IMVHO your viewer does not support refreshing. This is the reason why I
currently use Acrobat Reader than Foxit - the second one does not refresh.
M.
2007/12/21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I got the following question from a friend, any ideas?
> (I'm not on Mac...)
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> Thanks -- it's probably really stupid, so try not to laugh...
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> When I click the pdf icon (LyX 5 but the same happens in
> older versions with menu commands), it opens a viewer
> (in my case Preview.app on Mac OS X) and displays the pdf.
> So far so good.
>
> If I make changes to the document, and click the refresh pdf
> icon to the right of the pdf icon, it goes away and does
> something, but there is no visible effect -- the pdf in my
> viewer does not update. If I close the pdf viewer window and
> click the pdf icon, I see the revised pdf in a new window.
>
> So I'm baffled by what the refresh icon actually does and
> how I am supposed to use it. I'm obviously missing something
> pretty basic here!
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> /Christian
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