Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Benedict Holland]

Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than
Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when
giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting
on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick
with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might
have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues
than switch.

~Ben

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.

 Ashok

 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Benedict Holland]

Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the
Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted.
There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is
much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also
possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no
affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I
can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in
others. I can't afford that issue.

~Ben

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com wrote:

 Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than
 Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when
 giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting
 on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick
 with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might
 have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues
 than switch.

 ~Ben

 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.

 Ashok

 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com:

 Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the 
 Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. 
 There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is 
 much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also 
 possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no 
 affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I 
 can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in 
 others. I can't afford that issue. 

It is not sure - at least STF did say so - the PDF file Adobe Acrobat Reader 
didn't display was produced by LyX.
And in case it came from LyX then it's a problem with the LaTeX-PDF-writer 
tools used by LyX.

So, probably it will be difficult to solve this issue for LyX developers.

Stephan

 On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
 benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com wrote:
 Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than 
 Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when 
 giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting 
 on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick 
 with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might 
 have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues 
 than switch. 
 
 ~Ben
 
 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
 
 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.
 
 Ashok
 
 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.
 
 
 

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com:

 Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the 
 Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. 
 There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is 
 much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also 
 possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no 
 affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I 
 can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in 
 others. I can't afford that issue. 

Sorry, it should read:

It is not sure - at least STF did *not* say so - the PDF file Adobe Acrobat 
Reader didn't display was produced by LyX.
And in case it came from LyX then it's a problem with the LaTeX-PDF-writer 
tools used by LyX.

So, probably it will be difficult to solve this issue for LyX developers.

Stephan

 On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
 benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com wrote:
 Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than 
 Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when 
 giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting 
 on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick 
 with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might 
 have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues 
 than switch. 
 
 ~Ben
 
 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
 
 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.
 
 Ashok
 
 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.
 
 
 

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Benedict Holland]

Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than
Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when
giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting
on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick
with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might
have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues
than switch.

~Ben

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.

 Ashok

 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Benedict Holland]

Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the
Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted.
There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is
much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also
possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no
affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I
can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in
others. I can't afford that issue.

~Ben

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com wrote:

 Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than
 Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when
 giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting
 on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick
 with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might
 have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues
 than switch.

 ~Ben

 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.

 Ashok

 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com:

 Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the 
 Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. 
 There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is 
 much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also 
 possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no 
 affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I 
 can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in 
 others. I can't afford that issue. 

It is not sure - at least STF did say so - the PDF file Adobe Acrobat Reader 
didn't display was produced by LyX.
And in case it came from LyX then it's a problem with the LaTeX-PDF-writer 
tools used by LyX.

So, probably it will be difficult to solve this issue for LyX developers.

Stephan

 On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
 benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com wrote:
 Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than 
 Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when 
 giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting 
 on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick 
 with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might 
 have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues 
 than switch. 
 
 ~Ben
 
 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
 
 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.
 
 Ashok
 
 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.
 
 
 

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com:

 Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the 
 Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. 
 There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is 
 much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also 
 possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no 
 affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I 
 can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in 
 others. I can't afford that issue. 

Sorry, it should read:

It is not sure - at least STF did *not* say so - the PDF file Adobe Acrobat 
Reader didn't display was produced by LyX.
And in case it came from LyX then it's a problem with the LaTeX-PDF-writer 
tools used by LyX.

So, probably it will be difficult to solve this issue for LyX developers.

Stephan

 On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
 benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com wrote:
 Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than 
 Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when 
 giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting 
 on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick 
 with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might 
 have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues 
 than switch. 
 
 ~Ben
 
 On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
 even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
 
 Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
 Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary
 directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
 harmless.
 
 Ashok
 
 PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
 to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
 its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
 I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
 keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
 combine pdf files.
 
 
 

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Benedict Holland]

Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than
Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when
giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting
on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick
with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might
have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues
than switch.

~Ben

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok  wrote:

> Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
> even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
>
> Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
> Sumatra, I get a message saying something like "Couldn't close temporary
> directory". Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
> harmless.
>
> Ashok
>
> PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
> to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
> its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
> I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
> keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
> combine pdf files.
>
>

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Benedict Holland]

Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the
Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted.
There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is
much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also
possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no
affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I
can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in
others. I can't afford that issue.

~Ben

On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland <
benedict.m.holl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than
> Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when
> giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting
> on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick
> with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might
> have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues
> than switch.
>
> ~Ben
>
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok  wrote:
>
>> Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
>> even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
>>
>> Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
>> Sumatra, I get a message saying something like "Couldn't close temporary
>> directory". Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
>> harmless.
>>
>> Ashok
>>
>> PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
>> to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
>> its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
>> I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
>> keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
>> combine pdf files.
>>
>>
>

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland :

> Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the 
> Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. 
> There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is 
> much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also 
> possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no 
> affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I 
> can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in 
> others. I can't afford that issue. 

It is not sure - at least STF did say so - the PDF file Adobe Acrobat Reader 
didn't display was produced by LyX.
And in case it came from LyX then it's a problem with the LaTeX-PDF-writer 
tools used by LyX.

So, probably it will be difficult to solve this issue for LyX developers.

Stephan

> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
>  wrote:
> Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than 
> Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when 
> giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting 
> on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick 
> with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might 
> have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues 
> than switch. 
> 
> ~Ben
> 
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok  wrote:
> Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
> even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
> 
> Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
> Sumatra, I get a message saying something like "Couldn't close temporary
> directory". Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
> harmless.
> 
> Ashok
> 
> PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
> to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
> its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
> I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
> keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
> combine pdf files.
> 
> 
> 

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Stephan Witt]

Am 04.12.2014 um 16:34 schrieb Benedict Holland :

> Actually, also, regarding the corruption. That should also be posted on the 
> Lyx forum as a case study to determine why Adobe treats it as corrupted. 
> There is an ISO standard for Adobe PDF files. it is possible that Adobe is 
> much less flexible about their standard than other browsers. It is also 
> possible that there is a bug with lyx if this occurs. BTW, I have no 
> affiliation with Adobe at all but everyone uses it and if I don't use it, I 
> can easily run into problems where it will view in one browser but not in 
> others. I can't afford that issue. 

Sorry, it should read:

It is not sure - at least STF did *not* say so - the PDF file Adobe Acrobat 
Reader didn't display was produced by LyX.
And in case it came from LyX then it's a problem with the LaTeX-PDF-writer 
tools used by LyX.

So, probably it will be difficult to solve this issue for LyX developers.

Stephan

> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Benedict Holland 
>  wrote:
> Be very careful when viewing Beamer presentations with anything other than 
> Adobe. I have found that the presentations never display correctly and when 
> giving a presentation, it is almost a guarantee that you will be presenting 
> on Adobe. If you are not using Beamer, anything else should work. I stick 
> with Adobe because it is the standard. If potential problems occur, I might 
> have to switch but for now, it seems better for me to deal with the issues 
> than switch. 
> 
> ~Ben
> 
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:53 PM, Ashok  wrote:
> Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can
> even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.
> 
> Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing
> Sumatra, I get a message saying something like "Couldn't close temporary
> directory". Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's
> harmless.
> 
> Ashok
> 
> PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy
> to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into
> its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader!
> I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything;
> keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or
> combine pdf files.
> 
> 
> 

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Ashok]

Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can 
even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing 
Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary 
directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's 
harmless.

Ashok

PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy 
to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into 
its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader! 
I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything; 
keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or 
combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Ashok]

Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can 
even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing 
Sumatra, I get a message saying something like Couldn't close temporary 
directory. Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's 
harmless.

Ashok

PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy 
to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into 
its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader! 
I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything; 
keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or 
combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Ashok]

Thanks a lot, folks. I went for Sumatra. It works like a charm. It can 
even keep more than one pdf output in tabs.

Only thing: when I close the Lyx file I was working on, without closing 
Sumatra, I get a message saying something like "Couldn't close temporary 
directory". Something similar comes even when I exit from Lyx. I hope it's 
harmless.

Ashok

PS: A bonus for using Sumatra. It makes viewing other ebook formats easy 
to read. Unlike Calibre, it doesn't insist on bringing ePub or Mobi into 
its library first. It reads it. What's more: it's a very good .chm reader! 
I'm thinking of making Sumatra the default viewer for pdf and everything; 
keeping Acrobat Pro only for those occasions when I want to edit or 
combine pdf files.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[STF]

On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote:


 On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:

 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

 I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I
 view
 a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
 doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

  I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
 quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
 updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

 Liviu


  Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
 pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my
 Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

 TIA.

  I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but over
 the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts with it
 somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much smaller and more
 responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts with LyX. But for things
 like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has additional options (e.g. printing in
 reverse order) so I keep it on disk.

 If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet have
 Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you need to go to
 Tools  Preferences  File Handling  File Formats and under the format PDF
 (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where it may show pdfview) and
 choose Custom and in the right-hand slot enter e.g. SumatraPDF, then click
 Apply. Now in the larger window on the left select Paths. Second slot from
 the bottom on the right is PATH prefix. At the end of whatever is already
 there add (e.g.)

 ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF

 (note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory holding the
 .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.

 Andrew


I also left Adobe Reader/Acrobat.  Not only because they have become
bloatware, but also because they have become badware and arrogantware.

Here's the long story:

I had several PDF files which could not be opened inside Adobe Reader
(saying that the PDF files are corrupted -- which is totally incorrect).  I
wrote to Adobe forum asking what to do.  Guess what.  Someone (probably
working for Adobe) replied (and argued) to me that Adobe Reader is
compliant to ISO something, blah blah blah.  So proud, so arrogant!

But you know what.  When I tried to open the same files inside Google
drive's integrated PDF viewer, Microsoft's One Drive integrated viewer,
Win8 native PDF viewer, and A LOT A LOT other PDF readers, NONE of them has
this corrupted file problem.

I've got enough of Adobe's attitude.  So I left it.  I'm also using
SumatraPDF which is working fine for me.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Juha Meriluoto]

On 2.12.2014 21:32, STF wrote:
 
 
 On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz
 mailto:apars...@clear.net.nz wrote:
 
 
 On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:
 
 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com
 mailto:adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 
 I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The
 first time I view
 a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting
 Acrobat
 doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!
 
 I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
 quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
 updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.
 
 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/__Evince/Downloads
 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads
 
 Liviu
 
 
 Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to
 use Acrobat
 pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf
 viewer on my
 Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for
 non-Lyx uses.)
 
 TIA.
 
 I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but
 over the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts
 with it somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much
 smaller and more responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts
 with LyX. But for things like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has
 additional options (e.g. printing in reverse order) so I keep it on
 disk.
 
 If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet
 have Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you
 need to go to Tools  Preferences  File Handling  File Formats and
 under the format PDF (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where
 it may show pdfview) and choose Custom and in the right-hand slot
 enter e.g. SumatraPDF, then click Apply. Now in the larger window on
 the left select Paths. Second slot from the bottom on the right is
 PATH prefix. At the end of whatever is already there add (e.g.)
 
 ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF
 
 (note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory
 holding the .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.
 
 Andrew
 
 
 I also left Adobe Reader/Acrobat.  Not only because they have become
 bloatware, but also because they have become badware and arrogantware.
 
 Here's the long story:
 
 I had several PDF files which could not be opened inside Adobe Reader
 (saying that the PDF files are corrupted -- which is totally
 incorrect).  I wrote to Adobe forum asking what to do.  Guess what. 
 Someone (probably working for Adobe) replied (and argued) to me that
 Adobe Reader is compliant to ISO something, blah blah blah.  So proud,
 so arrogant!
 
 But you know what.  When I tried to open the same files inside Google
 drive's integrated PDF viewer, Microsoft's One Drive integrated viewer,
 Win8 native PDF viewer, and A LOT A LOT other PDF readers, NONE of them
 has this corrupted file problem.
 
 I've got enough of Adobe's attitude.  So I left it.  I'm also using
 SumatraPDF which is working fine for me.
 

SumatraPDF get my vote, too.  It's a no-nonsense, lightweight program...
quite rare these days when looks seem to be more important than
functionality.

 - JMe



---
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Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[STF]

On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote:


 On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:

 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

 I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I
 view
 a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
 doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

  I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
 quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
 updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

 Liviu


  Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
 pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my
 Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

 TIA.

  I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but over
 the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts with it
 somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much smaller and more
 responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts with LyX. But for things
 like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has additional options (e.g. printing in
 reverse order) so I keep it on disk.

 If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet have
 Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you need to go to
 Tools  Preferences  File Handling  File Formats and under the format PDF
 (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where it may show pdfview) and
 choose Custom and in the right-hand slot enter e.g. SumatraPDF, then click
 Apply. Now in the larger window on the left select Paths. Second slot from
 the bottom on the right is PATH prefix. At the end of whatever is already
 there add (e.g.)

 ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF

 (note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory holding the
 .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.

 Andrew


I also left Adobe Reader/Acrobat.  Not only because they have become
bloatware, but also because they have become badware and arrogantware.

Here's the long story:

I had several PDF files which could not be opened inside Adobe Reader
(saying that the PDF files are corrupted -- which is totally incorrect).  I
wrote to Adobe forum asking what to do.  Guess what.  Someone (probably
working for Adobe) replied (and argued) to me that Adobe Reader is
compliant to ISO something, blah blah blah.  So proud, so arrogant!

But you know what.  When I tried to open the same files inside Google
drive's integrated PDF viewer, Microsoft's One Drive integrated viewer,
Win8 native PDF viewer, and A LOT A LOT other PDF readers, NONE of them has
this corrupted file problem.

I've got enough of Adobe's attitude.  So I left it.  I'm also using
SumatraPDF which is working fine for me.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Juha Meriluoto]

On 2.12.2014 21:32, STF wrote:
 
 
 On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe apars...@clear.net.nz
 mailto:apars...@clear.net.nz wrote:
 
 
 On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:
 
 On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com
 mailto:adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 
 I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The
 first time I view
 a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting
 Acrobat
 doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!
 
 I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
 quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
 updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.
 
 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/__Evince/Downloads
 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads
 
 Liviu
 
 
 Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to
 use Acrobat
 pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf
 viewer on my
 Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for
 non-Lyx uses.)
 
 TIA.
 
 I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but
 over the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts
 with it somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much
 smaller and more responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts
 with LyX. But for things like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has
 additional options (e.g. printing in reverse order) so I keep it on
 disk.
 
 If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet
 have Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you
 need to go to Tools  Preferences  File Handling  File Formats and
 under the format PDF (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where
 it may show pdfview) and choose Custom and in the right-hand slot
 enter e.g. SumatraPDF, then click Apply. Now in the larger window on
 the left select Paths. Second slot from the bottom on the right is
 PATH prefix. At the end of whatever is already there add (e.g.)
 
 ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF
 
 (note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory
 holding the .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.
 
 Andrew
 
 
 I also left Adobe Reader/Acrobat.  Not only because they have become
 bloatware, but also because they have become badware and arrogantware.
 
 Here's the long story:
 
 I had several PDF files which could not be opened inside Adobe Reader
 (saying that the PDF files are corrupted -- which is totally
 incorrect).  I wrote to Adobe forum asking what to do.  Guess what. 
 Someone (probably working for Adobe) replied (and argued) to me that
 Adobe Reader is compliant to ISO something, blah blah blah.  So proud,
 so arrogant!
 
 But you know what.  When I tried to open the same files inside Google
 drive's integrated PDF viewer, Microsoft's One Drive integrated viewer,
 Win8 native PDF viewer, and A LOT A LOT other PDF readers, NONE of them
 has this corrupted file problem.
 
 I've got enough of Adobe's attitude.  So I left it.  I'm also using
 SumatraPDF which is working fine for me.
 

SumatraPDF get my vote, too.  It's a no-nonsense, lightweight program...
quite rare these days when looks seem to be more important than
functionality.

 - JMe



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Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[STF]

On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe  wrote:

>
> On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok  wrote:
>>
>>> I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I
>>> view
>>> a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
>>> doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!
>>>
>>>  I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
>> quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
>> updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.
>>
>> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads
>>
>> Liviu
>>
>>
>>  Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
>>> pro? (I have Acrobat Pro "associated" as the default pdf viewer on my
>>> Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)
>>>
>>> TIA.
>>>
>>>  I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but over
> the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts with it
> somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much smaller and more
> responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts with LyX. But for things
> like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has additional options (e.g. printing in
> reverse order) so I keep it on disk.
>
> If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet have
> Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you need to go to
> Tools > Preferences > File Handling > File Formats and under the format PDF
> (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where it may show pdfview) and
> choose Custom and in the right-hand slot enter e.g. SumatraPDF, then click
> Apply. Now in the larger window on the left select Paths. Second slot from
> the bottom on the right is PATH prefix. At the end of whatever is already
> there add (e.g.)
>
> ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF
>
> (note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory holding the
> .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.
>
> Andrew
>

I also left Adobe Reader/Acrobat.  Not only because they have become
bloatware, but also because they have become badware and arrogantware.

Here's the long story:

I had several PDF files which could not be opened inside Adobe Reader
(saying that the PDF files are corrupted -- which is totally incorrect).  I
wrote to Adobe forum asking what to do.  Guess what.  Someone (probably
working for Adobe) replied (and argued) to me that Adobe Reader is
compliant to ISO something, blah blah blah.  So proud, so arrogant!

But you know what.  When I tried to open the same files inside Google
drive's integrated PDF viewer, Microsoft's One Drive integrated viewer,
Win8 native PDF viewer, and A LOT A LOT other PDF readers, NONE of them has
this "corrupted file" problem.

I've got enough of Adobe's attitude.  So I left it.  I'm also using
SumatraPDF which is working fine for me.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Juha Meriluoto]

On 2.12.2014 21:32, STF wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2 December 2014 at 08:56, aparsloe  > wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok  > wrote:
> 
> I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The
> first time I view
> a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting
> Acrobat
> doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!
> 
> I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
> quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
> updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.
> 
> https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/__Evince/Downloads
> 
> 
> Liviu
> 
> 
> Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to
> use Acrobat
> pro? (I have Acrobat Pro "associated" as the default pdf
> viewer on my
> Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for
> non-Lyx uses.)
> 
> TIA.
> 
> I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but
> over the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts
> with it somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much
> smaller and more responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts
> with LyX. But for things like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has
> additional options (e.g. printing in reverse order) so I keep it on
> disk.
> 
> If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet
> have Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you
> need to go to Tools > Preferences > File Handling > File Formats and
> under the format PDF (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where
> it may show pdfview) and choose Custom and in the right-hand slot
> enter e.g. SumatraPDF, then click Apply. Now in the larger window on
> the left select Paths. Second slot from the bottom on the right is
> PATH prefix. At the end of whatever is already there add (e.g.)
> 
> ;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF
> 
> (note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory
> holding the .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> I also left Adobe Reader/Acrobat.  Not only because they have become
> bloatware, but also because they have become badware and arrogantware.
> 
> Here's the long story:
> 
> I had several PDF files which could not be opened inside Adobe Reader
> (saying that the PDF files are corrupted -- which is totally
> incorrect).  I wrote to Adobe forum asking what to do.  Guess what. 
> Someone (probably working for Adobe) replied (and argued) to me that
> Adobe Reader is compliant to ISO something, blah blah blah.  So proud,
> so arrogant!
> 
> But you know what.  When I tried to open the same files inside Google
> drive's integrated PDF viewer, Microsoft's One Drive integrated viewer,
> Win8 native PDF viewer, and A LOT A LOT other PDF readers, NONE of them
> has this "corrupted file" problem.
> 
> I've got enough of Adobe's attitude.  So I left it.  I'm also using
> SumatraPDF which is working fine for me.
> 

SumatraPDF get my vote, too.  It's a no-nonsense, lightweight program...
quite rare these days when looks seem to be more important than
functionality.

 - JMe



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Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Ashok]

I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view 
a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat 
doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat 
pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my 
Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

TIA.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view
 a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
 doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

Liviu


 Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
 pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my
 Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

 TIA.




-- 
Do you think you know what math is?
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02
Or what it means to be intelligent?
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30
Think again:
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[aparsloe]

On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view
a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!


I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

Liviu



Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my
Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

TIA.

I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but over 
the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts with it 
somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much smaller and 
more responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts with LyX. But for 
things like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has additional options (e.g. 
printing in reverse order) so I keep it on disk.


If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet have 
Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you need to go 
to Tools  Preferences  File Handling  File Formats and under the 
format PDF (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where it may show 
pdfview) and choose Custom and in the right-hand slot enter e.g. 
SumatraPDF, then click Apply. Now in the larger window on the left 
select Paths. Second slot from the bottom on the right is PATH prefix. 
At the end of whatever is already there add (e.g.)


;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF

(note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory holding 
the .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.


Andrew

Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Ashok]

I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view 
a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat 
doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat 
pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my 
Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

TIA.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:
 I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view
 a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
 doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

Liviu


 Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
 pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my
 Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

 TIA.




-- 
Do you think you know what math is?
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02
Or what it means to be intelligent?
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30
Think again:
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[aparsloe]

On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok adharesh...@hotmail.com wrote:

I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view
a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!


I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

Liviu



Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
pro? (I have Acrobat Pro associated as the default pdf viewer on my
Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

TIA.

I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but over 
the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts with it 
somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much smaller and 
more responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts with LyX. But for 
things like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has additional options (e.g. 
printing in reverse order) so I keep it on disk.


If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet have 
Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you need to go 
to Tools  Preferences  File Handling  File Formats and under the 
format PDF (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where it may show 
pdfview) and choose Custom and in the right-hand slot enter e.g. 
SumatraPDF, then click Apply. Now in the larger window on the left 
select Paths. Second slot from the bottom on the right is PATH prefix. 
At the end of whatever is already there add (e.g.)


;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF

(note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory holding 
the .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.


Andrew

Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Ashok]

I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view 
a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat 
doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!

Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat 
pro? (I have Acrobat Pro "associated" as the default pdf viewer on my 
Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

TIA.

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[Liviu Andronic]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok  wrote:
> I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view
> a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
> doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!
>
I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

Liviu


> Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
> pro? (I have Acrobat Pro "associated" as the default pdf viewer on my
> Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)
>
> TIA.
>



-- 
Do you think you know what math is?
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/ian-stewart-2013-08-02
Or what it means to be intelligent?
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/john-duncan-2013-08-30
Think again:
http://www.ideasroadshow.com/library

Re: Newbie question: which pdf reader to use with Windows 8.1?

[aparsloe]

On 2/12/2014 6:36 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote:

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Ashok  wrote:

I currently have Acrobat Pro 11. It's very unwieldy. The first time I view
a document, it's fine, but then it gets stuck. Even exiting Acrobat
doesn't help. I have to exit Lyx and get back!


I like sticking to Evince when forced to use Windows: it's slim,
quick, and makes sense for viewing PDF files. It also auto-loads
updated files gracefully, unlike Acrobat.

https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince/Downloads

Liviu



Is there a simpler alternative? And how to tell Lyx not to use Acrobat
pro? (I have Acrobat Pro "associated" as the default pdf viewer on my
Windows system; that's how I would like to continue for non-Lyx uses.)

TIA.

I'm on Windows 7. Until earlier this year I used Adobe Reader, but over 
the years it has got more and more ponderous and LyX interacts with it 
somewhat clunkily. I've since installed Sumatra. It's much smaller and 
more responsive and I'm pleased with how it interacts with LyX. But for 
things like printing a pdf Adobe Reader has additional options (e.g. 
printing in reverse order) so I keep it on disk.


If you want Adobe Pro to be your default Windows pdf viewer and yet have 
Sumatra (or Evince or whatever) as your LyX pdf viewer, you need to go 
to Tools > Preferences > File Handling > File Formats and under the 
format PDF (pdflatex) go down to the Viewer: slot (where it may show 
pdfview) and choose Custom and in the right-hand slot enter e.g. 
SumatraPDF, then click Apply. Now in the larger window on the left 
select Paths. Second slot from the bottom on the right is PATH prefix. 
At the end of whatever is already there add (e.g.)


;C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF

(note the semicolon) or whatever the path is to the directory holding 
the .exe file of your chosen LyX pdf viewer. Now click Save.


Andrew