View PDFlatex updates in realtime automatically

insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 5:28 am

Everytime I make one tiny little change I have to press ctrl+R or ctrl+shift+R or go to the view Pdflatex option from the dropdown menu. Either way, it takes me back to the first page of the document and I have to scroll back to the position where I was editing. Isn't there a way so that it shows the result of the edits I'm making WHILE I'm making them?

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Post by **scottkosty** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:59 pm

insipidtoast wrote:Everytime I make one tiny little change I have to press ctrl+R or ctrl+shift+R or go to the view Pdflatex option from the dropdown menu. Either way, it takes me back to the first page of the document and I have to scroll back to the position where I was editing.

You might be interested in "forward search" and "reverse search". Look in the help documents for these. The configuration depends on your browser. See Document > Settings > Output > "synchronize with output" setting:

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insipidtoast wrote: Isn't there a way so that it shows the result of the edits I'm making WHILE I'm making them?

Not that I know of.
Note that there is "instant preview". See tools > preferences > display and look in the help documents for how to use it (e.g. insert > preview).

Scott

insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 1:10 am

Scott,

I couldn't find any info for instant preview in the help menu. Would you mind briefly explaining how to use it, and why it's advantageous?

Post by **scottkosty** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 7:02 am

insipidtoast wrote:Scott,

I couldn't find any info for instant preview in the help menu. Would you mind briefly explaining how to use it, and why it's advantageous?

Sure. I'll explain why you might be interested. Whatever you put in an Instant Preview inset LyX tries to compile just that part (that is, not the whole document) and replaces the box with what the part rendered too. It usually gives exactly what that piece will look like in the whole document when it is rendered. You can do this with a lot of things, such as math and ERT.

To find help on something, a good way (I know it's not obvious) is to go to Edit > Find & Replace (Advanced), go to the Settings tab and click on "All manuals". Now you're searching through all of the help manuals. In this case, I put in "Instant Preview" and the first thing that came up was "6.12 Previewing Snippets of your Document" in the User Guide, which is exactly what you want.

Let me know if something in that section doesn't make sense.

Scott

insipidtoast · Post by **insipidtoast** » Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:45 pm

Thank you very much

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