async pdf export + DocView about scimax

[prtkm]

Maybe we can make a minor mode for this?

[jkitchin]

This works for me:

#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(add-hook 'after-save-hook (lambda ()
(org-latex-export-to-pdf 't)
(find-file-other-window
(concat
(file-name-base (buffer-file-name))
".pdf")))
nil t)
#+END_SRC

It is a buffer local hook that runs the async export every time you save
the buffer.

docview refreshes for me when the file rebuilds, and stays on the page
you were looking at. It is not fast, since it loads a whole new emacs. I
did not use autorevert mode.

A good pdf viewer would also refresh, although not many do that. Adobe,
for example does not, but Mac Preview does.

It seems like this could be a nice minor mode, I will play around with
it and see how it goes.

[prtkm]

I tried this, and you're right, docview isn't super convenient. I like the async + preview route better, that works pretty well with 2 screens.