I encounter the following behavior.

When using LaTeX I will often update a PDF file already open in Skim  
by compiling (with pdflatex, say).

Sometimes I like to have the PDF file in full mode---switching back  
and forth between my editor (Aquamacs in this case) and Skim using CMD- 
Tab, as I edit the .tex and review the outputed PDF.

Things usually work wonderfully.

But I noted the following:

- when in Full screen mode AND if the PDF file is zoomed out  
sufficiently so that no vertical scroll bar is required (in case you  
have many pages, this probably also requires that you are not in  
continuous page mode), then Skim will update the file but not redraw  
the screen after that. You can get the screen to be redrawn by  
changing pages and back (there may be another similar manual  
workaround). [This occurs whether or not you switched back fast enough  
to Skim after changing the file.]

By "not redraw" (I don't know what the proper term is here) here I  
mean that in the latter case you still see the previous version of the  
file on the screen (sometimes you see a distorted mixture). However,  
Skim has load the new file and when you switch the page it shows the  
updated file properly.

- If instead you are not in Full screen mode or (if you are) are  
sufficiently zoomed in to have the vertical scrollbar, Skim does  
redraw the screen after uploading the PDF. [This occurs whether or not  
you switched back fast enough to Skim after changing the file.]

Note: OS X 15.5.4, Skim 1.2 with sync preferences set to check changes  
and work with Aquamacs (by the way, I checked and the problem occurs  
with or without syncing commands such as loading pdfsync).

-ivan

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