Bill Thought I'd try Okular, https://okular.kde.org/ since you mentioned it, and since it runs on Windows as well as Linux (and I use Windows).
From my very limited trial of one document.
It feels a bit like SumatraPDF, just with a better interface and more capabilities. The rendering times are occasionally fast, but usually about as slow as SumatraPDF, with occasional very long white-out periods on zoom and always poor fill rendering quality. For use with Therion, if a viewer is a bit slow or poor at rendering that does not worry me much. My main reason for choosing a PDF viewer for use with Therion is that it allows Therion to update the pdf file while the viewer has it open. SumatraPDF achieves this on all but the largest of files I have Therion create. Okular fails in this respect with a modest file, with this error - indicates an application has the output file locked. C:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- filesystem error: cannot remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process [Output/LaghuElevEXT.pdf] writing xtherion file ... done Okular has quite a few settings, so it is possible that changing some of those will remove this limitation. Anyone with insights on this? Bruce
The locked file issue is not a problem on Linux. I keep Okular open all the time with the map I am working on. Therion compiles the map and about 10 seconds later Okular automatically reopens it. Okular also reopens the map at the previous pan and zoom settings. I looked through the Okular settings but found nothing that relates to file locking. There might be some Linux magic going on related to dBus passing messages about file system changes. =============== Bill Gee On 11/15/24 01:50, Bruce Mutton wrote:
Bill
Thought I’d try Okular, https://okular.kde.org/ <https://okular.kde.org/
since you mentioned it, and since it runs on Windows as well as Linux (and I use Windows).
From my very limited trial of one document…
It feels a bit like SumatraPDF, just with a better interface and more capabilities.
The rendering times are occasionally fast, but usually about as slow as SumatraPDF, with occasional very long white-out periods on zoom and always poor fill rendering quality. For use with Therion, if a viewer is a bit slow or poor at rendering that does not worry me much.
My main reason for choosing a PDF viewer for use with Therion is that it allows Therion to update the pdf file while the viewer has it open.
SumatraPDF achieves this on all but the largest of files I have Therion create.
Okular fails in this respect with a modest file, with this error – indicates an application has the output file locked.
/C:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- filesystem error: cannot remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process [Output/LaghuElevEXT.pdf]/
/writing xtherion file ... done/
Okular has quite a few settings, so it is possible that changing some of those will remove this limitation.
Anyone with insights on this?
Bruce
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I have used the TexWorks PDF viewer that comes with MikTeX on Windows in the past I am not sure if it is better than Okular, but found it useful for building up cave surveys with the PDF still open and updating (it is built for when you are writing LaTeX documents and your PDF file is being updated regularly, each time you hit recompile in LaTeX) On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 at 07:50, Bruce Mutton <bruce@tomo.co.nz> wrote:
Bill
Thought I’d try Okular, https://okular.kde.org/ since you mentioned it, and since it runs on Windows as well as Linux (and I use Windows).
From my very limited trial of one document…
It feels a bit like SumatraPDF, just with a better interface and more capabilities.
The rendering times are occasionally fast, but usually about as slow as SumatraPDF, with occasional very long white-out periods on zoom and always poor fill rendering quality. For use with Therion, if a viewer is a bit slow or poor at rendering that does not worry me much.
My main reason for choosing a PDF viewer for use with Therion is that it allows Therion to update the pdf file while the viewer has it open.
SumatraPDF achieves this on all but the largest of files I have Therion create.
Okular fails in this respect with a modest file, with this error – indicates an application has the output file locked.
*C:\Program Files\Therion\therion.exe: error -- filesystem error: cannot remove: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process [Output/LaghuElevEXT.pdf]*
*writing xtherion file ... done*
Okular has quite a few settings, so it is possible that changing some of those will remove this limitation.
Anyone with insights on this?
Bruce _______________________________________________ Therion mailing list Therion@speleo.sk https://mailman.speleo.sk/listinfo/therion
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