On 9/10/2024 9:22 PM, Jim wrote:
On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 05:52 (-0000), Felix wrote:
I want to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) and I always get this message when I
have my Windows Terminal, vs code and acrobat setup
backend > quitting because file 'Chapter 4 Assignment.pdf' cannot be
opened for writing
I run into no problems with using sumatra or okular, but Adobe Acrobat free
seems to have this problem. Is there a way to fix this? The way I run context
on windows is by making the doc in vscode (no extension, just plain vscode),
compiling in Windows Terminal and using a pdf viewer to then view stuff.
As part of TeXlive there is a program called pdfopen (and a companion
program called pdfclose) which may (or may not) help you out if you wish to
continue using acroread.
I am the last maintainer (as far as I know!) of the Linux version of this
program for TeXlive. I never use windows, but my understanding is there is
(or was) a version for windows. You might want to look to see if you can
find this.
irr it originates in fptex for windows (by fabrice) so there should be
some binary but the problem is that the api to acrobat changed over time
so it had to be adapted occasionally
acrobat : pdfopen --rxi --file filename
fullacrobat : pdfopen --axi --file filename
pdfclose -- file filename
was the interface but as i never use acrobat in an edit-view flow it
looks that i didn't bother to keep it on my machine
Hans
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