I used to use Sumatra and only stopped because it did not survive the Windows 10 migration.
On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 2:14 AM Hauke Rehr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
