On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljoh...@gmail.com> wrote: ... > #!/bin/bash > rsync -rv "$1" "$2" > exec evince $1 > exit 0 ... > Here are the problems. > > 1. LyX is "stuck" while Evince is open. I mean, even if you edit, lyx > will not allow another view or update view action. LyX still thinks > the converter is working. It will not allow the document to be viewed > again.
The "converter" is evince and evince is still working. Have you tried replacing exec evince $1 with evince "$1" & to spawn evince as a background task? -- John C. McCabe-Dansted