On 7/19/05, Stephen P. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are welcome, Paul. Most MS Windows functionality is > availabe to Linux or Solaris so I was suggesting that an sh > script could probably manage to fulfill the function of the > cmd file which could serve as a basis for writing the *nix > version of the script. I think automatically starting a dvi > viewer is in the same comfort zone as not having to close > then open a pdf file with acroread; IOW, analagous, but > more on topic to the Solaris-based reply to the OP. A bit > off topic: I find that when I View a file with Postscript using > Lyx, that I can see the file as a ghostscript image, but I can't > save it. I have to navigate all the way to c:\documents and settings\ > Stephen\local settings\Temp\lyx_tempdir3864a03064\lyx_tmpbuf0 > copy it, and then save it to a safe place. Whew! That is more work > than moving a couch! Surely you can agree that fixing this should > have a fix level of higher priority than a piffling inconvenience? Alas, > Viewing with acrobat used to function and then I could save it as .ps.
There is now, Stephen, a pdf viewer which works on Linux that has got the "watching file" feature, i.e., the pdf file is reloaded as soon as it changes. The name of this viewer is kpdf. Paul
