[Therion] preview below with many colors

[Bruce]

Footleg, Vasily,
Seems like you have something to add to this page
http://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/doku.php/contrib:externalviewers 

Feel free to edit it if you want.
Bruce

-----Original Message-----
From: therion-bounces at speleo.sk [mailto:therion-bounces at speleo.sk] On Behalf
Of Footleg
Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013 5:29 a.m.
To: List for Therion users
Subject: Re: [Therion] preview below with many colors

Just happens that I have been experimenting with different PDF readers
too. I was frustrated by the fact that Adobe Reader (at least on
Windows) locks the PDF file. So you have to close it to recompile a
map, and when you reopen the PDF it has reset to the default view and
you have to zoom back in the the area you were working on to check the
detail.

I tried the following other readers:
Evince:
Does not lock the file, so I can recompile my Therion project with the
PDF open on my second monitor, already zoomed into the area I am
working on. The PDF refreshes automatically when Therion completes
generating it. Very nice. Unfortunately this PDF reader does not clip
area fills properly, so my fills extend outside the passage walls in
this viewer. But great for previewing scrap joins.

Foxit Reader:
This one does lock the PDF file. But at least if you close the PDF,
recompile the project and then reopen the PDF from the 'recent files'
menu it restores the last view you had open. So it shows the detailed
area you were last zoomed in to. This reader does clip the fills
properly.

Both Evince and Foxit Reader render transparency slightly differently
to Adboe reader. My rocks show semi-transparent so I can see area
fills underneath them. But in Adobe reader the rocks are solid.

Anyone got any tips to add?

Footleg