most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-18T17:59:19Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/1329 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows Ben Webster 2009-10-20T00:54:34Z 2010-08-02T12:31:17Z

<p>So, when doing LaTeX, it is absolutely necessary for ones sanity to using a preview program which updates automatically every time you compile. Of course, any previewer designed for DVIs will do this, but as far I can tell, Adobe Acrobat not only does not automatically update, but will not let you change the PDF with it open. </p> <p>On a Mac one can get around this by using Skim, and on *nix by using xpdf, but what should one do on Windows?</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/1347#1347 Rob J Hyndman 2009-10-20T02:58:40Z 2009-10-20T05:43:43Z

<p>Use <a href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html" rel="nofollow">SumatraPDF</a>. It is a lightweight pdf viewer which updates automatically. It also allows syncing with <a href="http://transact.dl.sourceforge.net/project/texniccenter/Tutorials/How%5Fto%5FSumatra%5FEN%5F%282009.09.23%29.pdf" rel="nofollow">TeXnicCenter</a> and <a href="http://robjhyndman.com/researchtips/synchronizing-winedt-and-pdf-files/" rel="nofollow">WinEdt</a>. </p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/1360#1360 Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson 2009-10-20T03:56:24Z 2009-10-20T03:56:24Z

<p>On MacOSX, I use Preview.app with some success to get auto-updates for compilation. You won't get the multimedia tie-ins in Preview, but you can check it out in a kind of draft mode.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/1382#1382 hya 2009-10-20T05:54:33Z 2009-10-20T05:54:33Z

<p><a href="http://www.tug.org/texworks/" rel="nofollow">TeXworks</a> works like a charm, it uses SyncTeX to perform pdf/LaTex synchronization. "Text search in the PDF preview source/preview synchronization based on Jérôme Laurens’ SyncTeX technology"</p> <p>Don't be fooled by its beta status. It's fast and stable.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/1655#1655 JS Milne 2009-10-21T13:53:22Z 2009-10-21T13:53:22Z

<p>As noted, SumatraPDF is probably the best solution. Alternatively, look for pdfopen and pdfclose which can be set to automatically close the pdf file before you compile the TeX file and then reopen it. They are built into many TeX frontends. Finally, some versions of Reader (e.g., 6) running on some versions of Windows allow you to reopen your pdf file at the position you closed it by hitting Alt-left arrow.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/3660#3660 Pasha Zusmanovich 2009-11-01T12:12:27Z 2009-11-01T12:12:27Z

<p>Well, this is definitely not for the faint of heart, but one can get a decent X environment on top of windows via cygwin (<a href="http://cygwin.com/" rel="nofollow">http://cygwin.com/</a> ). Once you have it, you may use xpdf and what not.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/3663#3663 Rune 2009-11-01T13:24:54Z 2009-11-01T13:24:54Z

<p>Or use a latex editor with a preview window on the right. LEd has this feature. Every time you compile, the preview window updates. Moreover, you can see your code and output in the same screen, which is nice.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/21462#21462 mindcorrosive 2010-04-15T14:00:36Z 2010-04-15T14:00:36Z

<p>Someone already suggested <a href="http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html" rel="nofollow">SumatraPDF</a>, but I had some rendering issues with it, although it is quite fast. Currently I'm using KDE's <a href="http://windows.kde.org/" rel="nofollow">Okular</a> for Windows as well (admittedly you need to install a bit of extra KDE libraries, but still is much less than the dreaded Acrobat Reader). Rendering speed, quality and performance are all very good.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1329/automatically-updating-pdf-reader-for-windows/34169#34169 Anonymous 2010-08-01T23:08:47Z 2010-08-01T23:08:47Z

<p>gsview can display pdf files, automatically updates them when the file changes, and does not lock the file so you can modify your files and compile them without closing the pdf file.</p>