> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andre Berger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 9:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Viewing PDF file
>
>
> Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I am new to this list and have already scanned throug the
> archives, but have
> > not found a satisfactory answer yet.
> > My Problem: I have managed to setup LyX, so that it
> produces nice clear PDF
> > output via PDFLaTeX.
> > The only left Problem is, that I cannot find a possibility
> to view the
> > result directly.
> > The PDF File resides in a /tmp/lyx_tmp... directory still.
> > The Menu command View DVI still assumes a file with a DVI
> ending (I can
> > change the viewer to a PDF one, though)
> > Is there some command in LyX, which I can assign a button
> to, that shows me
> > my file?
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Yes! Finally! I had asked a very similar question one or two days
> ago. Solution: /etc/lyxrc or ~/.lyx/lyxrc must contain:
>
> \view_dvi_command "gnome-gv $( basename $$FName .dvi ).pdf"
> \pdf_mode true
>
> or use 'gv', 'acroread' or 'xpdf' instead of 'gnome-gv'. None of them
> is ideal. The gv's can watch the file so that you can use LyX's
> "update dvi", but don't have continous scrolling. The pdf's can scroll
> documents continously, but they can't watch a pdf file. If you know
> better, please tell me so!
>
> Enjoy, and Gruesse von Bonn nach Bonn,
Thanks! This works fine.
I use LyX on Win2K and have spezified AcroRd32 as my viewer. very nice. Only
drawback yet: I have to close the view in order to re-pdftex it. Otherwise I
get an access error.
But it works.
regards,
André
