Adam: > > Note: Skim can crash when one does this. I think it happens if the > > overwrite starts before Skim has finished reading the file and has > > stabilized. > > Actually, this is why I've always discouraged it. PDF isn't > designed to be parseable before the entire file is written, > so you're guaranteed to see crashes when using this method.
Right. We had discussions about this some years ago and the authors of Skim did not want to do anything about it. However, it is an extremely useful feature. When Skim crashes it sets up a report page. Rather than going through all that, I have discovered that one can just hit 'esc' and the page will go away. Then on the next refresh it's fine again. If there were a technical way to know when the file is done and to prevent Skim from ever crashing this way, that would be very useful. This is the only way I use Skim. It makes Skim extremely valuable to me because other PDF viewers do not update and so are useless. So I'm not going to stop using it this way just because you discourage it. People can appreciate skim for different reasons. It would be nice if there were a technical fix so it did not crash. Then Skim would be perfect from my viewpoint. Tom Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D. Senior Investigator National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory Molecular Information Theory Group Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201 [email protected] http://schneider.ncifcrf.gov (current link) http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent link) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
