Re: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Am 08.01.2010 16:49, schrieb William Seager: On Friday 08 January 2010 at 04:35, Hellmut Weber wrote: I didn't find a possibility to get okular to output a landscape document as landscape on my printer. I find that if I have lyx set the document to landscape and tell okular to orient page as portrait I get a landscape printout. But my document was very simple. Hi William, does not work here ,-( That's why I asked Cheers Hellmut -- Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de Degenfeldstraße 2 tel +49-89-3081172 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
Re: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
On Friday 08 January 2010 at 04:35, Hellmut Weber wrote: > I didn't find a possibility to get okular to output a landscape document > as landscape on my printer. > I find that if I have lyx set the document to landscape and tell okular to orient page as portrait I get a landscape printout. But my document was very simple. -- William Seager University of Toronto Scarborough www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~seager
Re: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Am 08.01.2010 10:42, schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: Hellmut Weber wrote: I looked at the converters but didn't see okular mentioned, so where do I have to look? File format. Jürgen Thanks a lot ;-) Acroread has the additional advantage that the selection of pages to be output is more flexible. Happy LyXing Hellmut -- Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de Degenfeldstraße 2 tel +49-89-3081172 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
Re: How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Hellmut Weber wrote: > I looked at the converters but didn't see okular mentioned, so where do > I have to look? File format. Jürgen
How to change pdf viewer from okular to acroread
Hi I'm using LyX-1.6.5 as of December 5th 2009 with Sabayon-Linux-5.1-r1 (KDE 4.3.4) on IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T61. When I activate the preview of my document with >>view >pdflatex the kde program okular opens up. I didn't find a possibility to get okular to output a landscape document as landscape on my printer. acroread OTOH does this without any problem. So I would like to change the default viewer for pdflatex to acroread. How can I do that? I looked at the converters but didn't see okular mentioned, so where do I have to look? TIA Cheers Hellmut -- Dr. Hellmut Weber m...@hellmutweber.de Degenfeldstraße 2 tel +49-89-3081172 D-80803 München-Schwabing mobil +49-172-8450321 please: No DOCs, no PPTs. why: tinyurl.com/cbgq
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
muzzle wrote: Now it works, the only minor problem is that the button has no icon, but a long label. I am not sure if this is hardcoded, but try the following: Look in LyX's "images" folder, there is e.g. a file buffer-view_pdf2.png Make a copy of it and call it buffer-view_pdf3.png in the same directory. Maybe LyX picks it up. Maybe it can also live in ~/.lyx/images You can FIRST try to directly change the files in the LyX.app, and if that works, migrate the changed files into the user-dir and restore the original LyX.app (otherwise you will loose them again with the next update) I'm using linux, so I would rather not modify a system file. I will just keep the copy of the modified interface files in my users preferences folder (~/.lyx/) This is much better, of course. But keep in mind that with new versions these files do NOT get updated automatically, so you won't inherit any changes. /Konrad
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 3:21 PM, Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > muzzle wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Konrad Hofbauer >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> muzzle wrote: Well, I do have several options in the menu, but I would like to change the default for the toolbar button, is it possible? >>> >>> Not with the GUI, I believe. >>> >>> It should be possible by creating your own *.ui files. >>> Look at what is in /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/ui/, create >>> your >>> own set of *.ui and *.inc files, put them in your user-directory and >>> select >>> them in the Preferences. >> >> Hi, >> sorry for the late resurrection of the thread >> I tried to work on this, failed, left the problem aside. This morning >> I tried again but with no luck yet >> >> I copied the content of the ui directory inside .lyx/ui as you >> suggested and tried to modify the menus. >> The relevant lines seem to be: >> >>Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf2" >>Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf2" >> >> in but stdtoolbars.inc, I tried to change it but I made lyx crash, I >> could not guess how to get it to use dvipdfm. I suppose I could copy >> the code from the entry in the File menu, but I could not find it. >> >> Do you have any idea how to solve this? > > Don't have time to try right now, but look what in Preferences->File Formats > the shortname of PDF (dvipdfm) is (it is pdf3 by default), and use that > instead of pdf2 in the ui files. > > You should only need to change in stdtoolbars.inc >Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf2" >Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf2" > by >Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf3" >Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf3" > . silly me! I had tried with pdf1 and pdf0 :) Now it works, the only minor problem is that the button has no icon, but a long label. > > You can FIRST try to directly change the files in the LyX.app, and if that > works, migrate the changed files into the user-dir and restore the original > LyX.app (otherwise you will loose them again with the next update) > I'm using linux, so I would rather not modify a system file. I will just keep the copy of the modified interface files in my users preferences folder (~/.lyx/) > > /Konrad > Thanks a lot, Emme
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
muzzle wrote: On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: muzzle wrote: Well, I do have several options in the menu, but I would like to change the default for the toolbar button, is it possible? Not with the GUI, I believe. It should be possible by creating your own *.ui files. Look at what is in /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/ui/, create your own set of *.ui and *.inc files, put them in your user-directory and select them in the Preferences. Hi, sorry for the late resurrection of the thread I tried to work on this, failed, left the problem aside. This morning I tried again but with no luck yet I copied the content of the ui directory inside .lyx/ui as you suggested and tried to modify the menus. The relevant lines seem to be: Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf2" Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf2" in but stdtoolbars.inc, I tried to change it but I made lyx crash, I could not guess how to get it to use dvipdfm. I suppose I could copy the code from the entry in the File menu, but I could not find it. Do you have any idea how to solve this? Don't have time to try right now, but look what in Preferences->File Formats the shortname of PDF (dvipdfm) is (it is pdf3 by default), and use that instead of pdf2 in the ui files. You should only need to change in stdtoolbars.inc Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf2" Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf2" by Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf3" Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf3" . You can FIRST try to directly change the files in the LyX.app, and if that works, migrate the changed files into the user-dir and restore the original LyX.app (otherwise you will loose them again with the next update) /Konrad
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > muzzle wrote: >> >> Well, I do have several options in the menu, but I would like to >> change the default for the toolbar button, is it possible? > > Not with the GUI, I believe. > > It should be possible by creating your own *.ui files. > Look at what is in /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/ui/, create your > own set of *.ui and *.inc files, put them in your user-directory and select > them in the Preferences. Hi, sorry for the late resurrection of the thread I tried to work on this, failed, left the problem aside. This morning I tried again but with no luck yet I copied the content of the ui directory inside .lyx/ui as you suggested and tried to modify the menus. The relevant lines seem to be: Item "View PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-view pdf2" Item "Update PDF (pdflatex)" "buffer-update pdf2" in but stdtoolbars.inc, I tried to change it but I made lyx crash, I could not guess how to get it to use dvipdfm. I suppose I could copy the code from the entry in the File menu, but I could not find it. Do you have any idea how to solve this? Cheers, Emme > > /Konrad >
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:17 AM, Pierfranco Minsenti < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I must confess that even in my case (LyX 1.5.4 on Mac Os X 10.3.9), if I > want to change the default PDF viewer I have to put the whole path to the > executable. For example, for using the pdf viewer Adobe Reader 7.1.0 for > Mac > it works only if I use: > > /Applications/Adobe\ Reader\ 7.1.0/Adobe\ Reader\ > 7.1.0.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Reader > > instead if i follow the other suggestions and use: > > open -a Adobe Reader 7.1.0 > > it doesn't work. Nothing happens. My guess is that you need: open -a "Adobe Reader 7.1.0" (with the quotation marks).
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
muzzle wrote: Well, I do have several options in the menu, but I would like to change the default for the toolbar button, is it possible? Not with the GUI, I believe. It should be possible by creating your own *.ui files. Look at what is in /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/Resources/ui/, create your own set of *.ui and *.inc files, put them in your user-directory and select them in the Preferences. /Konrad
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > muzzle wrote: >> >> Btw, how do I change the xommand used to produce the preview pdf? The >> default is set to pdflatex but I have some problem with it and I would >> like to use dvipdfm. > > In the View-menu, you should have different PDF() options, one of them > being PDF (dvipdfm), same in File->Export. > Well, I do have several options in the menu, but I would like to change the default for the toolbar button, is it possible? > If not, something is wrong/missing in your setup. > >> PPS >> does my question still count as hijacking? > > Let's not overdo this - it does not matter too much. :) > (Anyhow: no, it doesn't.) ok :) Bye, Emme > > /Konrad >
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
muzzle wrote: Btw, how do I change the xommand used to produce the preview pdf? The default is set to pdflatex but I have some problem with it and I would like to use dvipdfm. In the View-menu, you should have different PDF() options, one of them being PDF (dvipdfm), same in File->Export. If not, something is wrong/missing in your setup. PPS does my question still count as hijacking? Let's not overdo this - it does not matter too much. :) (Anyhow: no, it doesn't.) /Konrad
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Hi, On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote [on Mac]: >> >> How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the >> "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? > > By default, LyX uses the default viewer that is set in the operating system > for PDFs. So you can change Mac OS X default PDF application setting, or you > can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> Viewer. > Btw, how do I change the xommand used to produce the preview pdf? The default is set to pdflatex but I have some problem with it and I would like to use dvipdfm. Cheers, Emme > HTH, > Konrad > > P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new > question. Start a new thread for new questions. PPS does my question still count as hijacking? > >
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Hi, I must confess that even in my case (LyX 1.5.4 on Mac Os X 10.3.9), if I want to change the default PDF viewer I have to put the whole path to the executable. For example, for using the pdf viewer Adobe Reader 7.1.0 for Mac it works only if I use: /Applications/Adobe\ Reader\ 7.1.0/Adobe\ Reader\ 7.1.0.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ Reader instead if i follow the other suggestions and use: open -a Adobe Reader 7.1.0 it doesn't work. Nothing happens. Pierfranco 2008/10/21 Konrad Hofbauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote: > >> Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: >> >>> menu Tools->Settings->file formats >>> >> Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: >> >>> you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> >>> Viewer. >>> >> >> Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to >> change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the >> application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on >> Mac-OSX, in my case: >> >> /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim >> > > What should also do the trick is "open -a Skim", that lets OS X do the work > of finding the app. > > What I actually use is the attached script that explicitly tells Skim to > reload. I've disabled auto-reload in Skim, since this sometimes does not > work in combination with LyX's multiple compilation of the file. > > So I have the attached script in ~/bin, set the script as executable (chmod > u+x ...), in LyX "~/bin/SkimReload.sh", and then always use View PDF (not: > Update PDF) in LyX > > HTH, > Konrad > >
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote: Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools->Settings->file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim What should also do the trick is "open -a Skim", that lets OS X do the work of finding the app. What I actually use is the attached script that explicitly tells Skim to reload. I've disabled auto-reload in Skim, since this sometimes does not work in combination with LyX's multiple compilation of the file. So I have the attached script in ~/bin, set the script as executable (chmod u+x ...), in LyX "~/bin/SkimReload.sh", and then always use View PDF (not: Update PDF) in LyX HTH, Konrad SkimReload.sh Description: Bourne shell script
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Not true. I'm on Mac OS X and have been using "open -a skim" all along without problems and through several versions of LyX. It is not necessary to call the app's contents. Cheers, -- Christian
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Am 21.10.2008 um 16:10 schrieb Uwe Stöhr: menu Tools->Settings->file formats Am 21.10.2008 um 16:17 schrieb Konrad Hofbauer: you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) - > Viewer. Thanks, it works finally. But for someone else who also might want to change the pdf viewer I add: it it not sufficient to give in the path to the application package but to the application EXECutable itself, at least on Mac-OSX, in my case: /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/MacOS/Skim Konrad wrote further P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions. Sorry, I was not aware of it, now I remember again that it is not enough to to erase content and change subject, but not to "answer" on a received mail from the list. -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries wrote [on Mac]: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? By default, LyX uses the default viewer that is set in the operating system for PDFs. So you can change Mac OS X default PDF application setting, or you can change in LyX -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (...) -> Viewer. HTH, Konrad P.S. Please do not hijack threads by replying to old messages with a new question. Start a new thread for new questions.
Re: How to change pdf viewer?
Joachim Kreimer-de Fries schrieb: How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? menu Tools->Settings->file formats There specify the viewer you like for the format PDF (pdflatex). regards Uwe
How to change pdf viewer?
Salve, How can one configure LyX to use another pdf viewer when clicking the "view pdf (pdf-latex) button? I could not find out. It depends what is set automatically during installation. Actually I would like to disburden Adobe Acrobat Reader from this task because too slow and change to Skim (or PDFView). joachim -- MacTeX - TeXLive 2007 - TeXShop 2.14-svn (2.14) und auch ggf. LyX/Mac 1.5.6 auf MacBook Pro mit OSX 10.4.11 Tiger
Re: Change PDF viewer?
Did you run the Reconfigure after the change? Make sure that SumatraPDF is in your path. I have change that I linux without problems. Sotiris On Saturday 10 May 2008 20:35:01 Paul A. Rubin wrote: > bigblop wrote: > > I have installed LyX on windows XP. I would like to change the pdf viewer > > to something else (SumatraPDF which can be found on this link: > > http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) > > > > I then choose Tools -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (pdflatex). And > > under viewer I type: sumatraPDF.exe. But when I want to preview from LyX > > I get an error that windows could not find the previewer. How do I change > > the PDF viewer? > > Either include the path to sumatraPDF.exe in the viewer field or add it > to the PATH prefix. > > /Paul
Re: Change PDF viewer?
bigblop wrote: I have installed LyX on windows XP. I would like to change the pdf viewer to something else (SumatraPDF which can be found on this link: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) I then choose Tools -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (pdflatex). And under viewer I type: sumatraPDF.exe. But when I want to preview from LyX I get an error that windows could not find the previewer. How do I change the PDF viewer? Either include the path to sumatraPDF.exe in the viewer field or add it to the PATH prefix. /Paul
Change PDF viewer?
I have installed LyX on windows XP. I would like to change the pdf viewer to something else (SumatraPDF which can be found on this link: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/) I then choose Tools -> Preferences -> File Formats -> PDF (pdflatex). And under viewer I type: sumatraPDF.exe. But when I want to preview from LyX I get an error that windows could not find the previewer. How do I change the PDF viewer? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Change-PDF-viewer--tp17163035p17163035.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Change PDF viewer and define short-keys?
bigblop wrote: Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: To specify the viewer, I think you can go to Tools > Settings > Output > File formats where you have a Viewer field ... ( sorry, I translate from my french interface !) Under File Formats its not possible to change anything. I can type eg. KPDF under viewer for PDF(pdflatex) but its not possible save or choose apply. Are you clicking Modify before Save? Or do you mean that the Modify button is disabled when you try this? The shortcuts do exist : Ctrl-D to view DVI (compile) Shift-Ctrl-D to update DVI You can see then in some menus. There are also the usual Alt/Meta shortcuts ( the letters are underlined in the different menus ). You can also define your own key bindings (see manual "Customize"). In the Customize manual it says that you can make your own mappings in the .kmap file: The .kmap File A .kmap file maps keystrokes to characters or strings. As the name suggests it sets a keyboard mapping. The .kmap file keywords kmap,kmod,ksmod, and kcomb are described in this section. kmap Map a character to a string But I don't want to change the kmapping I only want to make shortcuts. Shortcuts are done in the binding file. Tools -> Preferences... -> User interface -> bind file is where you choose this. You can copy your current bind file from /Resources/bind to /.lyx/bind (or the equivalent Windows or Mac OS directory), edit it with a text editor, then select the modified file in the Preferences dialog. Adding bindings (shortcuts) is explained in the customization manual, and the syntax is pretty self-evident if you look at your current bind file. Note that shortcuts for menu items are defined in the user interface (ui) file, also selectable in the preferences dialog. You'll want to avoid using those key combinations for shortcuts in your bind file. Also pay attention to whether your bind file loads other bind files. If you define a shortcut near the top of a bind file, and it later loads another bind file that assigns the same keys to a different command, the second definition will overwrite yours. (An obvious solution is to put your shortcuts last in your bind file.) /Paul
Re: Change PDF viewer and define short-keys?
Siegfried MEUNIER-GUTTIN-CLUZEL wrote: > > To specify the viewer, I think you can go to > Tools > Settings > Output > File formats > where you have a Viewer field ... > ( sorry, I translate from my french interface !) > > Under File Formats its not possible to change anything. I can type eg. > KPDF under viewer for PDF(pdflatex) but its not possible save or choose > apply. > > The shortcuts do exist : > Ctrl-D to view DVI (compile) > Shift-Ctrl-D to update DVI > > You can see then in some menus. > There are also the usual Alt/Meta shortcuts ( the letters are underlined > in the different menus ). > > You can also define your own key bindings (see manual "Customize"). > > In the Customize manual it says that you can make your own mappings in the > .kmap file: > > The .kmap File > > A .kmap file maps keystrokes to characters or strings. As the name > suggests it sets a keyboard mapping. The .kmap file keywords > kmap,kmod,ksmod, and kcomb are described in this section. > > kmap Map a character to a string > > > But I don't want to change the kmapping I only want to make shortcuts. > > > Siegfried. > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Change-PDF-viewer-and-define-short-keys--tf4949451.html#a14173403 Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Change PDF viewer and define short-keys?
To specify the viewer, I think you can go to Tools > Settings > Output > File formats where you have a Viewer field ... ( sorry, I translate from my french interface !) The shortcuts do exist : Ctrl-D to view DVI (compile) Shift-Ctrl-D to update DVI You can see then in some menus. There are also the usual Alt/Meta shortcuts ( the letters are underlined in the different menus ). You can also define your own key bindings (see manual "Customize"). Siegfried.
Change PDF viewer and define short-keys?
I have just installed LyX for Ubuntu 7.10. Is there someway to specify the PDF-viewer to be used? And is there someway to specify short-key for compile, preview etc. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Change-PDF-viewer-and-define-short-keys--tf4949451.html#a14171032 Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Change PDF viewer (windows)
Tobias Krause wrote: Yes, I did exactly the same - and it did not work when I tried it last time... First I realized that whitespace in the viewer name are not supported so I changed the name of the viewer binary... Whitespace is allowed in the path prefix, though. I just installed PDF-XChangeViewer for test purposes. I did the default installation, put the path (including spaces) in the path prefix, and put the name of the .exe file (which contains no spaces) in the viewer slot of the file format. I assume you did this below, since you were able to load the viewer (and generate the URL message). Just now I tried changing the viewer again (to write a correct answer) and for what ever reason it worked except the thing that PDF-XChange Viewer (http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer) does not accept the file path (while it does if it is the system standard for PDFviewing): it say "Invalid URL". But since I set PDF-XChange Viewer just for testing purpose I don't care at the moment - but it's still kind of weird: where is the difference in the ways LyX calls the viewer? The problem in this case is that LyX uses Unix-style separators (/) in the file path. Windows understands these correctly, so most applications work, but for some reason PDF-XChangeViewer chokes on them. I verified this by starting PDF-XChangeViewer from the command line, giving it the path to the temp buffer PDF file (in quotes). With DOS separators (\) it works, with Unix separators it gives the URL message. If you ultimately settle on a viewer that has this problem, one solution would be to set the viewer field in the LyX file format entry to a batch file that converts the path and then invokes the viewer. This would be easy to do if you have sed installed. (The GnuWin32 version is a free download.) /Paul
Re: Change PDF viewer (windows)
Hi, I have done this in the past by putting the path to the viewer in the PATH prefix. I assume that you also specified the viewer in the File formats (and then clicked Modify followed by Save)? Yes, I did exactly the same - and it did not work when I tried it last time... First I realized that whitespace in the viewer name are not supported so I changed the name of the viewer binary... Just now I tried changing the viewer again (to write a correct answer) and for what ever reason it worked except the thing that PDF-XChange Viewer (http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/pdfx_viewer) does not accept the file path (while it does if it is the system standard for PDFviewing): it say "Invalid URL". But since I set PDF-XChange Viewer just for testing purpose I don't care at the moment - but it's still kind of weird: where is the difference in the ways LyX calls the viewer? Regards Toby
Re: Change PDF viewer (windows)
Tobias Krause wrote: Hi, how can I change the PDF viewer - without changing the windows default PDF viewer? I tried changing Viewer in Tools --> Preferences --> File formats, but * absolut path did not work * adding the path to the viewer exe to Tools --> Preferences --> Paths --> PATH prefix did not help * now I put the pdf viewer exe in the LyX bin folder - this works, but isn't there another way? Regards, Toby I have done this in the past by putting the path to the viewer in the PATH prefix. I assume that you also specified the viewer in the File formats (and then clicked Modify followed by Save)? Can you specify which viewer you tried and exactly what you did in both the PATH prefix and the formats section? /Paul
Change PDF viewer (windows)
Hi, how can I change the PDF viewer - without changing the windows default PDF viewer? I tried changing Viewer in Tools --> Preferences --> File formats, but * absolut path did not work * adding the path to the viewer exe to Tools --> Preferences --> Paths --> PATH prefix did not help * now I put the pdf viewer exe in the LyX bin folder - this works, but isn't there another way? Regards, Toby
