On 14/2/08 2:04 PM, "Bennett Helm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 13, 2008, at 10:46 PM, Eric Cavalcanti wrote: > >> Hello LyX users, >> >> I used LyX on Linux for a while and using kpdf I had the good >> feature that >> whenever I updated a DVI/PDF file, it would automatically reload on >> the >> viewer. I am now using MAC, and Texshop as viewer for DVI (It >> actually seems >> to convert the file to PDF before opening it, for some reason I don't >> understand) and Acrobat professional as a viewer for PDF. None of >> these have >> the feature of watching the file for update. Could anyone recommend >> a good >> viewer for MAC that has this feature, for DVI and/or PDF? > > I don't know if it works for .dvi files, but TeXShop will > automatically update .pdfs: TeXShop > Preferences > Preview > > Automatic Preview Update. I tried that option before, but for some reason it doesn't seem to work for DVIs (or more correctly for the PDF that Texshop creates from the DVI). > I use Skim (<http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/>) for most .pdf > viewing, including those produced by LyX. You can set automatic > updating in Skim > Preferences > Sync > Check for file changes. Skim > will ask you each time whether you want to reload the file; this can > be disabled using a hidden preference, as documented here: > <http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Hidden_Preferences> Thanks, I have installed it. Just another stupid question: how do I call it from LyX? I tried to change the "Viewer" field in Preferences/File Formats/pdflatex to "skim" but that doesn't seem to work. Do I need to add any command options? Or add skim to the path? I'm not much of a MAC user yet, sorry. In fact I couldn't even figure out how to change the default file associations in MAC, to open PDF's or DVI's automatically with Skim. > There are .dvi viewers on Mac, but I never use them. You can check > the LyX/Mac wiki for a couple options: <http://wiki.lyx.org/Mac/ > Mac#toc6>. I just found that Skim itself opens dvi's. Thanks for the help! Eric
