Gustavo Guerra wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Lloyd"
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Subject: Re: Problem viewing PDFs
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustavo Guerra"
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Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: Problem viewing PDFs
Hi there
I just installed LyX 1.3.6 for Windows.
When I select View->PDF (any of the three versions), acrobat reader
gives an
error saying that it can't open the document. The file is generated
in the
temp dir, but probably the path is being passed wrong. How can I fix it?
Thanks
Best regards,
Gustavo Guerra
PS: With this new instaler, I still have to install the fonts given
on the
wiki site(ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib/BaKoMa4LyX.zip), or does the
installer include them.
Firstly the fonts, yes you do have to install them seperately.
Secondly with the pdf problem. Is Acrobat open at the time, if so
close it, then select view pdf.
Yes, closing acrobat first solves the problem. Thanks.
It's still a weird behaviour, though, having to keep closing acrobat. Is
it a bug in acrobat?
Best Regards,
Gustavo Guerra
Windows does not handle pipes very well, certainly not as well as Unix
and its derivatives do. I'm inclined to blame Windows rather than
Acrobat Reader.
There's a workaround of sorts. Manually edit your preferences file
(should be in C:\Documents and Settings\<your login id>\Application
Data\lyx), adding the following line:
\custom_export_command "acrord32 $$FName"
This assumes that you have the path to Acrobat Reader on LyX's path
prefix. Close and restart LyX if it is open when you make the change.
Now instead of using View->PDF (or either of the PDF alternatives), use
File->Export->Custom, pick the PDF format you want, and click ok. The
export command should already be filled in. For whatever reason, this
can display the document in an already running copy of Acrobat Reader.
One thing this does not fix: there is no way to use View->Update->PDF
to view changes while the previous version of the document is open in
Reader. Again, I think the fault lies with Windows: while you're
displaying the previous version, Windows puts a read lock on the file in
the temp directory, so the updated version (which uses the same file
name) cannot overwrite it.
Paul
