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From: cjmchale@cs.tcd.ie (Ciaran McHale)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: xdvi?
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.141715.17107@cs.tcd.ie>
Date: 22 Feb 91 14:17:15 GMT
References: <9102211638.AA01077@ayers-rock..tivoli.com>
Organization: DSG, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Trinity College, Dublin.
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In <9102211638.AA01077@ayers-rock..tivoli.com>
martin@ayers-rock.tivoli.COM (Martin Neath) writes:

>I have a binary xdvi for DEC MIPS/Ultrix and  can successfully execute it and
>preview my dvi  files.  However, what I  don't have  are any man  page and/or
>instructions for options, commands, etc.  For example, how  can I get xdvi to
>"re-read"  the  dvi  file after a  change?    Any help or   pointers would be
>appreciated.

When xdvi has to redraw parts of the window (either on an
Expose event or if you press one of the buttons to zoom in
on a part of the page) it checks the last modified time on
the .dvi file to see has it been updated recently; if so
xdvi will reread in the file and then redraw then window.


Ciaran.
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