On Tue, 27 Aug 2013 15:21:38 -0400 (EDT) Aditya Mahajan <adit...@umich.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Aug 2013, "H. Özoguz" wrote: > > > For LaTex there exists a tool, named "latexmk", which allows a > > "preview continuous mode", that is to update the compiled pdf > > automatically. It is really very helpful! > > > > Because it is open-source: It is possible to addapt this tool for > > context, too? Maybe one of the programmers have time for this ... :) > > I use the perl program `atchange`[1] for continous preview. For > simple documents, you can just run > > atchange filename.tex "context --batch filename" > > For more complicated documents (depending on multiple files and > figures), you can create a automate file (see [1] for description) > and run > > atchange automate > > [1]: http://schneider.ncifcrf.gov/atchange.html > > Aditya If you use the editor texworks you can maintain two side by side windows, one for editing and one for viewing. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
