Re: Problem with Latex / compile dvi postscript

[Kester Clegg]

"Dr. Ing. Dieter Jurzitza" <dieter.jurzitza@t-online.de> writes:

> if anybody is interested in a patch that allows the usage of pdflatex
> and acrobat reader (i.E) really integrated with automatic detection of
> the presence of more up-to-date .pdf-files come back to me.

Can you get AR to behave the way xdvi does, i.e. reload the new output
file automatically when it receives focus, or like xpdf, on hitting 'r'
or turning a page?  That would be useful!

> 
> I offered to submit a patch to the auctex mailing list, but there was
> hardly any interest.
> 

I think that's because a lot of people are still using latex.  Most of
our dept uses latex rather than pdflatex.  And some, like those in
Linguistics, make heavy use of pstricks.  pdftricks is a bit flaky.

> 
> The issue is the hard coded dvi-extension within auctex that makes it
> impossible to adapt auctex as-is to a different output format (might
> be xml or whatever in the future...)
> 

Can you give a bit more detail?

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Kester Clegg                            Dept. of Computer Science,
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