From: Nicola <nvitacolonna@gmail.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Synctex broken in LMTX ?
Date: Fri, 21 May 2021 08:50:54 -0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <s87s9e$imi$1@ciao.gmane.io> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <edae1026-f44b-d699-7630-70323ce4eec1@xs4all.nl>
On 2021-05-20, Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> One thing he asked is what I was asking you: it
>> would be useful if there were a way to sync in the other direction as
>> well.
> You mean sort of trying to deduce from the synctex file where to go in
> the pdf?
Yes. You provide a .tex file and a line number, and maybe also an
optional column number, and mtxrun outputs a .pdf file, a page number
and a coordinate pair or bounding box (I don't know what the best output
is).
> When the 'call external program' approach is used I can have an
> alternative (lua) output that is easier and might do that (less work).
> Lets first go one direction.
Dick prefers to tackle both directions at once: maybe you can coordinate
with each other.
> I only have a very old macbook and an old imac i once got so no real
> equipment to test anythign modern.
I'd be happy to help, and I am sure other users are interested, too.
Nicola
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-21 8:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-16 12:52 Otared Kavian
2021-05-16 14:53 ` Hans Hagen
2021-05-16 15:30 ` Nicola
2021-05-16 20:08 ` Hans Hagen
2021-05-17 13:35 ` Nicola
2021-05-20 19:38 ` Nicola
2021-05-20 21:24 ` Hans Hagen
2021-05-21 8:50 ` Nicola [this message]
2021-05-21 9:07 ` Hans Hagen
2021-05-21 10:37 ` Nicola
2021-05-16 16:57 ` Otared Kavian
2021-05-29 18:17 ` Nicola
2021-05-16 14:58 ` Hans Hagen
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