Stephen P. Harris wrote:
BTW, adding a new format, new converter, new viewer does not require
tinkering with LyX source.
I'm interested to know how you did this. If it is documented perhaps you
can point me to the instructions. I just noticed that Adobe released
Reader ver. 7.0 for Linux and Solaris.
ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/
Maybe this is old news but I just noticed it. I dual boot and was
going to see how this worked out with FC4 as a LyX pdf viewer.
All the following takes place in Edit->Preferences:
1. Click File formats->New. Set the Format: field to pdf4 (or pdf5 if
you already have a pdf4, etc.). Make the GUI name anything that you
want (that isn't already used, of course); this is how it will be listed
in the View and File->Export menus. If you're going to use it often
enough, you can fill in a keyboard shortcut (again, one not currently in
use) in Shortcut:, but this is strictly optional. Set the Extension:
field to pdf. Fill in the Viewer: field with the name of the viewer
executable. Click Modify and Save.
2. Go to Converters. Find the current converter that matches what you
plan to use to generate PDFs. If you use View->PDF, this will probably
be the Postscript->PDF converter. If you use View->PDF (dvipdfm), this
will probably be the DVI->PDF converter. If you use View->PDF
(pdflatex), this will presumably be the LaTeX->PDF converter. Change
the From: field to your new format (which should be on the list, else
step 1 failed), then click Modify and Save.
3. Open a document, go to the View menu, and verify that the new viewer
is present (and works).
You can do this for all three PDF conversion methods if you want, but
you'll need to create three new formats in step 1 (with distinct names).
HTH,
Paul
