Re: gv or Acrobat to display PDF?
Thanks to Steven Homolya and Matej Cepi for their replies. A real surprise to me that PDF had embedded javascript! Does LyX still support FoilTeX? John O'Gorman
Re: gv or Acrobat to display PDF?
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Matej Cepl wrote: > Steven Homolya wrote: > > acroread is best, except for quick pdf preview, in which case I use xpdf. > > IIRC Prosper relies on JavaScript abilities of acroread, which > are not supported anywhere else. What's "IIRC Prosper"? The only thing I know is that some symbols/fonts render as whitespaces or rectangular boxes in xpdf, while they appear correctly in acroread. Steve -- Steven Homolya School of Physics and Materials Engineering Monash University, VIC 3800 Australia Tel: +61 3 9905 3694 Fax: +61 3 9905 3637
Re: gv or Acrobat to display PDF?
Steven Homolya wrote: > acroread is best, except for quick pdf preview, in which case I use xpdf. IIRC Prosper relies on JavaScript abilities of acroread, which are not supported anywhere else. Matej -- Matej Cepl, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) 623-1488 See, when the GOVERNMENT spends money, it creates jobs; whereas when the money is left in the hands of TAXPAYERS, God only knows what they do with it. Bake it into pies, probably. Anything to avoid creating jobs. -- Dave Barry
Re: gv or Acrobat to display PDF?
On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, John O'Gorman wrote: > Hi > > Despite using LyX very happily for many years, I have never thought to > use > it for presentations. Recent emails on this list re Prosper, Seminar, > etc > have pricked up my interest. I would like to use LyX for all > documentation. > > > Some questions: > > Which is preferable: gv or Acrobat for displaying PDF files? > acroread is best, except for quick pdf preview, in which case I use xpdf. gv filters the pdf through a pdf-to-ps converter. gv is slower than xpdf. The antialiasing in gv can make graphics (e.g. plots) appear unrecognizable on screen, but non-standard (whatever that means) fonts are better supported in gv than xpdf. Use acroread to display the final version. (There is no reload in acroread, so it's a bit awkward for previewing) > > My first attempt to use the Seminar class in LyX resulted in abysmal > failure. > Probably errors in trying to nest inappropriately into environments. > Is there a short howto anywhere? > Check out this page: http://www-robotics.usc.edu/~gerkey/tools/saynotopowerpoint.html It's about using latex to create presentations in several ways, including with foiltex and pdflatex, which are supported by lyx. > John O'Gorman > -- Steven Homolya School of Physics and Materials Engineering Monash University, VIC 3800 Australia Tel: +61 3 9905 3694 Fax: +61 3 9905 3637
gv or Acrobat to display PDF?
Hi Despite using LyX very happily for many years, I have never thought to use it for presentations. Recent emails on this list re Prosper, Seminar, etc have pricked up my interest. I would like to use LyX for all documentation. Some questions: Which is preferable: gv or Acrobat for displaying PDF files? My first attempt to use the Seminar class in LyX resulted in abysmal failure. Probably errors in trying to nest inappropriately into environments. Is there a short howto anywhere? John O'Gorman
