From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/36605 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Idris Samawi Hamid" Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: pdfopen pdfclose Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:13:07 -0600 Organization: Colorado State University Message-ID: References: <46EC3739.1010901@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189894609 1385 80.91.229.12 (15 Sep 2007 22:16:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 22:16:49 +0000 (UTC) To: "mailing list for ConTeXt users" Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Sep 16 00:16:46 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IWfwR-0008Ns-Bj for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:16:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44844203CD; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:16:41 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 19486-01; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:16:40 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 197FB20371; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:13:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81E3920371 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:12:58 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18073-02-15 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:12:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with SMTP id 46978202D6 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:12:50 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 2388 invoked by uid 1006); 15 Sep 2007 22:12:48 -0000 Original-Received: from ishamid@colostate.edu by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 3.1.4. Clear:SA:0(0.1/100.0):. Processed in 3.019406 secs); 15 Sep 2007 22:12:48 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (172.16.0.10) by -v with SMTP; 15 Sep 2007 22:12:45 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 26888 invoked from network); 15 Sep 2007 22:12:43 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO your-b27fb1c401) (75.104.82.83) by -v with SMTP; 15 Sep 2007 22:12:43 -0000 In-Reply-To: <46EC3739.1010901@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.20 (Win32) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:36605 Archived-At: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:49:13 -0600, Hans Hagen 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 [--page ] > Opens (at page if available) > in Acrobat or Acrobat Reader. > pdfclose --file > Closes 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 -- Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________