On May 3, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 3 May 2008, at 7:53 PM, Ivan Werning wrote: > >> I couldn't find a solution to this problem anywhere. I don't know >> what >> is going on. >> >> I have an issue with my Skim Latex workflow. I like to use Skim to >> view my dvi file without going through the whole pdf conversion >> myself >> (skim converts the file somehow and displays it). I love this feature >> of Skim! >> >> Whenever I recompile a file which is open in already in skim I want >> it >> auto update. After the first time that you update the file one gets a >> prompt from Skim and select Auto. That should do it. >> >> My problem is that it then works off and on, sporadically. Sometimes >> it updates, sometimes it does not. I haven't discovered any pattern. >> Anyone else experience this problem? Any idea on how to fix it? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Ivan > > The problem is probably because DVI, unlike PDF, does not have a good > EOF marker. So it is hard to know when latex has finished writing the > file. There seems to be a series of characters that often appears at > the end and that Skim checks for, but that does not always appear. > > Christiaan
Thanks Christiaan (btw, sorry for posting with an outdated title) This is interesting. It is true that I notice this happens much more with my dvi latex-generated output than with my pdf latex-generated output. (Maybe it doesn't happen at all with my pdf latex-generated output, but I'm not sure. I feel like it happened but I switch so much between them that I may be confused.) Puzzlingly, >File> Revert does go from gray to black, so somehow Skim knows a file has changed. Why doesn't it auto update then? In any case, as a workaround, and useful in its own right, it would be great if to have a keyboard shortcut for a user initiated update. Such a feature is common in dvi viewers (although I don't know any good such dvi viewer for the mac). Then, say I recompile my .dvi and Skim did not, for some reason, auto update. I could then press a key combination and update the file (similar to the current >File>Revert but: a. I need to use the mouse for that. b. I need to confirm that I want to revert, by hitting OK or enter; and c. next time I update the .dvi I get asked again about whether I want to allow autoupdate, that is, Skim forgets my previous answer). I think a high percentage of Latex users of Skim could benefit from this. Thanks -Ivan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
