Re: watching dvi/pdf under Mac

[sangmin]

You can view dvi directly by setting your dvi viewer to be 'xdvi' on mac.
Just type 'xdvi' in the preference options



Eric Cavalcanti-3 wrote:
> 
> Hello LyX users,
> 
> I used LyX on Linux for a while and using kpdf I had the good feature that
> whenever I updated a DVI/PDF file, it would automatically reload on the
> viewer. I am now using MAC, and Texshop as viewer for DVI (It actually
> seems
> to convert the file to PDF before opening it, for some reason I don't
> understand) and Acrobat professional as a viewer for PDF. None of these
> have
> the feature of watching the file for update. Could anyone recommend a good
> viewer for MAC that has this feature, for DVI and/or PDF?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Re: watching dvi/pdf under Mac

[Christian Liesen]

Hi,


Just another stupid question: how do I call it
from LyX? I tried to change the "Viewer" field in Preferences/File
Formats/pdflatex to "skim" but that doesn't seem to work. Do I need  
to add

any command options?


that is by no means a stupid question, and besides, you're almost  
there: Go to Preferences --> File Formats --> PDF (pdflatex) and enter  
"open -a skim" in the Viewer field (you may replace "skim" with  
whatever application you want to open PDFs with).


You can also do that for, say, DVI, because as you correctly observed:


I just found that Skim itself opens dvi's.


Cheers,
Christian

Re: watching dvi/pdf under Mac

[Bennett Helm]

On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Eric Cavalcanti wrote:


Hello LyX users,

I used LyX on Linux for a while and using kpdf I had the good  
feature that
whenever I updated a DVI/PDF file, it would automatically reload on  
the
viewer. I am now using MAC, and Texshop as viewer for DVI (It  
actually seems

to convert the file to PDF before opening it, for some reason I don't
understand) and Acrobat professional as a viewer for PDF. None of  
these have
the feature of watching the file for update. Could anyone recommend  
a good

viewer for MAC that has this feature, for DVI and/or PDF?


I don't know if it works for .dvi files, but TeXShop will  
automatically update .pdfs: TeXShop > Preferences > Preview >  
Automatic Preview Update.


I use Skim () for most .pdf  
viewing, including those produced by LyX. You can set automatic  
updating in Skim > Preferences > Sync > Check for file changes. Skim  
will ask you each time whether you want to reload the file; this can  
be disabled using a hidden preference, as documented here:




There are .dvi viewers on Mac, but I never use them. You can check  
the LyX/Mac wiki for a couple options: .


Bennett

watching dvi/pdf under Mac

[Eric Cavalcanti]

Hello LyX users,

I used LyX on Linux for a while and using kpdf I had the good feature that
whenever I updated a DVI/PDF file, it would automatically reload on the
viewer. I am now using MAC, and Texshop as viewer for DVI (It actually seems
to convert the file to PDF before opening it, for some reason I don't
understand) and Acrobat professional as a viewer for PDF. None of these have
the feature of watching the file for update. Could anyone recommend a good
viewer for MAC that has this feature, for DVI and/or PDF?

Thanks,
Eric

Re: watching dvi/pdf under Mac

[Eric Cavalcanti]

On 14/2/08 2:04 PM, "Bennett Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Eric Cavalcanti wrote:
> 
>> Hello LyX users,
>> 
>> I used LyX on Linux for a while and using kpdf I had the good
>> feature that
>> whenever I updated a DVI/PDF file, it would automatically reload on
>> the
>> viewer. I am now using MAC, and Texshop as viewer for DVI (It
>> actually seems
>> to convert the file to PDF before opening it, for some reason I don't
>> understand) and Acrobat professional as a viewer for PDF. None of
>> these have
>> the feature of watching the file for update. Could anyone recommend
>> a good
>> viewer for MAC that has this feature, for DVI and/or PDF?
> 
> I don't know if it works for .dvi files, but TeXShop will
> automatically update .pdfs: TeXShop > Preferences > Preview >
> Automatic Preview Update.

I tried that option before, but for some reason it doesn't seem to work for
DVIs (or more correctly for the PDF that Texshop creates from the DVI).
 
> I use Skim () for most .pdf
> viewing, including those produced by LyX. You can set automatic
> updating in Skim > Preferences > Sync > Check for file changes. Skim
> will ask you each time whether you want to reload the file; this can
> be disabled using a hidden preference, as documented here:
 
> 

Thanks, I have installed it. Just another stupid question: how do I call it
from LyX? I tried to change the "Viewer" field in Preferences/File
Formats/pdflatex to "skim" but that doesn't seem to work. Do I need to add
any command options? Or add skim to the path? I'm not much of a MAC user
yet, sorry. In fact I couldn't even figure out how to change the default
file associations in MAC, to open PDF's or DVI's automatically with Skim.
 
> There are .dvi viewers on Mac, but I never use them. You can check
> the LyX/Mac wiki for a couple options:  Mac#toc6>.

I just found that Skim itself opens dvi's.
 
Thanks for the help!
Eric