Hi, I must confess that even in my case (LyX 1.5.4 on Mac Os X 10.3.9), if I want to change the default PDF viewer I have to put the whole path to the executable. For example, for using the pdf viewer Adobe Reader 7.1.0 for Mac it works only if I use:
/Applications/Adobe\ Reader\ 7.1.0/Adobe\ Reader\ 7.1.0.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Reader instead if i follow the other suggestions and use: open -a Adobe Reader 7.1.0 it doesn't work. Nothing happens. Pierfranco 2008/10/21 Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote: > >> Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: >> >>> menu Tools->Settings->file formats >>> >> Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: >> >>> you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> >>> Viewer. >>> >> >> Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to >> change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the >> application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on >> Mac-OSX, in my case: >> >> /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim >> > > What should also do the trick is "open -a Skim", that lets OS X do the work > of finding the app. > > What I actually use is the attached script that explicitly tells Skim to > reload. I've disabled auto-reload in Skim, since this sometimes does not > work in combination with LyX's multiple compilation of the file. > > So I have the attached script in ~/bin, set the script as executable (chmod > u+x ...), in LyX "~/bin/SkimReload.sh", and then always use View PDF (not: > Update PDF) in LyX > > HTH, > Konrad > >
