SumatraPDF is simple, clean and free. My 2c. J. On Mon, 4 Jan 2021 at 18:53, 'Rob Hodgkinson' via Programming < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
