Phil --
Because you're using Vim and Skim and using latex->ps->pdf (rather than
pdflatex), you should take a look at these:
http://phaseportrait.blogspot.com/search/label/MacVim
http://phaseportrait.blogspot.com/search/label/Skim/
In particular, check out:
"Skim automatic refreshes and simpdftex"
http://phaseportrait.blogspot.com/2007/07/skim-automatic-refreshes-and-simpdftex.html
The modified "simpdftexnodel" will do the tex->dvi->ps->pdf cycle you
like while also making sure that it doesn't ever delete the PDF (causing
trouble with Skim refreshing).
Finally (off-topic), wrap all of your latex commands with vimlatex,
described here:
http://phaseportrait.blogspot.com/2008/03/fixing-vim-latex-compiler-error.html
The latex errors will be sanitized so that Vim's compiler error support
won't get confused by them. This applies to whether you're using
Vim-LaTeX or not. The problem is with Vim, not with Vim-LaTeX.
I hope that helps. I use Vim+Skim and build to DVI before converting to
PDF (so I can use PSTricks). I don't have any problems with Skim/Vim.
--Ted (Anna's ECE friend, over in Caldwell)
Phil Schniter wrote:
> thanks for your reply. the problem appears inconsistently, but
> here is how i can get it to occur. in a terminal window, i type
> "open -a skim test.ps"
> i then type
> "dvips -o test.ps test"
> skim prompts me, i reply "auto", and compiles to .pdf once.
> then, after repeating
> "dvips -o test.ps test"
> several times, sometimes skim compiles the file to .pdf once,
> but other times twice.
>
> (typically i invoke latex and dvips from within vim, but the above
> problem occurs even when i invoke dvips from the command line.)
>
> i've read through the wiki but don't see anything applicable
> to my problem.
>
> thanks,
> phil
>
>> How are you running latex? Is latex running twice? If it is, there is
>> no way to work around that other than reloading Skim yourself rather
>> than having Skim track the changes. You could include that in a script
>> that runs latex and then revert Skim. Please read the Wiki first.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>> On 4 Mar 2008, at 4:32 PM, Phil Schniter wrote:
>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> i'm a new Skim user (mac 10.5.2, skim 1.0.3) and am observing what
>>> seems to be a strange behavior. when i recompile a latex document
>>> to .pdf, Skim reload the pdf file *twice*. similarly, when i
>>> recompile
>>> a latex document to .ps, skim converts the .ps to .pdf, reloads the
>>> .pdf, then reconverts the .ps to .pdf again, and reloads the .pdf
>>> again!
>>> this is very inefficient and i'd like to find a way around it.
>>> (i'm not using PDFSync at the moment.)
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> phil
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