[Okular-devel] [okular] [Bug 316890] Intelligent automatic reload

[Michel Ludwig]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316890

Michel Ludwig <michel.ludwig at kdemail.net> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Michel Ludwig <michel.ludwig at kdemail.net> ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> What I'd find more convenient would be
> 1) PDF file is ok, shown in okular
> 2) Initiate build, pdflatex truncates pdf
> 3) okular notices file change, tries reload. File is not complete. Old file
> is still shown, along with a "file vanished on disc" indicator in the user
> interface
> 4) pdflatex writes some chunks to the file.
> 5) The pdf might not be complete, back to 3). Otherwise okular displays the
> new file, removes "file vanished on disc" indicator
> 
> The main difference is that I can continue reading the (outdated, but still
> useful) PDF while it is updated.

Just to relate to this, the live preview feature in the upcoming version 3.0 of
Kile will only reload the PDF file once LaTeX is finished. Hence, this problem
won't occur anymore.

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