment did not work any more ;
- resetting the preamble now asks confirmation ;
- to avoid misuse, deleting a library item is now done with ⌘⌫ (Command+Backspace) instead of a mere ⌫ ;
- fixed bugs that appeared with MacOS 10.7 ;
- Italian localization.
New in LaTeXiT 2.4.1 (Jun 17, 2011)
- fixed a bug encountered with some PDFs resulting in something like "nothing works" ;
- new website, you should really visit it ;
- MathML export (experimental) ;
- SVG export (requires pdf2svg) ;
- fixed Automator action ;
- the service now accepts {eqnarray} and {align} and interpret them as {eqnarray*} and {align*} ;
- tabulations can be replaced by spaces ;
- better localizations ;
- many internal improvements.
New in LaTeXiT 2.3.0 (Sep 1, 2010)
- fixed a drag'n drop bug with PowerPoint
- fixed a drawing bug where the equation could be replaced by a black box
- improved preferences
- some errors of the LaTeX engine were not taken in account
- added experimental MathML export
- updated Sparkle
New in LaTeXiT 2.2.0 (May 25, 2010)
- latexizations can now be interrupted;
- fixed a case where the preferences of additional scripts would not be saved;
- added a progress bar for the migration of the history when required;
- added a preference pane for the history;
- the history can now be imported/exported;
- the export format can now be changed on the fly when drag'n dropping;
- more powerful management of the arguments of functions in the LaTeX palette items;
- minor interface refinements;
- some bugs fixed.
New in LaTeXiT 2.1.1 (Mar 11, 2010)
- Fixed a bug that was preventing LaTeXiT from informing users of new updates;
- If you want to help me buy a house, you can reconsider that famous donation of a few thousand dollars you have delayed so far.
New in LaTeXiT 2.1.0 (Mar 10, 2010)
- temporarily dropping 64-bits support, because of bugs of the AppleTypeServer already discussed in version 2.0.1;
- migrating from the EqnArray mode to the Align mode, which has the same syntax but gives better results;
- fixed an export bug if scale was not 100%;
- better Linkback retro-compatibility;
- better Japanese localization, thanks to Ryohei Seto;
- small interface refinements.
New in LaTeXiT 2.0.1 (Nov 16, 2009)
- Temporarily circumventing a 64-bits mode bug, because for an unknown reason, it makes the AppleTypeServer crash (certainly a bug in ATS itself).
- Fixed migrating problems of the Library under some conditions.
- Fixed Tiger support.
- Fixed support for LinkBack.
- Fixed the disabled button used to apply the preambles to the library.
- improved some interface details and minor bug fixes.
New in LaTeXiT 1.16.1 (Jan 31, 2009)
- better compatilibity with old versions of pdflatex/ghostscript;
- fixed a bug in the Automator action, that was preventing it to be saved;
- fixed bug regarding environment variables propagation in custom scripts.
New in LaTeXiT 1.16.0 (Nov 6, 2008)
- Added an Automator action.
- Better Unix environment handling, which fixes a bug with some configurations.
- Multiple preambles management.
- Added "Additional files" palette.
- Better way to auto-crop equations.
- Multiple preambles management.
- For the sake of readability, the icons of the created files do not have a transparent background any more.
- The automatic font size detection through the Service can now use a custom factor.
- Updated German translation.
- Fixed some minor bugs.
New in LaTeXiT 1.15.0 (Apr 16, 2008)
- the MacOS 10.3 (Panther) version will not be maintained any more
- fixed an incompatibility with the Leopard shell
- Services work again on Leopard
- more robust way to handle Services keyboard shortcuts
- the "detect and typeset" service now supports egin{eqnarray*}...end{eqnarray*}
- it is now possible to import libraries from LaTeX Equation Editor
- tabulations are no longer limited
- LaTeXiT is now using Sparkle for updates
- the latexisation is now triggered by Command T like in TeXShop; Command L, Majuscule Command L, Majuscule Command T still work
- the default preamble is now using usepackage[usenames]{color} instead of usepackage{color}
- new icon by Jacob Bandes-Storch