How to make mupdf automatically refresh a document
Upon opening a pdf in evince and then making a change to that document (recompiling it in LaTeX), evince will automatically refresh to the latest version of the document.
mupdf however does not do this: it keeps showing the version I originally opened.
The latest version can be loaded with the r command, but is there a way to make mupdf behave like evince in that respect?
The manual doesn’t mention this.
pdf evince
asked Feb 22 '18 at 14:22
PhilippPhilipp
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Upon opening a pdf in evince and then making a change to that document (recompiling it in LaTeX), evince will automatically refresh to the latest version of the document.
mupdf however does not do this: it keeps showing the version I originally opened.
The latest version can be loaded with the r command, but is there a way to make mupdf behave like evince in that respect?
The manual doesn’t mention this.
pdf evince
asked Feb 22 '18 at 14:22
PhilippPhilipp
152118
add a comment |
Upon opening a pdf in evince and then making a change to that document (recompiling it in LaTeX), evince will automatically refresh to the latest version of the document.
mupdf however does not do this: it keeps showing the version I originally opened.
The latest version can be loaded with the r command, but is there a way to make mupdf behave like evince in that respect?
The manual doesn’t mention this.
pdf evince
asked Feb 22 '18 at 14:22
PhilippPhilipp
152118
Upon opening a pdf in evince and then making a change to that document (recompiling it in LaTeX), evince will automatically refresh to the latest version of the document.
mupdf however does not do this: it keeps showing the version I originally opened.
The latest version can be loaded with the r command, but is there a way to make mupdf behave like evince in that respect?
The manual doesn’t mention this.
pdf evince
pdf evince
asked Feb 22 '18 at 14:22
PhilippPhilipp
152118
asked Feb 22 '18 at 14:22
PhilippPhilipp
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edited Feb 22 '18 at 14:32
Philipp
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Poke mupdf with a HUP signal after the document changes (e.g. after recompiling it, or use entr or something to note the filesystem change)
pkill -HUP mupdf
or with more complication one might write an open-or-signal-mupdf script.
answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
thrigthrig
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Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
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Adding a little to thrig's answer, this is what I came up with:
f=file.pdf; mupdf $f & while inotifywait -e close_write $f; do pkill -HUP mupdf; done
This will open a pdf file with mupdf and refresh whenever the pdf is written to.
the idea to use inotify came from this answer
answered 3 hours ago
argentum2fargentum2f
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Poke mupdf with a HUP signal after the document changes (e.g. after recompiling it, or use entr or something to note the filesystem change)
pkill -HUP mupdf
or with more complication one might write an open-or-signal-mupdf script.
answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
thrigthrig
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Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
add a comment |
Poke mupdf with a HUP signal after the document changes (e.g. after recompiling it, or use entr or something to note the filesystem change)
pkill -HUP mupdf
or with more complication one might write an open-or-signal-mupdf script.
answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
thrigthrig
24.3k23056
Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
add a comment |
Poke mupdf with a HUP signal after the document changes (e.g. after recompiling it, or use entr or something to note the filesystem change)
pkill -HUP mupdf
or with more complication one might write an open-or-signal-mupdf script.
answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
thrigthrig
24.3k23056
Poke mupdf with a HUP signal after the document changes (e.g. after recompiling it, or use entr or something to note the filesystem change)
pkill -HUP mupdf
or with more complication one might write an open-or-signal-mupdf script.
answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
thrigthrig
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answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
thrigthrig
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answered Feb 22 '18 at 15:00
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Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
add a comment |
Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
Thanks for your answer. Since I’m using latexmk (but didn’t mention it in the question), I now found this answer, which is exactly what I was looking for: superuser.com/questions/707483/…
– Philipp
Feb 22 '18 at 16:34
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Adding a little to thrig's answer, this is what I came up with:
f=file.pdf; mupdf $f & while inotifywait -e close_write $f; do pkill -HUP mupdf; done
This will open a pdf file with mupdf and refresh whenever the pdf is written to.
the idea to use inotify came from this answer
answered 3 hours ago
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Adding a little to thrig's answer, this is what I came up with:
f=file.pdf; mupdf $f & while inotifywait -e close_write $f; do pkill -HUP mupdf; done
This will open a pdf file with mupdf and refresh whenever the pdf is written to.
the idea to use inotify came from this answer
answered 3 hours ago
argentum2fargentum2f
1136
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Adding a little to thrig's answer, this is what I came up with:
f=file.pdf; mupdf $f & while inotifywait -e close_write $f; do pkill -HUP mupdf; done
This will open a pdf file with mupdf and refresh whenever the pdf is written to.
the idea to use inotify came from this answer
answered 3 hours ago
argentum2fargentum2f
1136
Adding a little to thrig's answer, this is what I came up with:
f=file.pdf; mupdf $f & while inotifywait -e close_write $f; do pkill -HUP mupdf; done
This will open a pdf file with mupdf and refresh whenever the pdf is written to.
the idea to use inotify came from this answer
answered 3 hours ago
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