FYI, from what I hear, it sounds like Skim 0.9 (and maybe 0.8) fixes the dual screen monitor problems.
--Ted Christiaan Hofman wrote: > OK, I think I have found the problem. Apple's docs don't mention that > the screen of a window is determined only when it is actually displayed > on screen, and before it just returns an arbitrary one (or perhaps the > primary screen). And as we build all the windows before actually > displaying them, they may get the wrong screen parameters. Anyway, it > should now be fixed. > > Christiaan > > On 8/18/07, *Christiaan Hofman* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > When the screen is big enough, it just fits the window around the > page (for the current zoom, or to 100% if the PDF was set to auto- > resize). If it gets the height of the screen, it basically means that > the natural height of the window would be higher than the screen so > it restricts to the screen. > > Christiaan > > On 18 Aug 2007, at 12:08 AM, Ted Pavlic wrote: > > > I did mean Window > Fit. Maybe I misinterpreted what it did. > > > > When I do Window > Fit (on my primary screen), the size of the > ENTIRE > > Skim window changes so that it is exactly as high as my screen. It's > > possible that auto-resize was turned on (which was what made me think > > that it was doing something with the PDF too). > > > > When I do Window > Fit on my secondary screen, the exact same thing > > happens. The trouble is, my secondary screen is larger than my > > primary, > > so Skim doesn't fill the window at all. > > > > --Ted > > > > Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >> Actually, do you really mean Window > Fit? That action does not fit > >> to the screen, but fits the window around the PDF. > >> > >> Christiaan > >> > >> On 17 Aug 2007, at 10:04 PM, Ted Pavlic wrote: > >> > >>> A related problem... > >>> > >>> When I do Window->Fit in my second screen, it fits the document > for > >>> the > >>> first screen. That is, it uses the first screen's size rather > >>> than the > >>> second screen. > >>> > >>> --Ted > >>> > >>> Ted Pavlic wrote: > >>>> I don't have this problem, but my officemate does, and he's > >>>> running a > >>>> nearly identical setup as me. > >>>> > >>>> Both of us have Powerbook G4's connected to external monitors > >>>> (mine is > >>>> LCD; his is CRT). We are both stretching our desktop across each > >>>> monitor > >>>> and keeping the main desktop on the Powerbook's screen. We both > >>>> edit our > >>>> LaTeX on our PowerBook and display our PDF with Skim in the > >>>> external > >>>> monitor. > >>>> > >>>> On my machine, full screen and presentation mode both work. > >>>> > >>>> On his machine, both modes produce a grey rectangle stretching > >>>> 3/4 up > >>>> the screen and 1/10 across the screen starting in the lower-right- > >>>> hand > >>>> corner. In full screen mode, his sidebars properly show up on the > >>>> left > >>>> and right. > >>>> > >>>> Has anyone else had a similar problem? > >>>> > >>>> On top of this, things worked fine when he first started using > Skim > >>>> (which he thinks was Skim 0.5.1). However, at that time he was > >>>> using a > >>>> different monitor (an ancient HP CRT). > >>>> > >>>> Thoughts? -- > >>>> Ted > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> Ted Pavlic < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >>> > >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> -- > >>> --- > >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > >>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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