about windvi

[Jody Klymak]

Hello Jaun,

I don't know what version of windvi you are using, but newer versions
automatically update the display if the .dvi file changes.  They also
remain on the same page.

BTW have you considered using AUCTeX and emacs?  It handles all this for
you automatically.

Cheers,  Jody

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fptex@tug.org [mailto:owner-fptex@tug.org]On
> Behalf Of Juan
> I. Montijano
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 12:05 AM
> To: Fabrice Popineau
> Cc: fptex@tug.org
> Subject: about windvi
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have configured my system so that when I want to typeset a
> document I
> execute a bat file in which I  run  "latex.exe my_document" and if  no
> error I execute "windvi.exe my_document".
> To avoid having an other windvi window opened the second time
> I typeset
> my_document I have selected the single-instance option and
> then the dvi
> is reopened.  The point is that I would like that the preview would
> positioned at the same page it was but the document is reopened at the
> first page.
>
> I find three possibilities:
> -  With the single instance option, if you open windvi with the file
> already opened, windvi might just update the file (I do not know how
> difficult could be this change), not reopen it.
> Moreover, a single-instance-per-document that lets you have
> one (and no
> more) windvi window for each different document could be useful.
> - I could detect that windvi is already opened with the same document
> and then skip the execution of windvi.  The problem is that I do not
> know how to do it in my bat file. Perhaps it could be done with some
> other more sophisticated script language.
> - I can execute windvi "by hand" only the first time.
>
> Cheers,
> Juan Ignacio
>
>
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