Re: Why does LilyPond delete the PDF first?

[Trevor Daniels]

Valentin Villenave wrote Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:39 AM
> 2008/6/11 Risto Vääräniemi <address@hidden>:

> > I guess Windows (and Acrobat) handles files differently than Linux and
> > KPDF. Could you test on Linux what happens, if a pdf is opened with
> > Acrobat (Reader) and you re-compile the file?

> I have the same behavior with Foxit Reader, Sumatra, and the JPedal
> viewer. So it's definitely an MS-Windows limitation.

This is not a limitation enforced by Windows.  For example, if
I open a file in ConTEXT I can change it with copy or by checking
out a different branch in git, no problem.  When I return to ConTEXT
it says the open file has been modified and would I like to reload it.

Windows permits file sharing, and provides an optional file locking
mechanism to allow an application to control access by other
applications to a file it has opened.  But it seems the several
pdf viewers simply choose to lock the file when they open it :(

> Cheers,
> Valentin

Trevor

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