I’ve been surprised to find quite some pdf viewers on my system: • atril • avplv • evince • mupdf • pdf-shuffler • xournal • xpdf at least they all seem to be registered with the extension. Maybe I should clean up a bit …
But I guess your recommendation might be a good one, judging by the result at https://alternativeto.net/software/mupdf/ where it shows up on top when ranked by popularity. As always, you have to take “wisdom of the crowd” answers with a grain of salt, but oftentimes, those at alternativeto are quite helpful. hth, Hauke Am 04.01.21 um 07:47 schrieb Jo van Schalkwyk: > 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 > -- ---------------------- mail written using NEO neo-layout.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
