> On 19 Dec 2018, at 23:49, Toby Thurston <thurs...@eml.cc> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a bug, but I see that some years ago others have 
> reported odd behaviour with Skim on a second monitor.  
> 
> I have an external screen attached to the display port on of my macbook pro.
> 
> I use Skim to view PDFs as I'm creating them with TeX.  I have Skim set to 
> auto update.
> 
> If the Skim window is on the macbook screen, it all works normally (as it has 
> done for years).
> But if I put Skim on the external monitor, I get one update, then all 
> subsequent updates are ignored, and I have to go and click "Revert" in the 
> Skim menus to force a change. 
> 
> I first noticed this on High Sierra when 1.4.38 came out.  
> I've recently upgraded to Mojave but the behaviour is the same.  I don't 
> think I saw this behaviour on 1.4.37 but I only used that for a couple of 
> days before upgrading to 1.4.38 for the scroll to page 1 bug fix.  I am quite 
> sure I did not see this behaviour on 1.4.36.
> 
> Any clues about what might be causing this?  My work around is to move my 
> editor to the big screen and keep skim on the macbook screen, but I'd like to 
> have it the other way.
> 
> Thanks 
> Toby Thurston


I have no idea. I don’t see how the display could affect the updating, as the 
update checking is not related to display.

Christiaan

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