[TxMt] Typeset and View issue

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On Jan 7, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Brad Miller wrote:
> On Jan 7, 2008, at 10:31 AM, Charilaos Skiadas wrote:
>> Are you familiar with latexmk.pl, which automatically runs however  
>> many times it is necessary? Does that not take care of this  
>> problem for you?
>> I have found two things. First off, because of using latexmk.pl, I  
>> have never had the need to press those buttons.
>> Second, I would find it faster to press cmd-w and cmd-r, instead  
>> of clicking on the corresponding button.
>>
>> Not saying that this shouldn't be fixed, just that I would not  
>> have expected it to be too much of a problem.
>>
>> Brad, is this an easy fix?
>
> Haris,
>
> I have tried but I guess my understanding of Javascript is not as  
> deep as it needs to be yet.   When any of the buttons are pressed  
> there is a javascript function that is in charge of appending text  
> to the output window.  Like you, I rarely use the buttons because  
> latexmk.pl works so well in its latest incarnation.  I've tried  
> several variations of the document.location.hash = "foo" trick to  
> move the focus to the right part of the document but no luck.    If  
> anyone has javascript suggestions for how to scroll to the bottom  
> of the window I'm happy to try them out.

I think the Status menu in the Subversion bundle has a mechanism like  
that, perhaps it can help figure out what is going on. I'll take a  
look at it myself if I have the time, but I highly doubt I will,  
things are very hectic these days.

> Brad

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College