Re: Viewers without a "reload" command

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From: Abigail
Subject: Re: Viewers without a "reload" command
Date: 14:45 on 11 Dec 2006
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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> wro=
te:
>=20
> > * 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?
> >=20
> > Why even have to reload? The viewer should watch the file's mtime
> > and reload automatically.
>=20
> Optionally I hope.
> I loathe systems that refresh based on unintended timings.
>=20
> Lets assume I was just measuring up a box with my physical ruler ...
>=20
> 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 don't think it will restart from page 1 though.



Abigail

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