[OS X Emacs] sync with Skim

[Enrico Franconi]

I suspect (since it makes sense) that preview generates a new pdf file  
at each invocation - even if it has the same name. In this case,  
skim's behaviour is as expected.
--e.

On 8 Feb 2009, at 17:50, David Reitter wrote:

> OK, I reproduce the behavior.  I see that the .pdf is correctly  
> generated with a new time stamp.  I did get correct Skim behavior  
> the first time around, but not after using "generate preview at  
> point". It's unclear to me what the interaction with AUCTeX/preview  
> is, but I would say that as soon as the PDF is regenerated, Skim  
> should update.  (After doing a "revert" in Skim, things work fine.)
>
> I can imagine that Skim looses the handle on the file.  Maybe (!)  
> Aquamacs/AUCTeX deletes the .pdf or does something else to it, and  
> the file system can't keep track of it.  Something like that perhaps.
>
> Thus, I defer to the Skim team for now!
>
> PS., Christiaan, the Report Bug link on the Skim website links to  
> the main Sourceforge homepage or their login screen.
>
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> On 8 Feb 2009, at 11:24, Jan Rosinski wrote:
>
>> Aquamacs 1.6 build 0110 - Feb-07
>> Same behavior when starting without customization
>>
>>
>> On Feb 8, 2009, at 10:55 AM, David Reitter wrote:
>>
>>> Jan / Daniel,
>>>
>>> If this did not change with a Skim version change, then please let  
>>> us know which version of Aquamacs/Emacs you're using exactly, and  
>>> make sure that this problem replicates when (in Aquamacs) you  
>>> start without customizations (Help -> Diagnose -> Start without...).
>>>
>>> If we can replicate the bug, we'll be happy to help of course.
>>>
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>>> On 8 Feb 2009, at 09:48, Daniel Stegmueller wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jan,
>>>>
>>>> I observed the same behavior in the previous version of Skim, too.
>>>>
>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8 Feb 2009, at 14:54, Jan Rosinski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I have noticed that if I use preview in line in latex mode,
>>>>> update a formula and regenerate its preview (at point),
>>>>> then Skim does not update the pdf, no matter how many
>>>>> typesettings I run.
>>>>> I have to close Skim's preview file and generate a new one.
>>>>> I have observed this annoying behavior syncing with the newest  
>>>>> Skim 1.2.1,
>>>>> I do not know whether it was present in earlier versions.
>>>>>
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