[texhax] dvipdf and xpdf

[Geoff Russell]

Would you expect to be able to ride a lift up and down in a building while
somebody is replacing the cable? :)

Cheers,
Geoff.

On 1/24/08, Dan Hatton <vi5u0-texhax at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Apologies if anyone considers this OT.  It's at least obliquely
> TeX-related.
>
> For some while now, I've noticed that, if I try to scroll through a
> (LaTeX-generated) file in xpdf while dvipdf is recreating the file,
> xpdf exits - which closes not only the file being regenerated, but any
> other files I have open in separate windows in the same copy of xpdf.
>
> Today, I finally managed to capture the error message xpdf produces:
>
> Error (49663): Illegal character '>'
> Error (49633): Illegal character '>'
> Error (49663): Illegal character '>'
> Error (49633): Illegal character '>'
>
> [1]    Segmentation fault            xpdf filename.pdf
>
> Any ideas if there's anything I can do about this, please?
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan Hatton
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