Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-18 Thread Christian Liesen
For users of Mac OS X 10.4.x, PDFview is a great application for this purpose. It integrates nicely with LaTeX and LyX, and you can easily configure it to automatically update the PDF output. With LyX, this means that -- you set PDFview with open -a pdfview as your viewer in LyX's

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-18 Thread Christian Liesen
For users of Mac OS X 10.4.x, PDFview is a great application for this purpose. It integrates nicely with LaTeX and LyX, and you can easily configure it to automatically update the PDF output. With LyX, this means that -- you set PDFview with open -a pdfview as your viewer in LyX's

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-18 Thread Christian Liesen
For users of Mac OS X 10.4.x, PDFview is a great application for this purpose. It integrates nicely with LaTeX and LyX, and you can easily configure it to automatically update the PDF output. With LyX, this means that -- you set PDFview with "open -a pdfview" as your viewer in LyX's

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:39:55AM -0500, Les Denham wrote: On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:39:55AM -0500, Les Denham wrote: On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-17 Thread Helge Hafting
On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 06:39:55AM -0500, Les Denham wrote: > On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: > > Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: > > Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does > not work properly with the reader most

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? I'd guess most LyX users do like I do and create new PDFs continually while their PDF viewer is still open.

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Christian Liesen
There are other reasons for staying away from acrobat though. Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's Pro versions for some time now without problems.

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Christian Liesen wrote: There are other reasons for staying away from acrobat though. Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's Pro versions for some time now without problems. Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: * On linux, support only for

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people use. I performed the necessary convolutions to get it to work

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Richard Heck
Les Denham wrote: On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people use. I performed the necessary

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? I'd guess most LyX users do like I do and create new PDFs continually while their PDF viewer is still open.

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Christian Liesen
There are other reasons for staying away from acrobat though. Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's Pro versions for some time now without problems.

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Christian Liesen wrote: There are other reasons for staying away from acrobat though. Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's Pro versions for some time now without problems. Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: * On linux, support only for

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people use. I performed the necessary convolutions to get it to work

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Richard Heck
Les Denham wrote: On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people use. I performed the necessary

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? I'd guess most LyX users do like I do and create new PDFs continually while their PDF viewer is still open.

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Christian Liesen
There are other reasons for staying away from acrobat though. Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's Pro versions for some time now without problems.

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Helge Hafting
Christian Liesen wrote: There are other reasons for staying away from acrobat though. Really? What reasons? Just asking because I've been using Acrobat's Pro versions for some time now without problems. Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: * On linux, support only for

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Les Denham
On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: > Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people use. I performed the necessary convolutions to get it to work

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-15 Thread Richard Heck
Les Denham wrote: On Friday 15 June 2007 08:36, Helge Hafting wrote: Acrobat certainly isn't useless, but have some problems: Precisely why I use Acrobat Reader: I don't want to create a PDF which does not work properly with the reader most people use. I performed the necessary

Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread John Kane
Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and PDF-Viewer as default I find that LyX does not create a

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 14 June 2007 08:01, John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread William Adams
On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't imagine how using a different reader would prevent LyX from creating a pdf. That would be like being blind preventing the sun from rising. I'd suggest you perform an ls command to find the PDF. If there's really no PDF, it's almost

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Helge Hafting
William Adams wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't imagine how using a different reader would prevent LyX from creating a pdf. That would be like being blind preventing the sun from rising. I'd suggest you perform an ls command to find the PDF. If there's really no

Re[2]: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. Yes, which is horrible. Exceptions: GSView/GhostScript and SumatraPDF. The latter is very fast. Currently it will not automatically reload

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? I'd guess most LyX users do like I do and create new PDFs continually while their PDF viewer is still open. Some PDF viewers have behaviour to

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread William Adams
On Jun 14, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? But now I read that Adobe reader locks files. (I don't use Adobe.) So I guess the

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and PDF-Viewer as default I find that LyX

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread John Kane
--- Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However

Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread John Kane
Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and PDF-Viewer as default I find that LyX does not create a

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 14 June 2007 08:01, John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread William Adams
On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't imagine how using a different reader would prevent LyX from creating a pdf. That would be like being blind preventing the sun from rising. I'd suggest you perform an ls command to find the PDF. If there's really no PDF, it's almost

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Helge Hafting
William Adams wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't imagine how using a different reader would prevent LyX from creating a pdf. That would be like being blind preventing the sun from rising. I'd suggest you perform an ls command to find the PDF. If there's really no

Re[2]: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. Yes, which is horrible. Exceptions: GSView/GhostScript and SumatraPDF. The latter is very fast. Currently it will not automatically reload

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? I'd guess most LyX users do like I do and create new PDFs continually while their PDF viewer is still open. Some PDF viewers have behaviour to

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread William Adams
On Jun 14, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? But now I read that Adobe reader locks files. (I don't use Adobe.) So I guess the

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and PDF-Viewer as default I find that LyX

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread John Kane
--- Paul A. Rubin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However

Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread John Kane
Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and PDF-Viewer as default I find that LyX does not create a

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 14 June 2007 08:01, John Kane wrote: > Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader > called PDF-Viewer > http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows > only I believe) > > I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to > Acrobat reader. However with both installed

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread William Adams
On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't imagine how using a different reader would prevent LyX from creating a pdf. That would be like being blind preventing the sun from rising. I'd suggest you perform an ls command to find the PDF. If there's really no PDF, it's almost

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Helge Hafting
William Adams wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Steve Litt wrote: I can't imagine how using a different reader would prevent LyX from creating a pdf. That would be like being blind preventing the sun from rising. I'd suggest you perform an ls command to find the PDF. If there's really no

Re[2]: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Alan G Isaac
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams apparently wrote: > Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will > prevent the file from being over-written. Yes, which is horrible. Exceptions: GSView/GhostScript and SumatraPDF. The latter is very fast. Currently it will not automatically reload

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Jeremy C. Reed
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: > Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from > being over-written. What ones? I'd guess most LyX users do like I do and create new PDFs continually while their PDF viewer is still open. Some PDF viewers have behaviour

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread William Adams
On Jun 14, 2007, at 9:38 AM, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, William Adams wrote: Most pdf viewers will maintain a file lock which will prevent the file from being over-written. What ones? But now I read that Adobe reader locks files. (I don't use Adobe.) So I guess the

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread Paul A. Rubin
John Kane wrote: Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader called PDF-Viewer http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download (Windows only I believe) I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior to Acrobat reader. However with both installed and PDF-Viewer as default I find that LyX

Re: Problem with PDF output with different pdf reader.

2007-06-14 Thread John Kane
--- "Paul A. Rubin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Kane wrote: > > Someone in an OOo forum recommended a PDF reader > > called PDF-Viewer > > http://www.docu-track.com/?act[69]=download > (Windows > > only I believe) > > > > I gave it a try and it is very nice, far superior > to > > Acrobat