LyX seems to give lots of problems, probably because it does not run
tex in a standard way. AFAIK there should not be a difference between
using /tmp or something else. Perhaps the symlink can make a
difference, though I think it should work through syminks.
About loading twice, I guess that LyX is actually running tex twice.
There is no way for Skim to know about this and it will almost
certainly lead to problems for reloading. Skim does everything
possible that it can to make sure that the file is completed before it
reloads, there's absolutely nothing more that it can do. If tex is run
twice, the only way to do that properly is for the process that runs
tex to reload the file in Skim.
Christiaan
On 14 Aug 2008, at 11:18 AM, Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
> Additional Info:
>
> All described below applies for the PDF file being located in /tmp.
> If I let everything happen in ~/tmp (by changing LyX's temporary
> directory) all just works (even though the file gets reloaded twice
> using Skim's file monitoring).
>
> See also my mail "Problem with file changes in /tmp (?)".
>
> Regards,
> Konrad
>
> Konrad Hofbauer wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I want to switch (from TeXShop) to Skim as PDF-Viewer for LyX 1.5.6.
>> Based on other posts both on the Skim and the LyX list this should
>> work
>> basically "out of the box".
>>
>> However, I do not get the automatic reloading to work when using
>> pdftex.
>>
>> If I use latex->ps->pdf, automatic reloading works just fine.
>>
>> If I use pdftex, however, Skim starts to reload the document
>> ("Reloading
>> document..." and the bar appears for a short time), but then a
>> Message
>> Box appears saying "Unable to load file" and on console the error
>> message:
>> "failed to find start of cross-reference table. missing or invalid
>> cross-reference trailer."
>>
>> Using Skim 1.1.10 (32) on OS X 10.4.11 (Intel) and "pdfTeXk, Version
>> 3.141592-1.40.3 (Web2C 7.5.6) (format=pdflatex 2007.7.4)"
>>
>> It appears to me as if Skim would attempt to read the file before
>> pdftex
>> has finished writing it. Based on the file creation and modification
>> dates the file is NOT deleted and rewritten, but modified.
>>
>> Any idea what might happen here ???
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>> Konrad
>>
>> P.S. I did not find a simple way how to trigger the reload from LyX
>> (on
>> update).
>> P.P.S. For what I have seen so far in Skim, I am really impressed!
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