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On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:45:38 +0100, Abigail <abigail@xxxxxxx.xx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 03:40:41PM +0100, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> > On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:29:33 +0100, "A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis@xxx.xx> wrote:
> >
> > > * Robert Rothenberg <robrwo@xxxxx.xxx> [2006-12-11 14:45]:
> > > > How f***ing hard is it to implement a keyboard command like
> > > > Ctrl-R to reload the document?
> > >
> > > Why even have to reload? The viewer should watch the file's mtime
> > > and reload automatically.
> >
> > Optionally I hope.
> > I loathe systems that refresh based on unintended timings.
> >
> > Lets assume I was just measuring up a box with my physical ruler ...
> >
> > Or assume I'm creating *BIG* documents, and I'm checking layout. I
> > saw one generic flaw on page 3 through 7, and am now perusing at
> > page 342. Meanwhile I restarted the generation in the background so
> > I can check if my fix worked. Get it?
>
> The xpdf you suggested in a previous post does just that, without
> having that toggable. Well, it won't check if you're leaving xpdf
> alone, but it will if you switch to a new page (and maybe even if
> you scroll in the current page).
I'm aware of (some of the) xpdf shortcomings, and I didn't say I use
xpdf to view all my pdf docs. I quite often use pdftotext, especially
if the author of the doc decided to use Courier or Times New Roman, but
that is a completely different kind of hatred.
I (try to) take the best tool for the job at hand, and it's not always
perl I use :)
> I don't think it will restart from page 1 though.
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