Re: Overriding pdfview

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

On 6/26/2013 11:27 PM, Bill Meahan wrote:

> That was my original question: how do I change the default without
> hand-editing a file in the base distribution? That's not only bad
> practice, it's liable to get overwritten on the "next" update.

as mentioned in an earlier mail ... you can set it in a user properties 
file and the last settings loaded are taken (which happen to be user 
properties)

> Does one use texmf.cnf or something else with a very recent MKIV?
>
>>>     Although I first discovered this when trying to use SciTE, it does
>>>     the same thing if invoked from the command line. The pdf viewer does
>>>     not appear in any of the SciTE *.properties files.
>
> I haven't settled on SciTE as the editor I want to use but a SciTE-only
> workaround misses the point.

in any editor, when one wants to run context, mtxrun --script context 
has to be configured and adding --autopdf=acrobat is then no big deal

>>> maybe
>>> context --autopdf=acrobat <yourfile.tex>
>>> context --autopdf=fullacrobat <yourfile.tex>
>>
>
> When run from the cmd.exe command line, acrobat _does_ get launched
> _but_ it gets launched before ConTeXt has created the pdf file then
> hangs so the only way to exit is a Ctrl-C in the cmd.exe window. Simply
> closing acrobat simply causes acrobat to launch again.

it has to do with the fact that only files opened with pdfopen.exe can 
be closed with pdfclose.exe .. both programs already have to jump 
through loops to get that done

> A better solution would be to assume the person installing ConTeXt does
> not have a PDF reader *at all* and include some minimal self-contained
> reader (no dll's needed) in the distribution itself, the way rsync is
> included. I really don't care which one, as long as there is *something*
> present. MuPDF might be a good choice but I'm quite sure everyone on the
> list has a favorite they would like to see as the "included" viewer for
> one reason or another. As long as ConTeXt is guaranteed to find it, it
> is a good default.

i suppose that summatrapdf can be put in the texmf-mswin/bin path .. 
after all. the portable version is not depending on other components

btw, is nothing is present, context will still run ok with --autopdf ... 
okay one will need a printer then

as said: acrobat just became too inconvenient for me to use in a fast 
edit/view cycle (pop ups, dialogs, conflicts between professional and 
reader, etc. makes me wonder where it's heading); i still use 
professional for proofing, inspection and presentations (when some 
javascript related features and/or layers and/or structure is needed).

Hans

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