General ⇒ pdf href that opens a _new_ window

[misha680]

Dear Sirs:

I am using pdflatex on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04. I am currently making href statements using
the hyperref package such as:
\href{a.pdf}{A}

These work great! Except these overwrite the current PDF and I can't get back to it. Is there an href option that would allow a new window to be created?

Thank you
Misha Koshelev

[benti]

I don't understand: you want a new pdf to be created on every compilation?

That's unrelated to href. Just give the output file a new name at every compilation. I don't use the command line interface, but I'm sure that can't be too hard.

[torbjorn t.]

No, he has a link to another PDF in his document, and when clicking this link in the viewer, that PDF should open i a new window/tab. At least, that is how I understand his problem.

Misha:
I couldn't find anything about this in the Hyperref manual. However, it looks like PDF readers behave differently:

Foxit Reader will by default open documents in a new tab, while Adobe Reader will open in the same window. But in the latter you can change this behaviour in the preferences, so it will open a new window.