On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 7:36 PM, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using the default on MacOS which is Preview, though I doubt the > situation is any different for Linux or Window. I would be highly surprised > if any default pdf viewers auto reload when the pdf is modified or > recreated. A refresh button would be a better option only if I could tie it > to a shortcut , because the process of navigating to the menu to press > refresh is as time consuming as double click to reopen it. Preview has no > refresh button as far I can tell. ok then, you can modify the script and use the PDFVIEWER environment variable. Still, the default pdf client on Ubuntu refreshes automatically when the PDF updates. It is so useful that I stupidly thought even paying OS had this. I should have known better. In French we say "Linux: y'a moins bien, mais c'est plus cher" (Linux: you can find worse but that's more expensive) :-) -- Damien Cassou http://damiencassou.seasidehosting.st "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm." Winston Churchill