Create PDFs persistently to enhance workflow

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A Makefile for LaTeX - drop it in, type make, and magic happens.

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Create PDFs persistently to enhance workflow #162

Open shiblon opened 8 years ago

shiblon commented 8 years ago

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 149

When making a PDF, the actual PDF file is deleted and recreated.  I suggest that the
file should simply be overwritten, with the result that using PDF viewer such as Skim
will detect the change and refresh the displayed PDF (if the file is deleted and then
replaced, Skim will not update and one is forced to "Revert" from the file menu).

Reported by ryan@ryanjturner.com on 2012-01-26 16:01:16

shiblon commented 8 years ago

Wow - it's really hard to please everyone on this issue.  I had to add the removal and
replacement for misbehaving pdf viewers that are in common use (xpdf, preview).  I
wonder if we should make this an option?

Reported by shiblon on 2012-02-17 23:02:27