[pdftex] [OS X TeX] hyperref, pdftex and link to .pdf

[Ross Moore]

Hi Bruno, and others,

On 06/05/2007, at 11:25 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> Le 6 mai 07 à 10:24, Alain Matthes a écrit :
>
>> We can open a file.pdf from an other file.pdf
>>
>> \href{Groupoids.pdf}{Groupoids}
>>
>> All works except i would  to make the same things but
>> i want   to open the link pdf in an other window.
>>
>> It's possible with adobe reader 8  (in the prefs : documents :  
>> open cross-document link in same window Y/N )
>> but is there the same option in hyperref or pdftex ?
>
> From /Library/TeX/Documentation/texmf-dist-doc/latex/hyperref/ 
> options.pdf:
>
> Option: pdfnewwindow
> Action: make links that open another PDF file start a new window
> Type: boolean
> Default: false

What if you have 2 documents, each of which refers to the other?
With this option used, they open in separate windows.
But if you switch back-and-forth by pressing the links in each,
do we get more windows, or are there just the same 2 windows
being used alternately ? -- as would be the case in a web-browser.
(Is it dependent on the PDF browser ?)


>
> To be used as in:
>
> \usepackage[pdfnewwindow]{hyperref}
>
> or alternatively:
>
> \usepackage{hyperref}
> \hypersetup{pdfnewwindow}
>
> (pdfnewwindow is equivalent to pdfnewwindow=true, I think).
>
> Hope this works (I haven't tried),
>
> Bruno Voisin

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