Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18411511.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Have done as you recommended, I can see that the command Executing command acrord32.exe... is run but acroread does not open. If I press Ctrl-alt-delete I can see the acrord32.exe process and need to manualy terminate it if I want to run acroread from windows again. Paul A. Rubin wrote: bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18412631.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Ok, I reproduced this on my machine and sorted it out. The problem is that LyX passes the path to the output file (sitting in your temporary buffer directory) as C:/whatever/whatever.pdf. Acrobat Reader is apparently too stupid to cope with the Unix style separators (/ rather than \), unlike most of the programs I run on my Win boxes. So there are a couple of alternatives that will work. One is to write a batch file that takes the path, swaps separators (a one-line sed script could do this), then calls AcroRd32 with the Windows-fied path. The other is easier *if* you are willing to have Acrobat Reader be the system default reader for PDFs. You may already have that -- if double-clicking a PDF icon opens it in AR, you're there. The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. /Paul bigblop wrote: Have done as you recommended, I can see that the command Executing command acrord32.exe... is run but acroread does not open. If I press Ctrl-alt-delete I can see the acrord32.exe process and need to manualy terminate it if I want to run acroread from windows again. Paul A. Rubin wrote: bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Paul A. Rubin wrote: The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. Actually, I'm not even sure you need AR on the system path, as long as it's in the registry as the default viewer for PDFs. The 'auto' setting is AFAIK the default when LyX installs. Did you change it for a particular reason (such as AR *not* being your default viewer)? /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Ah of course I used SumatraPDF.exe before. Know I have just choosen pdfview and I runs acroread. Thanks for the tip! BTW: It finally seems that acroread (8.1.2) automatically refreshes a changed PDF file! Before it just showed a corrupted file. Next update though is to keep it at the current page, when it refreshes it jumps to the first page of the PDF file :-( Paul A. Rubin wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. Actually, I'm not even sure you need AR on the system path, as long as it's in the registry as the default viewer for PDFs. The 'auto' setting is AFAIK the default when LyX installs. Did you change it for a particular reason (such as AR *not* being your default viewer)? /Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18414272.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18411511.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Have done as you recommended, I can see that the command Executing command acrord32.exe... is run but acroread does not open. If I press Ctrl-alt-delete I can see the acrord32.exe process and need to manualy terminate it if I want to run acroread from windows again. Paul A. Rubin wrote: bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18412631.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Ok, I reproduced this on my machine and sorted it out. The problem is that LyX passes the path to the output file (sitting in your temporary buffer directory) as C:/whatever/whatever.pdf. Acrobat Reader is apparently too stupid to cope with the Unix style separators (/ rather than \), unlike most of the programs I run on my Win boxes. So there are a couple of alternatives that will work. One is to write a batch file that takes the path, swaps separators (a one-line sed script could do this), then calls AcroRd32 with the Windows-fied path. The other is easier *if* you are willing to have Acrobat Reader be the system default reader for PDFs. You may already have that -- if double-clicking a PDF icon opens it in AR, you're there. The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. /Paul bigblop wrote: Have done as you recommended, I can see that the command Executing command acrord32.exe... is run but acroread does not open. If I press Ctrl-alt-delete I can see the acrord32.exe process and need to manualy terminate it if I want to run acroread from windows again. Paul A. Rubin wrote: bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername Reader 8.0. If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools - Preferences - Paths - PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Paul A. Rubin wrote: The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. Actually, I'm not even sure you need AR on the system path, as long as it's in the registry as the default viewer for PDFs. The 'auto' setting is AFAIK the default when LyX installs. Did you change it for a particular reason (such as AR *not* being your default viewer)? /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Ah of course I used SumatraPDF.exe before. Know I have just choosen pdfview and I runs acroread. Thanks for the tip! BTW: It finally seems that acroread (8.1.2) automatically refreshes a changed PDF file! Before it just showed a corrupted file. Next update though is to keep it at the current page, when it refreshes it jumps to the first page of the PDF file :-( Paul A. Rubin wrote: Paul A. Rubin wrote: The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. Actually, I'm not even sure you need AR on the system path, as long as it's in the registry as the default viewer for PDFs. The 'auto' setting is AFAIK the default when LyX installs. Did you change it for a particular reason (such as AR *not* being your default viewer)? /Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18414272.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername "Reader 8.0". If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18411511.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername "Reader 8.0". If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools -> Preferences -> Paths -> PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Have done as you recommended, I can see that the command "Executing command acrord32.exe..." is run but acroread does not open. If I press Ctrl-alt-delete I can see the acrord32.exe process and need to manualy terminate it if I want to run acroread from windows again. Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > bigblop wrote: >> I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: >> >> C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe >> >> I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as >> the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the >> foldername "Reader 8.0". If I manually remove the space all my PDF files >> is >> no longer associated with Adobe Reader. >> >> How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? >> > > Put the path on Tools -> Preferences -> Paths -> PATH prefix (spaces and > all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. > > /Paul > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18412631.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Ok, I reproduced this on my machine and sorted it out. The problem is that LyX passes the path to the output file (sitting in your temporary buffer directory) as "C:/whatever/whatever.pdf". Acrobat Reader is apparently too stupid to cope with the Unix style separators (/ rather than \), unlike most of the programs I run on my Win boxes. So there are a couple of alternatives that will work. One is to write a batch file that takes the path, swaps separators (a one-line sed script could do this), then calls AcroRd32 with the Windows-fied path. The other is easier *if* you are willing to have Acrobat Reader be the system default reader for PDFs. You may already have that -- if double-clicking a PDF icon opens it in AR, you're there. The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. /Paul bigblop wrote: Have done as you recommended, I can see that the command "Executing command acrord32.exe..." is run but acroread does not open. If I press Ctrl-alt-delete I can see the acrord32.exe process and need to manualy terminate it if I want to run acroread from windows again. Paul A. Rubin wrote: bigblop wrote: I use LyX 1.5.4 for winXP. I have installed adobe reader in: C:\Programmer\Adobe\Reader 8.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe I need to specify the whole path to the above file if I want to use it as the PDF previewer. But I get an error since there is a space in the foldername "Reader 8.0". If I manually remove the space all my PDF files is no longer associated with Adobe Reader. How do I specify a PDF viewer with a space in the filename? Put the path on Tools -> Preferences -> Paths -> PATH prefix (spaces and all), then just put acrord32.exe as the viewer. /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Paul A. Rubin wrote: The easy solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. Actually, I'm not even sure you need AR on the system path, as long as it's in the registry as the default viewer for PDFs. The 'auto' setting is AFAIK the default when LyX installs. Did you change it for a particular reason (such as AR *not* being your default viewer)? /Paul
Re: Specify PDF viewer with space in filename?
Ah of course I used SumatraPDF.exe before. Know I have just choosen pdfview and I runs acroread. Thanks for the tip! BTW: It finally seems that acroread (8.1.2) automatically refreshes a changed PDF file! Before it just showed a corrupted file. Next update though is to keep it at the current page, when it refreshes it jumps to the first page of the PDF file :-( Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > Paul A. Rubin wrote: >> The easy >> solution is to put Acrobat Reader's directory on your system path and >> leave the viewer setting as 'auto' in LyX. > > Actually, I'm not even sure you need AR on the system path, as long as > it's in the registry as the default viewer for PDFs. The 'auto' setting > is AFAIK the default when LyX installs. Did you change it for a > particular reason (such as AR *not* being your default viewer)? > > /Paul > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Specify-PDF-viewer-with-space-in-filename--tp18411511p18414272.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
