[texworks] "memory could not be read" error

[Iwan Setyawan]

Well, I stand corrected. I tried opening a PDF using TeXworks on Linux, and
it did open the PDF in the previewer! My apologies for my earlier comments.
Should have checked it before replying.

- Iwan

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:15 PM, Iwan Setyawan <isetyawan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't know that you can drop a PDF onto TeXworks will open it! I'm also
> on OS X but it never occured to me to do this. I'll try it later today.
> Thanks for the info!
>
> - Iwan
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Bruno Voisin <bvoisin at me.com> wrote:
>
>> Le 26 oct. 2009 ŕ 00:48, Iwan Setyawan a écrit :
>>
>>
>>  What do you mean by "the program crash when it tries to open the pdf
>>> file"? Are you trying to open a PDF file using TeXworks? AFAIK, you cannot
>>> do this. That is, I don't think you can use TeXworks as a PDF viewer.
>>>
>>
>> Strange. Are you sure TeXworks can't be used as PDF file viewer? On OS X
>> it can, I just tried (ie dropping a random PDF file onto it). There are some
>> warnings issued to the console, but they're harmless and the user doesn't
>> see them, I only saw them because I opened Console.app to check:
>>
>> 26/10/09 04:36:30       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]
>> QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
>> 26/10/09 04:36:56       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: gzread error (-2:0,)
>> 26/10/09 04:36:56       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: SyncTeX Error: Bad preamble
>> 26/10/09 04:36:56       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]
>> QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
>> 26/10/09 04:36:58       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: SyncTeX Error: Bad preamble
>> 26/10/09 04:37:25       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: gzread error (-2:0,)
>> 26/10/09 04:37:25       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: SyncTeX Error: Bad preamble
>> 26/10/09 04:37:25       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]
>> QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
>> 26/10/09 04:37:27       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: SyncTeX Error: Bad preamble
>> 26/10/09 04:37:58       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: gzread error (-2:0,)
>> 26/10/09 04:37:58       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: SyncTeX Error: Bad preamble
>> 26/10/09 04:37:58       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]
>> QFileSystemWatcher::removePaths: list is empty
>> 26/10/09 04:38:00       [0x0-0x42042].org.tug.texworks[519]     SyncTeX
>> ERROR: SyncTeX Error: Bad preamble
>>
>> That said, the original poster's request was different and mentioned
>> compiling (a .tex input file in the Source window most likely), generating
>> PDF output and then attempting to open this output (in the Preview window
>> most likely):
>>
>>  On Oct 25, 2009, at 8:54 PM, zhangdenis wrote:
>>>
>>>  I try to use texworks in levono x200t with winxp2. However I meet
>>>> "memory could not be read" error. Texworks compiles correctly, and can
>>>> generate the pdf file. The program crash when it tries to open the pdf file.
>>>>
>>>
>> Though not 100% sure, I would interpret this as normal TeXworks operation:
>> open an input file in the Source window, typeset it and then view the result
>> in the Preview window. And interpret the bug report as "memory could not be
>> read" error, followed by program crash, when the Preview window is opened.
>>
>> Bruno Voisin
>>
>
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