My OS is Mac OSX 10.7.5. I already looked at Sumatra-pdf but it appeared to me to be for Windows only.
Also, I could find no Adobe program to "update when the file changes" in my Adobe Reader 9 (Version 9.5.3). Thanks. On 05/02/2013, at 8:37 AM, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Am 31.01.2013 23:02, schrieb Gordon Watson: > >> I read this, from foot 3 (footnote 3): "You can save time by leaving the >> PDF-viewer running in the background. Then, you can use View->Update or the >> toolbar button [X] and just click on the PDF-viewer window (or unminimize >> it) afterwards." >> >> I'm using Adobe Reader 9 (Version 9.5.3) to generate my PDFs. But I must >> CLOSE a PDF if I want to see the next (updated) version. > > This is the case because Adobe reader always opens PDF files with write > access. Otherprograms like LyX can then not change the PDF. If you have > Windows, this should not happen because the LyX for Windows installer comes > with a small program that automatically close and reopen the PDF. > What is your OS? > > As alternative you can use the program "SumatraPDF" as viewer- > > regards Uwe
