Re: latex emacs config for viewing pdf without auctex

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Sven Bretfeld wrote:
> Fdfdfd Fdfdfd <landau82@yahoo.fr> writes:
> 
>> I've searching for a long time but didn't find out how to bind the
>> key sequence C-c C-v
>> with adobe acrobat pdf reader (C-c C-c launches pdflatex) instead of
>> the default dvi viewer.
>>
>> So the question is what do I need to put in my .emacs file to do the
>> job ?
> 
> It's a little more complex than a simple keybinding. Launch the
> following command:
> 
> M-x customize-variable RET TeX-output-view-style RET
> 
> In the block starting with the line:
> 
> INS DEL Extension: ^pdf$
> 
> replace the value of the Command-line with:
> 
> acroread %o
> 
> That's the command for starting Acrobat Reader under Linux. If you are
> under Windows or Mac the command might be different, I don't know.
> 
> Anyway, you don't have to hit C-c C-v to view your output. C-c C-c
> automatically suggests to start the viewer if you haven't changed your
> tex-file after the last LaTeX run. All you ever need is C-c C-c. You can
> toggle between creating a dvi or a pdf output (i.e. a latex run or a
> pdflatex run) by hitting C-c C-t C-p. The view-style will also change
> automatically.
> 
> Hope it helps
> 
> Sven

In the w32 Emacs build (using auctex) the last two lines of this 
variable are:

  ("^pdf$" "." "xpdf -remote %s -raise %o %(outpage)")
  ("^html?$" "." "netscape %o"))

I changed the pdf line in Customize to read "start acrord32 %o" and this 
raises Adobe Reader (8.0) if it's not running, and loads it with the 
.pdf corresponding to the current .tex file, or if Adobe is running it 
just opens the new .pdf. However, if a former version of the pdf is 
already loaded then running C-c C-c trys to rebuild the .pdf and causes 
a sharing violation. Is there someway to close that old .pdf in Adobe 
Reader from Emacs?
Btw, changing netscape to firefox in the above causes an html file in 
Emacs to be loaded into Firefox on C-c C-v


Ed