[NTG-context] How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) as the pdf viewer when compiling file in Windows Terminal (Windows)

[NTG-context] How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) as the pdf viewer when compiling file in Windows Terminal (Windows)

[Felix]

I want to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) and I always get this message when I have my Windows Terminal, vs code and acrobat setup

backend         > quitting because file 'Chapter 4 Assignment.pdf' cannot be opened for writing

I run into no problems with using sumatra or okular, but Adobe Acrobat free seems to have this problem. Is there a way to fix this? The way I run context on windows is by making the doc in vscode (no extension, just plain vscode), compiling in Windows Terminal and using a pdf viewer to then view stuff.
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[NTG-context] Re: How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) as the pdf viewer when compiling file in Windows Terminal (Windows)

[Joseph Wright]

On 10/09/2024 06:52, Felix wrote:
> I want to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) and I always get this message when I have my Windows Terminal, vs code and acrobat setup
>
> backend         > quitting because file 'Chapter 4 Assignment.pdf' cannot be opened for writing
>
> I run into no problems with using sumatra or okular, but Adobe Acrobat free seems to have this problem. Is there a way to fix this? The way I run context on windows is by making the doc in vscode (no extension, just plain vscode), compiling in Windows Terminal and using a pdf viewer to then view stuff.

Acrobat locks files when open - as such, you have to close your PDF
before you run any process that modifies it (so true for all *TeX). It's
one reason there is a tendency not to use Acrobat as the main previewer
in TeX workflows. That said, some editors (WinEdt at least) will
auto-close the PDF when starting a run for exactly this reason.

Joseph
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[NTG-context] Re: How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) as the pdf viewer when compiling file in Windows Terminal (Windows)

[Jim]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 05:52 (-0000), Felix  wrote:

> I want to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) and I always get this message when I have my Windows Terminal, vs code and acrobat setup

> backend         > quitting because file 'Chapter 4 Assignment.pdf' cannot be opened for writing

> I run into no problems with using sumatra or okular, but Adobe Acrobat free seems to have this problem. Is there a way to fix this? The way I run context on windows is by making the doc in vscode (no extension, just plain vscode), compiling in Windows Terminal and using a pdf viewer to then view stuff.

As part of TeXlive there is a program called pdfopen (and a companion
program called pdfclose) which may (or may not) help you out if you wish to
continue using acroread.

I am the last maintainer (as far as I know!) of the Linux version of this
program for TeXlive.  I never use windows, but my understanding is there is
(or was) a version for windows.  You might want to look to see if you can
find this.

Cheers.
                                Jim
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[NTG-context] Re: How to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) as the pdf viewer when compiling file in Windows Terminal (Windows)

[Hans Hagen]

On 9/10/2024 9:22 PM, Jim wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 05:52 (-0000), Felix  wrote:
> 
>> I want to use Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) and I always get this message when I have my Windows Terminal, vs code and acrobat setup
> 
>> backend         > quitting because file 'Chapter 4 Assignment.pdf' cannot be opened for writing
> 
>> I run into no problems with using sumatra or okular, but Adobe Acrobat free seems to have this problem. Is there a way to fix this? The way I run context on windows is by making the doc in vscode (no extension, just plain vscode), compiling in Windows Terminal and using a pdf viewer to then view stuff.
> 
> As part of TeXlive there is a program called pdfopen (and a companion
> program called pdfclose) which may (or may not) help you out if you wish to
> continue using acroread.
> 
> I am the last maintainer (as far as I know!) of the Linux version of this
> program for TeXlive.  I never use windows, but my understanding is there is
> (or was) a version for windows.  You might want to look to see if you can
> find this.
irr it originates in fptex for windows (by fabrice) so there should be 
some binary but the problem is that the api to acrobat changed over time 
so it had to be adapted occasionally
	
acrobat     : pdfopen --rxi --file filename
fullacrobat : pdfopen --axi --file filename

pdfclose -- file filename

was the interface but as i never use acrobat in an edit-view flow it 
looks that i didn't bother to keep it on my machine

Hans

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