Hi, Suse 9.1, but this has happened in all Suse's I've used for a long time. When I open a .pdf document, it displays in Acrobat just fine. When I attempt to close the Acrobat window using the checkbox of the window, then only my document closes, but there remains a blank Acrobat window. If I close via the Acrobat file menu, then the program actually closes. I'd like to have it close fully when clicking the window checkbox, like most programs do. How to make this work as expected? Thanks for ideas. Good day! -- ____________________________________ Christopher R. Carlen Principal Laser/Optical Technologist Sandia National Laboratories CA USA crcarle@sandia.gov
On Wed July 28 2004 9:55 am, Christopher Carlen wrote:
Hi,
Suse 9.1, but this has happened in all Suse's I've used for a long time.
When I open a .pdf document, it displays in Acrobat just fine. When I attempt to close the Acrobat window using the checkbox of the window, then only my document closes, but there remains a blank Acrobat window.
If I close via the Acrobat file menu, then the program actually closes.
I'd like to have it close fully when clicking the window checkbox, like most programs do.
How to make this work as expected?
As much as it sucks, I think that that's the way that Adobe "expects" it to work. You could try using kde's "kghostview", but it seems slower and more likely to have difficulties with complex pdf files. -Nick -- <<< Knock, knock, Neo. >>> /`-_ Nicholas R. LeRoy The Condor Project { }/ http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~nleroy http://www.cs.wisc.edu/condor \ / nleroy@cs.wisc.edu The University of Wisconsin |_*_| 608-265-5761 Department of Computer Sciences
In a previous message, Christopher Carlen
When I attempt to close the Acrobat window using the checkbox of the window, then only my document closes, but there remains a blank Acrobat window.
Acrobat's been like this on linux for as long as I've known it. Annoying, isn't it? :-( John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Fields of Valour: 2 Norse clans battle on one of 3 different boards
On Wednesday 28 July 2004 11:31 am, John Pettigrew wrote:
Acrobat's been like this on linux for as long as I've known it. Annoying, isn't it? :-(
It's true! Wow, I almost forgot about it. I open Acrobat Reader...I read a document..and like a robot, I'll click 2 times on the X button. I just got used to it...but yes..it sucks.
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 10:55, Christopher Carlen wrote:
Hi,
Suse 9.1, but this has happened in all Suse's I've used for a long time.
When I open a .pdf document, it displays in Acrobat just fine. When I attempt to close the Acrobat window using the checkbox of the window, then only my document closes, but there remains a blank Acrobat window.
If I close via the Acrobat file menu, then the program actually closes.
I'd like to have it close fully when clicking the window checkbox, like most programs do.
How to make this work as expected?
Click on it twice and it will close. I use this feature to close a document in order to open another after it. -- Ken Schneider unix user since 1989 linux user since 1994 SuSE user since 1998 (5.2) * PLEASE only reply to the list *
Christopher Carlen
When I open a .pdf document, it displays in Acrobat just fine. When I attempt to close the Acrobat window using the checkbox of the window, then only my document closes, but there remains a blank Acrobat window.
Acroread is a bit special because it keeps only one process running. If you start a new process (e.g. "acroread document.pdf") then the original process displays the document.pdf in a new window and the new process exits. (See also "acroread -helpall", useFrontEndProgram.) An unpleasant side effect is that if acroread crashes (e.g. due to unsuccessful search in 5.0.8) then all open documents are gone.
I'd like to have it close fully when clicking the window checkbox, like most programs do.
It's only the last window that resists a bit and needs a double click. If you keep one window as an icon all the time then windows started via "acroread document.pdf" can be closed by a single click. -- A.M.
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