pdfopen pdfclose

pdfopen pdfclose

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

Hi Hans and gang,

For a future ConTeXt, would it be possible to add support for the --back  
option for pdfopen/pdfclose? See

http://magic.aladdin.cs.cmu.edu/2005/07/15/pdfopen-and-pdfclose/

This will allow you to automatically return to the page of the pdf you  
were working on at the moment you close it. There are some caveats for  
working with mutiple pdf's but it's a nice feature to have.

Best wishes
Idris

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Re: pdfopen pdfclose

[Hans Hagen]

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> Hi Hans and gang,
> 
> For a future ConTeXt, would it be possible to add support for the --back  
> option for pdfopen/pdfclose? See
> 
> http://magic.aladdin.cs.cmu.edu/2005/07/15/pdfopen-and-pdfclose/
> 
> This will allow you to automatically return to the page of the pdf you  
> were working on at the moment you close it. There are some caveats for  
> working with mutiple pdf's but it's a nice feature to have.

well, then make sure that the version in distributions support it

 >pdfopen  --help
Usage:
         pdfopen  --file <filename> [--page <page>]
                        Opens <filename> (at page <page> if available)
                              in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
         pdfclose --file <filename>
                  Closes <filename> in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
         pdfclose --all
                  Closes all documents in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
Beware: only documents opened by `pdfopen' can be closed
         by `pdfclose'.

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Re: pdfopen pdfclose

[Idris Samawi Hamid]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:49:13 -0600, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

>> For a future ConTeXt, would it be possible to add support for the --back
>> option for pdfopen/pdfclose? See
>>
>> http://magic.aladdin.cs.cmu.edu/2005/07/15/pdfopen-and-pdfclose/
>>
>> This will allow you to automatically return to the page of the pdf you
>> were working on at the moment you close it. There are some caveats for
>> working with mutiple pdf's but it's a nice feature to have.
>
> well, then make sure that the version in distributions support it
>
>  >pdfopen  --help
> Usage:
>          pdfopen  --file <filename> [--page <page>]
>                         Opens <filename> (at page <page> if available)
>                               in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
>          pdfclose --file <filename>
>                   Closes <filename> in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
>          pdfclose --all
>                   Closes all documents in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.
> Beware: only documents opened by `pdfopen' can be closed
>          by `pdfclose'.

:-) But that's exactly my point, the pdfopen that comes with the distro  
does not support --back :-)

This would be a really nice feature to have, if we can implement it (or  
just use/improve Woo's code)...

Best wishes
Idris

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Re: pdfopen pdfclose

[Taco Hoekwater]

Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
> 
> :-) But that's exactly my point, the pdfopen that comes with the distro  
> does not support --back :-)
> 
> This would be a really nice feature to have, if we can implement it (or  
> just use/improve Woo's code)...

I suggest writing to that guy that made the change(s?) and asking him
to send the adjusted source to either Fabrice Popinea or CTAN. The
version on CTAN is the one that ends up in the distributions.

Best wishes,
Taco



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