Re: Editors? Emacs bindings for Frescobaldi?

[Christopher R. Maden]

On 06/20/2011 05:28 AM, James Harkins wrote:
> - PDF display is treated as a compilation process. To view a new
> rendering, I'm forced to close the old viewer window first (!). (Also
> a bit of sloppiness in the Emacs variable handling -- since I don't
> have xpdf on my system, I changed the appropriate variable to
> "evince" but the change did not take effect until after quitting and
> restarting Emacs.)
> 
> The PDF display thing is almost a dealbreaker. The integration is
> simply much better in Frescobaldi.

What OS are you using?

I use Evince under Ubuntu/GNOME to view PDF files, and it automatically
notes when the file has changed.  When I recompile in Emacs, Evince
refreshes the view momentarily afterward.  Evince or one of the other
Open Source PDF viewers may be of some help for you.

~Chris
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