On 7/3/25 10:55 AM, Alexander Dunlap wrote:
Dear all,
When I am using LyX I am often wanting to compile the file frequently
to see the previewed PDF. Sometimes, if my file is complicated, it
takes several runs of LaTeX to compile, and the intermediate generated
PDFs may not very readable (e.g. if there is complicated TikZ graphics
happening). But I sometimes want to continue to study the old version
of the preview while the new version is being generated, and this is
difficult because the version being viewed is flickering through all
of the intermediate versions. I am wondering if anyone knows a
workflow for LyX that causes it to not replace the generated PDF until
compilation is complete, so there is only a single refresh of the PDF
viewer?
The problem is that the PDF itself is being replaced all these times.
The viewer is reloading it when that happens. So it's possible you could
set up the viewer itself not to reload automatically.
If you really want to save the intermediate version, you could create a
new format in LyX, and a converter specification, that would copy the
old version somewhere, and then open a viewer on it, then do the actual
compilation.
Riki
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