Re: Change pdf viewer on mac

[Carrick Patterson]

Quoting mark oilcan <address@hidden>:

>
>
> --- Carrick Patterson <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > Quoting mark oilcan <address@hidden>:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Orm Finnendahl <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > > A couple of days ago I posted a modified lilypond-mode.el which takes
> > > > advantage of xpdf's -remote option which does what you're asking for.
> > > >
> > > > It only works if you use emacs, though...
> > > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the suggestion. Right now I can get a pdf viewer pointing to
> > the
> > > final pdf, and it refreshes automatically. The problem on the Mac is that
> > > when I do command-R it compiles then pops Preview to the front. If I
> > could
> > > make it just do the compiling, without launching Preview (or shifting
> > focus
> > > to it) then that would be sufficient. I took a look at lilycall.py in
> > > /Applications/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources but the changes I made
> > there
> > > didn't seem to have an effect. I don't really know python, so I'm not
> > sure if
> > > that's a limitation of mine or whether lilycall.py is used at all. So, is
> > > there a way to customize the behavior of Lilypond to just do the
> > compiling
> > > without launching a pdf viewer? I don't have any problem with altering
> > > scripts, if that's necessary, but I'll need some pointers on which ones.
> > >
> > > Mark A
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Why don't you just put at the top of your file:
> >
> > \set Score.skipTypesetting = ##t
> >
>
> There seems some confusion. It's not that I want to stop the typesetting, I
> just don't want the Mac Lilypond.app application to launch Preview.app (and
> in particular shift the focus away from Lilypond) after typesetting has been
> completed. So, I (1) do some editing in a .ly file, (2) hit command-R to
> typeset and create a pdf file, (3) do more editing. After I do step (2) and
> perhaps simultaneous to doing step (3) the pdf is displayed in my pdf viewer
> so I can see what it all looks like. Important here is that between (2) and
> (3) I don't have to manually switch back to Lilypond from the pdf viewer (ie
> Preview). Yes, I could do this all easily enough in emacs, but I'm trying to
> set this up for someone who would find that route far to complicated. The Mac
> Lilypond.app is great for someone who doesn't want a complicated set-up, but
> the pushing Preview to the front all the time is actually an annoyance.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions. I do appreciate others trying to help out. Is
> this something that would be better asked on the devel list?
>
> Mark A
>
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You do know you can just press "COMMAND TAB" on the Mac to switch applications,
right?
--
Carrick Patterson
Little Rock AR