From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Using DocView on Cygwin Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:01:31 +0100 Message-ID: <87ve682ltw.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: <477ECFFE.3050207@alice.it> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1199556109 1492 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2008 18:01:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 18:01:49 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jan 05 19:02:07 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JBDLP-0003Lm-O4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:02:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBDL3-0005FS-3H for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBDKy-0005Co-Bh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JBDKx-00059i-30 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JBDKw-00059T-OZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:34 -0500 Original-Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JBDKw-0002zY-FB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:34 -0500 Original-Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21A2A82EC3 for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:01:34 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:01:34 -0500 X-Sasl-enc: HuXa69vzl48wAyf8V2SqxD2BXWIH4dEgHZfA3wIdtAnr 1199556093 Original-Received: from baldur (dslb-084-063-029-135.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.63.29.135]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4263B10E9B for ; Sat, 5 Jan 2008 13:01:32 -0500 (EST) Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <477ECFFE.3050207@alice.it> (Angelo Graziosi's message of "Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:31:58 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/23.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:86202 Archived-At: Angelo Graziosi writes: Hi Angelo, > The first thing I note is that loading a PDF file, it appears a buffer > suggesting something: > > 'q'... > 'k'... > ... Just some keybindings you can use to stop conversion if it takes too long. > but this happens only for less than a second and I cannot read and say > what it contains. That's actually good, since it seems to be quite quick till you see the first page. > After this, the PDF file is shown correctly and in the mini buffer I > find the suggestion C-c C-c 'to toggle between editing o viewing...' > and typing C-c C-c gives the text to edit, i.e. we toggle from view to > text mode. > > On the contrary, loading a PS file shows it as a text and only after > C-c C-c, it is shown as document, i.e. we toggle from text to view > mode. > > Why this different behaviour when loading PS files? Because PostScript is a real programming language where actually many people want to edit the code. > Another thing I observe is that, using the mouse wheel, one can only > scroll a single page of the document and not between a page to the > next. Is this to be expected? Yes. This might change in future versions. > On Cygwin I have found that the cache (a directory called > 'docview1006') is stored in the Windows $TEMP (usually > /c/DOCUME~1/.../IMPOST~1/Temp) directory and not in the Cygwin /tmp > dir. But on Cygwin, should Emacs have the same behaviour as on linux?! > (many Cygwin applications store their files in /tmp and do not know > Windows $TEMP!) > > After closing the files (PDF/PS...), jusched.log is created in the > Windows $TEMP: > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Fri Jan 04 23:45:48 2008 :: Either not a Win2000, XP platform or > Non-admin user or GetModuleFilename failed or Error Opening JavaUpdate > Keys. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > I am using Emacs on Cygwin (XP) as Non-admin user: should we be > worried about jusched.log and what it contains? Oh, I neither use Windows nor Cygwin, so I don't have an idea. > Loading JPEG files (pictures) one can scroll them vertically: How can > one scroll horizontally? With image-mode you can scroll in all directions with the arrow keys. Bye, Tassilo