In MacOS you can use Skim, it can auto-refresh when the underlying file changes, and it gives you the option in a good way. Plus it has good emacs synctex integration ;-)
On Jun 8, 2014, at 2:20 PM, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wish I felt the same about Linux, really do, that could have saved me some > money. But alas though not as bad Windows, has still long way to go before it > convince me to replace MacOS with it. The driver support is still quite bad. > Pharo dropping support for older Ubuntu versions forced me to return back to > Win 7 (my pc at work is dual boot Win 7 / Ubuntu 13.10 ) > > I am surprised though that it auto updates. Definitely a plus. > > Well don't modify the bash script just because I want it. Its not a big deal > to add the bash line myself. > > > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Damien Cassou <damien.cas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > ---> Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org <--- Johan Fabry - http://pleiad.cl/~jfabry PLEIAD lab - Computer Science Department (DCC) - University of Chile
