Re: Always need to restart Preview on OS X

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Hans Aberg wrote:
> On 5 Sep 2005, at 02:31, Will Duquette wrote:
>
> > I'm using Lilypond 2.6.3 on Mac OS X 10.4.  When I compile
> > an .ly file, it shows the PDF in OS X's Preview application.
> > If I then make changes to the file and compile it again, it
> > pops up Preview but Preview doesn't reload the PDF file.  If
> > I want to see my changes, I need to close the Preview window
> > and either re-open it by hand or ask Lilypond to compile once
> > again.

> One could in principle close the PDF files using AppleScript  commands, 
> but I do not know how to do it, or if Preview supports it.

Preview is a standard MacOS app made by Apple themselves, so it would be 
*very*  strange if it didn't support it.  I'd be glad to look into this 
as a sponsored feature.

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