On Aug 8, 2007, at 21:17, Jerry wrote: > I'd file this as a bug report but I'm not sure it's a bug. > > I'm not using Skim for TeX stuff but as a viewer for plots which > happen to be generated by the excellent PLplot. PLplot writes > Postscript files. I've enabled "Check for file changes" in the prefs > but Skim does not re-load the file after a run of my plot-generating > program finishes.
I believe that only files which are loaded as PDF can be monitored; PS goes through an intermediate step internally whereby it's converted to PDF for display, just like Apple's Preview. > I have to make an edit to the (old) version then > select Revert in order to get the newly-make PS file. Is the "Check > for file changes" related only to TeX stuff or can it monitor any > file for changes. A simple "Reload" command might be a good > compromise between ease of use and not accidentally reloading a file > (and loosing notes). Also, a periodic re-checking of the file on disk > might generate too much work if the file (due to me running my > plotting program) takes several seconds or minutes to be re-written. > The more I think about it, a manual Reload function might be sweet. Revert serves this purpose, and you can also use it from AppleScript. If there's a script involved in using PLplot, you could use osascript to reload. -- adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
