On 4 May 2008, at 12:28 AM, Roussanka Loukanova wrote: > On Sat, 3 May 2008, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > >>> The following steps used to work quite finely, in some of the >>> previous >>> versions of Skim, when I needed to run simpdftex on a file.tex: >>> >>> At first, I'd run pdflatex from Emacs on file.tex, just a couple of >>> times >>> to start Skim displaying the file.pdf; and would do some change in >>> file.pdf, to get once File updated > Auto. Then I'd run simpdftex >>> from >>> Emacs and Skim would update the pdf file automatically without using >>> File > Revert. Now, like you, I have to use Revert. >>> >> >> simpdftex does not work nicely with Skim's updating mechanism, >> because >> it replaces the file rather than updating it. You can patch the >> simpdftex script or use your own script. See e.g. >> <http://phaseportrait.blogspot.com/2007/07/skim-automatic-refreshes-and-simpdftex.html >>> . > > I've tried it (by following the instructions), but running > $simpdftexnodel.sh file.tex > (in Terminal, or from Emacs) gets into a loop. > > Roussanka >> >> Christiaan
WFM. Anyway, the standard simpdftex cannot be used with Skim's auto- reload. You can also write a simple script that does basically the same as simpdftex, which is nothing but a script running latex + dvipdf. Christiaan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
