Thanks Johan , I am actually a big fan of emacs and use it for editing pillar files.
It also has surprisingly nice GUI for an open source app. Looks like a keeper :) On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Johan Fabry <jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl> wrote: > > 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 > > >
