docview in emacs: refreshing dvi content automatically

Question

Is there a way Emacs can automatically refresh the buffer showing the dvi right after my LaTeX compilation? Thank you.

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 16 '11 at 14:02

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The global auto revert is not always desirable, in fact I only use it for for the DocView to see the new output of pdflatex.

The following will allow auto revert for the DocView major mode

(add-hook 'doc-view-mode-hook 'auto-revert-mode)

answered Jan 16 '11 at 14:02

Jesper.Reenberg

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+1, this automation is exactly what I wanted and makes sense for read-only doc-view mode buffers, but would be potentially dangerous for other buffers. – Flexo May 18 '11 at 13:35

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 15 '10 at 15:33

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Use interactive function:

auto-revert-mode

to enable reloading when the file changes.

answered Apr 15 '10 at 15:33

Jürgen Hötzel

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Or put (global-auto-revert-mode t) in .emacs in case you want this behavior for all files(I most certainly do) – Bozhidar Batsov Apr 15 '10 at 15:44

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