[Tex/LaTex] TeXstudio, no preview pdf file after compiling using User Commands

Question

I was trying to use package minted to insert Python code in my document and now succeeded in compiling and could generate the correct PDF file. I followed this thread which said it's better to create your own user command contained

pdflatex -shell-escape -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

But using this command to compile will not pop up the internal pdfviewer as using F5 to compile.

I tried goto

Options > Configure TeXStudio > Commands

and changed

pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

into

pdflatex -shell-escape -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex

then compiled through F5 again. This time it compiled correct and pop up the internal pdfviewer.

How can I still using user command but have internal pdfviewer at the same time?

Answer 1

Under Configure TeXstudio -> Build -> User commands, you can 'stack' the commands with the | character, so something like:

pdflatex --shell-escape -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex | txs:///view-pdf

should work. (see red box)

Alternatively, you can click the 'Spanner' icon (blue box in pic) to configure the Quick build command, in which you can add TXS-specific commands to the list, including view-pdf: