On 6/10/2017 11:05 p.m., Guenter Milde wrote:
On 2017-10-04, Andrew Parsloe wrote:
At present a copier is triggered when a document is exported, yet my
pattern of work tends to be: view the pdf, and then save a copy from the
pdf viewer (Sumatra in my case). I recall reading on this list earlier
in the year I think it was Scott describing the same work flow. The easy
accessibility of a toolbar button may well make this a more natural
pattern of working than the rather cumbersome process of File > Export
then a hunt through a long list of export formats.
But viewing doesn't trigger the copying process. Would it be
easy/difficult to make viewing also trigger the copier -- if one is
defined for the given format? (And if it is easy-ish, should the copier
be triggered for each update of the view? Perhaps not.)
Could you give an example where this would differ from just saving the
PDF (or other output file) and what would be additionally copied, please.
Günter
By copying I was referring to activating e.g. the script ext_copy.py or
other program that for some formats like HTML fills the Copier slot in
the Preferences > File Handling > File Formats dialogue. When a document
is exported to HTML the copier will copy back to a folder in the
document directory various secondary files associated with export to
that format. The copier script is not activated just on viewing. My
particular interest is in a file created by instant preview. (The
"mini-LaTeX runs" that generate the .png images of instant preview need
not be restricted to that task but can run other LaTeX programs.)
Andrew
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