{forward-inverse-search} is a technology for having synchronization between source and preview, e.g., being able to Ctrl-click (or similar) in the source and jump to the corresponding place in the preview of the document, and vice versa.
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Setup SyncTeX with Emacs
I want to setup SyncTeX with Emacs, or, more specifically, with AUCTeX, and Evince in Ubuntu. How can I do that? I would like both forward search (from source to output) and inverse search (from ...
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How to setup synctex with vim, pdflatex and an open-source PDF-viewer under Linux?
Inspired by the comments to this answer I am curious how to actually setup and use forward/reverse (inverse) search with vim, pdflatex and an open-source PDF-viewer under Linux.
Btw, to give more ...
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Forward-inverse search using SyncTeX with the precison of a single word
I would like to know if SyncTeX supports forward search and inverse search in a precision of a single word. The "default" implementation in both TeXLive and MikTeX only seems to be able to synchronize ...
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Is the pdfsync package still relevant?
I just got a bug report for multicol because of a strange white space at the top of the first column and I traced it to the use of the pdfsync package that added material in various places that did ...
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Location inside a LaTeX source code
When viewing a pdf of a long LaTeX document, it can sometimes be difficult to find where a certain equation or a line in the pdf is located in the source code, as there are no page numbers in the ...
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Configure forward search with Texmaker + SumatraPDF
Texmaker has a Built-in pdf viewer which supports synctex forward/inverse search out of the box. This Built-in viewer can be displayed embedded or in a separate window, external viewers always have a ...
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How to set up inverse search with Okular and Kile
The title pretty much sums it up. I use the package srcltx in my documents. I am running Ubuntu with Kile 2.1 and Okular 0.8.2 as a viewer. I am pretty sure that inverse search should work, but I ...
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Why is synctex in TL 2011 so fussy about filenames?
The forward search script I had written for vim and mupdf is no longer working since installing TL 2011, and upon investigating why, it seems that synctex is now very fussy about filenames, at least ...
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SyncTeX points to a wrong location in source or preview document
I have the following pretty simple document:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{xltxtra}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setmainlanguage{russian}
...
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How to set up forward search: from .tex under Emacs to position .pdf under Okular
I edit .tex file under Emacs and view them with Okular.
I have already set up the backward search: from .pdf to .tex by pressing Shift+Left click on the .pdf file. The related part of .emacs file is ...
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Configure kile to enable inverse search function
I'm aware of the existence of another thread with almost the same title "How to set up inverse search with Okular and Kile", but it doesn't solve my problem (at least I think so).
I'm using Kile (on ...
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Is there a “ForwardPDF” tool available?
When I am working on a big document, I find the srcltx package to be extremely useful. However, I also really like the hyperref package. Is it possible to use both? In particular, is there a way to ...
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Forward/inverse search for Texmaker on OS X
I have just started to use an Apple computer and want to use Texmaker. But forward/inverse search does not work at all. I am trying to follow the instructions but I'm not successful. What could I be ...
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Setting up forward search between Emacs+AUCTeX and Evince
Did anyone succeed setting up forward search between Emacs+AUCTeX and evince?
In order to establish inverse/forward search between Emacs+AUCTeX and evince, it is necessary to:
install new TeX Live ...
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TeX equivalent to #line
In C there is #line which allows stating the origin of a particular line of code. This is useful for autogenerated C source files: The (unreadable) code in the generated file is mapped back to the ...
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TeXworks: synctex works only partially
I've got a document that compiles without error or warnings (and looks about right) but for some segments of the document synctex doesn't seem to be working. What could be wrong?
The document ...
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1answer
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Synctex inverse search mistaken when using the crop package
When using pdflatex I generate synctex file for inverse search (point and click in SumatraPDF brings me to a correct line in TeXnicCenter). This works perfectly
However, if I use the crop package the ...
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1answer
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How can I make inverse/forward PDF searching mark and navigate to the line of the code?
I use TeX Live 2011, WinEdt 6.0 and SumatraPDF, the inverse and forward PDF search can only mark and navigate to the paragraph, how to make them point to the line ?
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How to double-click in PDF document to go to source code?
When creating a document, I usually build a DVI document because the YAP viewer has a nice feature which allows me to double-click on a word in the DVI document which then causes the source-code ...
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1answer
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Does pdf syncing (forward-inverse search) work with XeLaTeX?
I commonly use textmate+skim or more recently texpad.
I have zero problems with pdfsyncing (especially since skim fixed a bug not so long ago).
Even more recently I have been playing around with ...
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1answer
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Is forward search meant to work from an include file?
I am able to forward search from an emacs buffer containing my top level tex file to sumatrapdf by using the f8 key which is bound to Sumatra-jump-to-line. If i visit a buffer with a file included in ...
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1answer
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Inverse PDF Search in beamer
Can you please help in fixing a problem with inverse PDF search in beamer documents
beamer does not work correctly with SyncTeX. Inverse PDF search (in Sumatra, Texworks, etc. I’ve tried all windows ...
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1answer
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Syncing feature between editor and pdf viewer not working
I'm using TeXStudio on Windows 7 with MikTeX. I don't know how to get the "Jump to source" command that appears in the mouse right-click menu, in the pdf viewer, once I compile a *.tex file with Quick ...
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1answer
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Issues when using inverse/forward search with vim and xdvi (linux)
I am using vim 7.3.35 with the vim-latexsuite on ubuntu. After googling around I managed to setup forward/inverse search with xdvi by adding the following to my .vimrc:
let g:Tex_CompileRule_dvi = ...
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1answer
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How to do forward search to PDF file opened with Okular from include files when editing using VIM/GVIM
I'm using vim to edit my tex files and I use latex suite as a plugin to compile my tex sources and view them in using Okular pdf viewer.
Setting the following in Okular settings makes inverse search ...
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synctex problem with -output-directory in TeXLive
I am currently using Windows 7, TeXLive2011, and TeXworks 0.4.3.
I want to put all temporary files in tmp directory located in the same working directory as the .tex file. But, I want the final .pdf ...
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0answers
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Synctex and Environments [closed]
Synctex makes it possible to jump between your LaTeX code and the compiled PDF, which is absolutely great, if you have larger documents. However it is my impression that when you use environments, ...
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SumatraPDF Inverse Search
I wanted to set the SumatraPDF Inverse-Search option on Inlage, according to instructions on this page.
For some reason, my "options" menu ends at "Make SumatraPDF my default PDF reader" and doesn't ...
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1answer
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pdflatex, latexmk, synctex: Adding an option to pdflatex causes synctex to fail
The user "Mike" kindly helped me on Latex, Emacs: automatically open TeX Help buffer on error and close it after correction of the error? to create the following function which makes error detection ...
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1answer
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SyncTeX functionality in TeXShop and TeXworks
I have a LaTeX source code compiled with synctex=1. If I open it in TeXShop
and I can click in the viewer on a certain word then I am navigated exactly on the word in the source code. By contrast, if ...
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1answer
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Using SyncTeX with Adobe Acrobat Reader
The font rendering quality of Adobe Acrobat Reader is far superior to that of other PDF viewers. It also supports scripting via JavaScript. The debugger for JavaScript can apparently be enabled in ...
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1answer
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AucTeX PDF syncing in Emacs, multiple windows problem
I have enabled Tex-source-correlate-mode with syntex as the syncing method. When I have a single Emacs window open, it works fine. But if I have multiple Emacs windows open, whenever I press Ctrl-left ...
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1answer
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Change view-command in Emacs and AUCTeX (pdf mode)
My version of Emacs and AUCTeX[1] uses
TeX-evince-sync-view
for viewing pdf.
This command is not working for some reason. Evince is launched but Emacs freezes and I have an error
Couldn't find ...
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1answer
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How to set up Okular for forward/backward search with TeX Live 2011? (not trivial anymore)
I am working with Xbuntu 12.04 on a MacBook Air 4,1. I have Okular version 0.14.3 and TeX Live 2011 installed.
I used to have perfect forward (from .tex to .pdf) and backward (from .pdf to .tex) ...
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1answer
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Issue with TeXMaker on win7 and beamer [closed]
Not sure if this question is appropriate for this forum...
Just wondering if others can confirm this before sending it to the developers.
Setup:
TeXMaker
TeXLive 2012
pdflatex with synctex enabled
...
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0answers
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How to configure Okular so that I can locate the line approximately correct, when in forwardPDF
I am using Kile editing my tex files, with Okular for viewing the dvi and PDF files. And I can search the source file from PDF fairly well. I have configured Kile as follows in order to highlight the ...
3
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0answers
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SyncTeX wrongly placed when XeTeX called with -aux-directory [closed]
I am using MikTeX 2.9 and compiling "hello.tex" containing:
\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
text
\end{document}
with:
xelatex --synctex=1 --aux-directory=auxdir hello.tex
produces a ...
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1answer
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Texmaker generated pdf file not showing the position of cursor
I am compiling LaTeX files with Texmaker on Ubuntu 12.04 system.
When I run pdflatex and then view the pdf file (internal), it does not show me the exact place where I am editing on Texmaker i.e. ...
2
votes
1answer
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Tex and pdf synchronization
I'm trying to make backward and forward search work between my pdf output in skim and my tex file in macvim with 'vim latex suite' using PDFSync. I think I did everything well, as when I ...
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1answer
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LaTeX viewer and forward search: how to achieve?
(solved)
I am facing some problem with viewing the PDF. I am using TeXnicCenter on windows.
How can I direct Adobe Reader 10.1 so that it opens at the place where the file was last edited?
This is ...
2
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1answer
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differences of pdf sync in TexShop
I have this stupid issue that bothers me. I use TexShop on two different computers, and when I command-click the source code (i.e., a forward-inverse search), each computer behaves differently.
One ...
2
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1answer
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How to get forward-search working in Kile with nested source files
I have a huge set of .tex files which compile into a single document. I have recently switched to Kile on Unbuntu (love it so far). However I see that forward search from source files other than the ...
2
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1answer
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How can I open View PDF in the page the cursor is at TexMakerX?
I've been using TexMakerX for about a week. In the document I'm producing, I use pdfLaTeX (F6) to generate the output file, and then I use View PDF (F7).
When I use View PDF, it's supposed to open at ...
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2answers
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Texstudio and Texmaker forward and inverse search
Do these programs support forward and inverse search (with built in PDF viewer or YAP) for files that have a root file which has many chapter files used with \include? I have tried this with no ...
2
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1answer
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How to enable LyX forward search with okular
The title says it. The instructions in http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SyncTeX no longer works for forward search. I think the PDF command:
okular --unique "file:$$o#src:$$n $$t"
is no longer working for new ...
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0answers
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Configuring forward and inverse search with TeXmaker 3.5.2 + SumatraPDF 2.2.1
I can't configure forward and inverse search with TeXmaker 3.5.2 + SumatraPDF 2.2.1, i already tried all solutions given for this kind of problem in Configure forward search with Texmaker + SumatraPDF ...
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0answers
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Pdf sync with TeXShop
I am using TexShop on a Mac OS X Lion. I can sync between the pdf file and the tex file by a right click on "Sync" on the mouse.
My question is the following:
Is it possible also when I compile a ...
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0answers
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Problem with pdfcomment and pdfsync [duplicate]
I have a problem with using both pdfsync and pdfcomment together: once I use pdfsync, the comment causes a line break, which it shouldn't do. As an example, compile with and without ...
2
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0answers
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Kile inverse search fails with Texlive 2011 [closed]
I am using Scientific Linux 6.1. When I installed Kile it came with Texlive 2007 so I installed Texlive 2011 and made necessary changes to make Kile use Texlive 2011.
The problem is , am unable to ...
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TeXnicCenter and Sumatra PDF forward/inverse search off by a few paragraphs [closed]
I am using TeXnicCenter 2.0 Alpha 4 and MikTex 2.9 with SumatraPDF 2.0.1.
My forward/inverse search is off by 3-4 paragraphs. Forward/inverse search under DVI and YAP works correctly. My setup is ...
