Nicolás wrote:
2) When a pdf already exists in the temp directory, which is already
loaded in Acrobat, and View->PDF(dvipdfm) is called, the user gets this
error:
"Cannot convert file. Error while executing dvipdfm ...".
The debugging message is: "Unable to open newfile1.pdf"
The problem is that dvipdfm cannot overwrite the file (if I am not
wrong). Is there no way to give the end-user a clearer hint about what
is happening, that is, that a pdf already exists and it is loaded in
acrobat? Then the user can choose to close acrobat and call View->PDF
again. With the "cannot convert file" error message the user thinks
something is wrong with LyX and does not realise the file is already
loaded in Acrobat.
A similar error happens if we call View/Update->PDF(pdflatex) while the
pdf file is already loaded in Acrobat
Nicolás
A other workaround is to use the explorer to view generated pdfs.
The explorer loads the pdf-plugin which allows overwriting its
viewed files. So you has to reload the page after a update.
Maybe there are also some short cuts to reload the pdf without
changing the viewed page.
Peter
