[carbon-emacs:176] Re: [OS X TeX] Re: PDFViewer

[Roussanka Loukanova]

On Wed, 16 May 2007, Kasper Daniel Hansen wrote:

Thanks to everybody for the help!

I've got PDFView already working quite ok. I may try what Kasper suggested 
too, but before that, I'll separate time to try Skim..

Kasper, I think it would be good to add 1-2 lines to your instructions at
<http://pdfview.sourceforge.net/latex.html> for setting up PDView itself, 
not only Emacs. Perhaps, something like:

PDFView -> Preferences... -> LaTeX -> PDFSync support -> Preset
In the pull down box select Emacs; the Command and its Arguments get set 
up automatically.

Like Chris, I also am not satisfied with inability to bind simple 
keys (e.g., the arrows) to "previous" and "next" page. Using the icons, 
or the combination Cmd+LeftArrow; Cmd+RightArrow, is no so efficient.

Roussanka

> Hi, I have been busy with some other stuff the last few days.
>
> On 5/16/07, Roussanka Loukanova <rloukano at stp.lingfil.uu.se> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 16 May 2007, Rodney Sparapani wrote:
>>
>>> Roussanka Loukanova wrote:
>> ...
>>>> I'm using Carbon Emacs: I can't find where to do such presetting. Any
>> idea?
>>>>
>>>> Roussanka
>>> Aha!  I think it is the same problem.  And fortunately for me, the same
>> cure.
>>> Check out this link http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/LaTeXAquamacs
>>>
>>> The pertinent info is about Aquamacs' emacsclient which you need to tell
>>> PDFView and Skim about:
>>>
>>> /Applications/Aquamacs Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/bin/emacsclient
>>>
>>> I put that in the Custom setting of Skim and it works.
>>
>> Thanks a lot: I've found how to Preset PDFView for Emacs.
>>
>> At <http://pdfview.sourceforge.net/latex.html>
>
>
> Ok, so now I expect most of your problems to have disappeared? I thought you
> had already followed those instructions. What remains is at least the fact
> that PDFView does not automatically raise when you do C-c C-c. But that
> should be easily fixable by an applescript. The easiest is actually to
> modify the file
>  /Applications/PDFView.app/Contents/MacOS/gotoline.sh
>
> It has the following contents
>
> set s = 'tell application "PDFView" \
>          display tex line '$line' of file "'"$file"'" \
> end tell'
>
> Insert a line into those 3 lines, so they look like
>
> set s = 'tell application "PDFView" \
>          activate \
>          display tex line '$line' of file "'"$file"'" \
> end tell'
>
> This is a quick hack. It might be better to wrap it into yet another shell
> script, but this should work. One caveat: you will need to do this again
> when you update PDFView.app (and since I believe the gotoline.sh will be
> replaced by another shell script, it may be slightly different).
>
>
>> Kasper mentions that the ampersand in the following code (placed in
>> .emacs)
>>
>> (defun raise-emacs-on-aqua()
>>    (shell-command "osascript -e 'tell application \"Emacs\" to activate'
>> &"))
>>
>> opens up an *Async Shell..." and adds robustness. I find the Async Shell
>> and splitting the Emacs' buffer irritating (for now, I'm getting rid of
>> it manually by C-x 1). Removing the ampersand causes Emacs to freeze after
>> the 2nd run of Cmd+Click. Does anybody know if the robustness refer to
>> this problem?
>
>
> The ampersand makes the emacslient command run in the background. By
> robustness I do mean I see the same as you. It kind of make sense, but the
> additional buffer sucks. One way might be to add one (or more) line to the
> script to remove any buffer called *Async..., but that eludes me for now.
> Some real emacs guru should be able to do that one quickly.
>
> If you have other remaining issues, please post them again.
>
> Kasper
>
> How to get rid of the automatic split of the buffer for Async Shell
>> without the freezing.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Rodney
>>
>> Thanks:
>> Roussaka

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