Re: Directory at startup

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Subject: Re: [WinEdt] Directory at startup
From: WinEdt Team <support <at> winedt.com>
To: winedt+list <at> wsg.net
Date: Fri Feb 29 2008 22:54:13 GMT+0100 (ora solare Europa occidentale)

>>>> Some days ago I updated from 5.4 to 5.5 almost without
>>>> problems. Today I have noticed that one bit is changed: when I
>>>> start WinEdt, the Open folder is not the last one I used in the
>>>> last session - as happened before. I browsed the documentation
>>>> but succeded only in setting a default Startup Folder. In
>>>> Options->Preferences->Shell "Save Settings on Exit" is already 
>>>> enabled.
> 
> Nothing with respect of handling the default or startup folder has 
> changed between 5.4 and 5.5. Just in case, I compared the source code
> and failed to detect any difference.
> 
> I don't know if you customized this behavior in the previous version
> but the same behavior should be possible in 5.5 as well. There never
> was an option to restore the last folder as used in the Open dialog
> during the previous session: by default the folder is reset after the
> project is loaded to the currently active document (unless you
> overwrite this by specifying static startup folder in the Wizard). It
> works as described in the Help (and the same was the case in 5.4)....
> 
> 
> Are you sure that you remember correctly how it worked before?
> 
> Any possible explanation for a different behavior due to your changes

Making PDF TeXify/Adobe Acrobat 8 remember the last viewed PDF page

Winedt Spelling bug?

Hi,

I am using  Build: 20071003  (v. 5.5) and have the following problem
(it also occurred in 5.4)

When I hit spell check on this text:

assessed value. The marginal AF of annual water supply contributes
\$8,000--18,000 to assessed value. These results allow us to evaluate
previosuly-stated hypotheses:

the dialog says no problems. If I do the same on this text:

assessed value. The marginal AF of annual water supply contributes
\$8,000--18,000 to assessed value. These results allow us to evaluate

previosuly-stated hypotheses:

it sees that previously is spelled wrong. When I do "check word" it
also finds the error, but that is useless for an entire document.

It's not that word and if I add other misspelled words to the same
line they do not get the red underline.

Mystified.

--

-- 
economist, n. a scoundrel whose faulty vision sees things as they
really are, not as they ought to be. -- after Ambrose Bierce

David Zetland (http://ssrn.com/author=354433) 530-848-9208
PhD Candidate, Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis
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Re: Making PDF TeXify/Adobe Acrobat 8 remember the last viewed PDF page

> My WinEdt version is 20071003 (v. 5.5).
>
> Is it possible to make WinEdt remember what was my previous
> viewing PDF page and start with it when I recompile my document
> with PDF TeXify? Now, every time I recompile my document, Adobe
> Acrobat 8 starts from the first page. Indeed, I would like to
> make PDF TeXify behaves like Yap.

You want Adobe Acrobat 8 to behave the same way as YAP (don't
we all). Adobe should listen and address this aspect of its
software

WinEdt has limited control over Adobe and WinEdt cannot
remember where you are. However, it can send Acrobat a DDE
directive Go Back to make it restore the previous position.
This works with Reader 8 and I had some (but not all) users
confirm that it works with Acrobat as well as long as you
configure it properly!

This is from WinEdt's Help (Index| Acrobat):

  HINT: If you are using Adobe Reader 7 you should make sure to
  disable (if it's not disabled already) the option "Show
  documents in taskbar" in the Reader's Edit -> Preferences |
  General Dialog. With this option enabled, the Reader does not
  focus properly when launched from external applications (and
  acts oddly even when left to its own devices)...

  In Adobe Reader 8 the corresponding option is in the Documents
  section of its Preferences. It is called: Show each document in
  its own Window. When enabled the Go Back functionality does not
  work after a pdf file is recompiled.

etc...

Check the command Go Back in Acrobat's View| Go TO Menu. If it
is disabled (after a compilation) the above applies and WinEdt
cannot restore the previous position (neither could you do it
manually). Disable the relevant Acrobat option, restart
Acrobat, and hope for the best (this are really Adobe not
WinEdt issues). OK?

Best regards,

alex

Re: Winedt Spelling bug?

> I am using Build: 20071003 (v. 5.5) and have the following
> problem (it also occurred in 5.4)
>
> When I hit spell check on this text:
>
> assessed value. The marginal AF of annual water supply
> contributes \$8,000--18,000 to assessed value. These results
> allow us to evaluate previosuly-stated hypotheses:
>
> the dialog says no problems. If I do the same on this text:
>
> assessed value. The marginal AF of annual water supply
> contributes \$8,000--18,000 to assessed value. These results
> allow us to evaluate
>
> previosuly-stated hypotheses:
>
> it sees that previously is spelled wrong. When I do "check
> word" it also finds the error, but that is useless for an
> entire document.
>
> It's not that word and if I add other misspelled words to the
> same line they do not get the red underline.

This is not the case with the default settings.

It has to do with math environments $...$ being ignored for
spell checking. Empty line terminates such an environment if
the closing delimiter is not found. That explains it.

To prevent \$ triggering such behavior you must enter \$ into
the exceptions inside Dictionary Manager| Ignored Text Dialog.
Default settings for 5.5 already contain this setting. You may
want to modify any other such environments in the dialog or
check which ones are desirable and which ones are not (spell
checking math environments is usually unwanted but some users
might disagree -- it can be adjusted). OK?

Best regards,

alex

Re: Making PDF TeXify/Adobe Acrobat 8 remember the last viewed PDF page

Somewhat related query - can someone remind me the command sequence to 
compile from a specific point in the TeX file and have the DVI file open 
to that point. I know how to do the reverse (jump from the DVI file to 
the corresponding point in the TeX file), but not the other way around 
(which would be rather handy on occasion).

Thanks...

WinEdt Team wrote:
>> My WinEdt version is 20071003 (v. 5.5).
>>
>> Is it possible to make WinEdt remember what was my previous
>> viewing PDF page and start with it when I recompile my document
>> with PDF TeXify? Now, every time I recompile my document, Adobe
>> Acrobat 8 starts from the first page. Indeed, I would like to
>> make PDF TeXify behaves like Yap.
>
> You want Adobe Acrobat 8 to behave the same way as YAP (don't
> we all). Adobe should listen and address this aspect of its
> software
>
> WinEdt has limited control over Adobe and WinEdt cannot
> remember where you are. However, it can send Acrobat a DDE
> directive Go Back to make it restore the previous position.
> This works with Reader 8 and I had some (but not all) users
> confirm that it works with Acrobat as well as long as you
> configure it properly!
>
> This is from WinEdt's Help (Index| Acrobat):
>
>  HINT: If you are using Adobe Reader 7 you should make sure to
>  disable (if it's not disabled already) the option "Show
>  documents in taskbar" in the Reader's Edit -> Preferences |
>  General Dialog. With this option enabled, the Reader does not
>  focus properly when launched from external applications (and
>  acts oddly even when left to its own devices)...
>
>  In Adobe Reader 8 the corresponding option is in the Documents
>  section of its Preferences. It is called: Show each document in
>  its own Window. When enabled the Go Back functionality does not
>  work after a pdf file is recompiled.
>
> etc...
>
> Check the command Go Back in Acrobat's View| Go TO Menu. If it
> is disabled (after a compilation) the above applies and WinEdt
> cannot restore the previous position (neither could you do it
> manually). Disable the relevant Acrobat option, restart
> Acrobat, and hope for the best (this are really Adobe not
> WinEdt issues). OK?
>
> Best regards,
>
> alex
>

RE: Making PDF TeXify/Adobe Acrobat 8 remember the last viewed PDF page

shift-ctrl-s opens the dvi file in a place corresponding to where the
cursor is in your tex file.

shift-ctrl-v opens the dvi file at the start of the doc.

Andrew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Cooch [mailto:evan.cooch <at> cornell.edu] 
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 March 2008 12:38 PM
> To: winedt+list <at> wsg.net
> Subject: Re: [WinEdt] Making PDF TeXify/Adobe Acrobat 8 
> remember the last viewed PDF page
> 
> Somewhat related query - can someone remind me the command 
> sequence to 
> compile from a specific point in the TeX file and have the 
> DVI file open 
> to that point. I know how to do the reverse (jump from the 
> DVI file to 
> the corresponding point in the TeX file), but not the other 
> way around 
> (which would be rather handy on occasion).
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> WinEdt Team wrote:
> >> My WinEdt version is 20071003 (v. 5.5).
> >>
> >> Is it possible to make WinEdt remember what was my previous
> >> viewing PDF page and start with it when I recompile my document
> >> with PDF TeXify? Now, every time I recompile my document, Adobe
> >> Acrobat 8 starts from the first page. Indeed, I would like to
> >> make PDF TeXify behaves like Yap.
> >
> > You want Adobe Acrobat 8 to behave the same way as YAP (don't
> > we all). Adobe should listen and address this aspect of its
> > software
> >
> > WinEdt has limited control over Adobe and WinEdt cannot
> > remember where you are. However, it can send Acrobat a DDE
> > directive Go Back to make it restore the previous position.
> > This works with Reader 8 and I had some (but not all) users
> > confirm that it works with Acrobat as well as long as you
> > configure it properly!
> >
> > This is from WinEdt's Help (Index| Acrobat):
> >
> >  HINT: If you are using Adobe Reader 7 you should make sure to
> >  disable (if it's not disabled already) the option "Show
> >  documents in taskbar" in the Reader's Edit -> Preferences |
> >  General Dialog. With this option enabled, the Reader does not
> >  focus properly when launched from external applications (and
> >  acts oddly even when left to its own devices)...
> >
> >  In Adobe Reader 8 the corresponding option is in the Documents
> >  section of its Preferences. It is called: Show each document in
> >  its own Window. When enabled the Go Back functionality does not
> >  work after a pdf file is recompiled.
> >
> > etc...
> >
> > Check the command Go Back in Acrobat's View| Go TO Menu. If it
> > is disabled (after a compilation) the above applies and WinEdt
> > cannot restore the previous position (neither could you do it
> > manually). Disable the relevant Acrobat option, restart
> > Acrobat, and hope for the best (this are really Adobe not
> > WinEdt issues). OK?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > alex
> >
> 

Re: Making PDF TeXify/Adobe Acrobat 8 remember the last viewed PDF page

Re: MikTeX Accessories

> I have just moved my system from MikTeX 2.5 to 2.7. Everything is working
> fine, I am able to compile sources, view dvi, process pdf and ps, even
> install new packages on-the-fly.
> 
> Thank you for your help, I'll give a try to TeXSystem.edt.
> But I still don't understand (believe it or not, this is the most 
frustrating item for me) why the Execution
> Modes Dialog shows the correct paths, like in
> "F:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe"
> for latex mode. Here WinEdt seems to see the correct location for MikTeX 
executables. Why is it unable to
> find mo.exe and the others?
> Thank you very much for listening,
> Paolo Cavallo
> 
> 

Paolo,

Were you ever able to get this resolved?  I am trying to do the same thing and 
am having the same problem.

Thanks,
Christina

Re: Re: MikTeX Accessories

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Subject: [WinEdt]  Re: MikTeX Accessories
From: Christina <atbgal1973 <at> yahoo.com>
To: winedt+list <at> wsg.net
Date: Mon Mar 10 2008 20:52:02 GMT+0100 (ora solare Europa occidentale)

>> But I still don't understand (believe it or not, this is the most 
> frustrating item for me) why the Execution
>> Modes Dialog shows the correct paths, like in
>> "F:\Programmi\MiKTeX 2.7\miktex\bin\latex.exe"
>> for latex mode. Here WinEdt seems to see the correct location for MikTeX 
> executables. Why is it unable to
>> find mo.exe and the others?
> 
> Paolo,
> 
> Were you ever able to get this resolved?  I am trying to do the same thing and 
> am having the same problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Christina

Hi Christina,
I followed the advice of some people on the list and upgraded to the last build of WinEdt. That fixed the
problem - problably refreshing some link I was not able to access manually.
I hope this help you too.
Paolo