Update function does not update already open document

[Basma]

Hello LyX people,

I am new user to LyX (2.1.1) on Mavericks, facing a rather basic problem.
I compile using ps2pdf or pdflatex with the PDF opening in the chosen viewer.
If it remains open, any changes are not reflected using the update function.
The generated PDF always needs closing, then viewing again.
The OS default PDF viewer is Adobe which may have been the issue.
I changed it to Skim & Previewer for ps2pdf & pdflatex.
Still no updating.
The non-updating bit applies to other formats as well (tried DVI, EPS).
Successful Preview of format:PDF (ps2pdf) is displayed when viewing.
Successful export to format: PDF (ps2pdf) is displayed for updating.

A log file is available if needs be.


Thanks in advance.

Basma

[Shay Riggs]

Hi Basma,

In my experience, Adobe Reader is almost always the PDF viewer of last
resort when using LyX – on Mac, Windows or Linux.

According to this page:

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/43057/macosx-pdf-viewer-automatic-reload-on-file-modification

you should be able to just use the default OS X Preview program, but there
are other suggestions in the answers that you could try (e.g. Skim,
TeXShop).


Cheers

Shay

Post by Basma
Hello LyX people,
I am new user to LyX (2.1.1) on Mavericks, facing a rather basic problem.
I compile using ps2pdf or pdflatex with the PDF opening in the chosen viewer.
If it remains open, any changes are not reflected using the update function.
The generated PDF always needs closing, then viewing again.
The OS default PDF viewer is Adobe which may have been the issue.
I changed it to Skim & Previewer for ps2pdf & pdflatex.
Still no updating.
The non-updating bit applies to other formats as well (tried DVI, EPS).
Successful Preview of format:PDF (ps2pdf) is displayed when viewing.
Successful export to format: PDF (ps2pdf) is displayed for updating.
A log file is available if needs be.
Thanks in advance.
Basma

[Basma Qazi Chaudhry]

Thank you for the tex exchange link here below. I had been trying to use Skim as well as the mac Previewer app but unsuccessfully as far as the automatic reloading was concerned ( a more apt search term that I was thus far missing). Turns out I was missing this bit in Skim which one would have supposed to have been enabled by default.

http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/manual/SkimHelp_39.html

that is an option to "Automatically update files for external updates."

Cheerio

Basma

Post by Shay Riggs
Hi Basma,
In my experience, Adobe Reader is almost always the PDF viewer of last resort when using LyX – on Mac, Windows or Linux.
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/43057/macosx-pdf-viewer-automatic-reload-on-file-modification
you should be able to just use the default OS X Preview program, but there are other suggestions in the answers that you could try (e.g. Skim, TeXShop).
Cheers
Shay
Hello LyX people,
I am new user to LyX (2.1.1) on Mavericks, facing a rather basic problem.
I compile using ps2pdf or pdflatex with the PDF opening in the chosen viewer.
If it remains open, any changes are not reflected using the update function.
The generated PDF always needs closing, then viewing again.
The OS default PDF viewer is Adobe which may have been the issue.
I changed it to Skim & Previewer for ps2pdf & pdflatex.
Still no updating.
The non-updating bit applies to other formats as well (tried DVI, EPS).
Successful Preview of format:PDF (ps2pdf) is displayed when viewing.
Successful export to format: PDF (ps2pdf) is displayed for updating.
A log file is available if needs be.
Thanks in advance.
Basma