Devon, I suggest “caution” in continuing to use Acrobat Reader, is it now “end of life”. I have been receiving emails saying uninstall and do not continue to use etc, advice is to upgrade to a paid version (or seek an alternate and dispense with Adobe now).
Not sure if this might be affecting you, but I was receiving notices in Nov/Dec advising not to rely no it after December (although google for end of life Acrobat shows a date in April, so I am not sure … but the writing is on the wall). …/Rob > On 4 Jan 2021, at 1:43 pm, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the tip. > My earlier problem was definitely something wrong with Acrobat. It now > works fine. > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 9:32 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You can try the output option eg >> 'output pdf a1.pdf' plot i.10 >> 'output pdf a2.pdf' plot *:i.10 >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 3:35 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Yes - it's probably a problem with Acrobat; being able to also display >> the >>> plot.pdf file in my browser is a red herring. Process monitor shows >>> AcroRd32.exe being launched by jconsole but the display window does not >>> appear anywhere I can see. Pointing to the plot.pdf file in my browser >> also >>> lets me see it but Acrobat having a hold on it prevents me from >> displaying >>> a new plot which is why I have to kill the non-displaying Acrobat reader >> in >>> order to see a new plot. >>> >>> On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 11:44 PM bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It unclear to me how you had set your config for display pdf. >>>> >>>> There is an option inside base.cfg to set the specific program to >> display >>>> pdf not necessary a browser. For windows, the full path name to acrobat >>>> reader is required. If it still caches the old plot then you need to >> set >>>> file name of plot. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021, 12:17 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi - in the most recent version of J my plots are acting oddly. I >> did >>>> not >>>>> change my config so it should be continuing to use Adobe Acrobat >> reader >>>>> (AcroRd32.exe) to display PDFs which typically pops up in a browser >> (MS >>>>> Edge) tab. Now Acrobat seems to continue to run in the background >>> when I >>>>> kill the browser tab and I have to kill it manually in order to run a >>> new >>>>> plot. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone else had an issue like this? Is there a simple argument >> to >>>>> "plot" to force it to use another filename besides "plot.pdf"? I >>> suspect >>>>> the problem may go away with a re-boot but I do not want to do that >>> right >>>>> now. >>>>> >>>>> This is under jconsole under emacs. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Devon >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>>>> >>>>> Quantitative Consultant >>>>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> For information about J forums see >> http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>> >>> Quantitative Consultant >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > Quantitative Consultant > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
