Re: Always need to restart Preview on OS X

[Hans Aberg]

On 5 Sep 2005, at 02:31, Will Duquette wrote:

> I'm using Lilypond 2.6.3 on Mac OS X 10.4.  When I compile
> an .ly file, it shows the PDF in OS X's Preview application.
> If I then make changes to the file and compile it again, it
> pops up Preview but Preview doesn't reload the PDF file.  If
> I want to see my changes, I need to close the Preview window
> and either re-open it by hand or ask Lilypond to compile once
> again.

This is a frequently reported Preview problem. I think I have  
reported it to Apple.

If you run LilyPond from Terminal, then you can move to the directory  
where th .ly file is, and type
  /usr/local/bin/lilypond <name>.ly && open <name>.pdf
When you see that the .ps file has been created, click to close the  
open PDF file. If you miss the timing, close the PDF file, and type  
in Terminal
  open <name>.pdf
When you have typed this once in Terminal, use the keyboard up and  
down arrows to get the earlier typed command lines.

One could in principle close the PDF files using AppleScript  
commands, but I do not know how to do it, or if Preview supports it.

  Hans Aberg