SyncTeX with SumatraPDF under miktex.
Hongyi Zhao
I learned form William's blog
(http://william.famille-blum.org/blog/index.php) that Most TeX
distributions (TeXLive and
MikTex) have now been updated to support SyncTeX.
Currently, I use the miktex-2.7.2960, who can give me some hints on how
to know whether the pdflatex in this miktex's version has the built-in
SyncTeX or not?
Regards,
--
Hongyi Zhao <hongy...@gmail.com>
Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Martin Heller
> Dear all,
>
> I learned form William's blog
> (http://william.famille-blum.org/blog/index.php) that Most TeX
> distributions (TeXLive and
> MikTex) have now been updated to support SyncTeX.
>
> Currently, I use the miktex-2.7.2960, who can give me some hints on how
> to know whether the pdflatex in this miktex's version has the built-in
> SyncTeX or not?
MikTeX 2.7 supports SyncTeX. Use the -syntex flag.
pdflatex --help
-synctex=N Generate SyncTeX data for previewers if
nonzero.
Hongyi Zhao
I've installed the latest miktex (miktex2.7.3164.0) and now I can use
this option, but when I use it with SumatraPDF, I meet the following
issues:
with forwards search, I will get the error "Erroo loading PDF file."
within the SumatraPDF viewer.
Then I opent the pdf with SumatraPDF viewer to do the inverse search, I
will meet the error: "Synchronization file cannot be opened".
Who can give me some hints on the above things?
Martin Heller
> I've installed the latest miktex (miktex2.7.3164.0) and now I can use
> this option, but when I use it with SumatraPDF, I meet the following
> issues:
>
> with forwards search, I will get the error "Erroo loading PDF file."
> within the SumatraPDF viewer.
>
> Then I opent the pdf with SumatraPDF viewer to do the inverse search, I
> will meet the error: "Synchronization file cannot be opened".
>
> Who can give me some hints on the above things?
Describe exactly what you you are doing.
MikTeX+WinEdt+SyncTeX+Sumatra works on my PC.
Some guesses:
You need to use -synctex=-1 (not 1).
You are using some wrong DDE commands to call Sumatra.
Hongyi Zhao
> Hongyi Zhao skrev:
>
>> I've installed the latest miktex (miktex2.7.3164.0) and now I can use
>> this option, but when I use it with SumatraPDF, I meet the following
>> issues:
>>
>> with forwards search, I will get the error "Erroo loading PDF file."
>> within the SumatraPDF viewer.
>>
>> Then I opent the pdf with SumatraPDF viewer to do the inverse search, I
>> will meet the error: "Synchronization file cannot be opened".
>>
>> Who can give me some hints on the above things?
>
> Describe exactly what you you are doing.
> MikTeX+WinEdt+SyncTeX+Sumatra works on my PC.
Let me describe what I've done in a more detailed version:
1- I install the latest MiKTeX 2.7.3164.0 including the complete packages.
2- I downloaded the following files:
http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/SumatraPDF-sync.exe
3- I configure the SumatraPDF-sync.ext with WinEdt according to the
guidance by William Blum on his blog:
http://william.famille-blum.org/blog/index.php. In more detail, his
said that:
----------------
Configuring with WinEdt
For WinEdt, I have created a macro file to do all the stuff
automatically. To install it, proceed as follows:
1- Download the macro file Sumatra-Find.edt.
2- Save it in the folder: C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt\Exec\
3- Edit the file: goto line 22 and replace the string
'd:\Tools\SumatraPDF-sync.exe' by the path to your local copy of Sumatra.
4- Go to the menu 'Option\Menu setup'. Create a new macro menu somewhere
(under 'Accessories' for instance) and fill the options as follows:
Name: Sumatra Find
Macro: Exe('%b\Exec\Sumatra-Find.edt');
Requires File Filter: %P\%N.pdf
Start in: %P
Shortcut: F8
That's it! Now you can just press F8 anywhere in your .tex sources files
and it will automatically locate the corresponding position in the PDF.
----------------
4- In my case, I just replace the string 'd:\Tools\SumatraPDF-sync.exe'
by the path to my local copy of Sumatra, i.e.,
F:\zhaohs\TeX-Fonts-CJK\add-ons\bin\SumatraPDF-sync.exe.
5- For WinEdt, I do the following change for pdflatex command:
From Options -- Execution Modes -- Console Applications -- PDFLaTeX,
add the "-synctex=1" to its Switchs command line options.
Is there something wrong in the above steps?
Martin Heller
>
> http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
I use this line in WinEdt to open Sumatra from WinEdt:
Run('C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
-reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
\"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
> From Options -- Execution Modes -- Console Applications -- PDFLaTeX,
> add the "-synctex=1" to its Switchs command line options.
^^^
I think you should use
-synctex=-1
otherwise the synctex file will be gzipped and Sumatra does not
like that.
Hongyi Zhao
> Hongyi Zhao skrev:
>
>> http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
>
>
> I use this line in WinEdt to open Sumatra from WinEdt:
>
> Run('C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
> -reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
> \"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
Do you mean, customize a macro within winedt like this:
---------------------
Menu Items: SumatraPDF-sync
Macro: Run('F:\zhaohs\TeX-Fonts-CJK\add-ons\bin\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
-reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
\"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
Requires File Filter: %P\%N.pdf
Start in: %P
Shortcut: F4
---------------------
I've done the above thing, but the above settings only can open a blank
SumatraPDF viewer and no pdf file opened within it.
Why does this happen, what should I do?
>
>> From Options -- Execution Modes -- Console Applications -- PDFLaTeX,
>> add the "-synctex=1" to its Switchs command line options.
> ^^^
>
> I think you should use
> -synctex=-1
> otherwise the synctex file will be gzipped and Sumatra does not
> like that.
Thanks for this information. I've use this switch as "-1" now.
Hongyi Zhao
> Hongyi Zhao skrev:
>
>> http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
>
>
> I use this line in WinEdt to open Sumatra from WinEdt:
>
> Run('C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
> -reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
> \"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
Now, I change the corresponding codes for invoking
Sumatra in the Sumatra-Find.edt according to the above codes supplied by
you. But I'll get the "Error loading pdf file" error. Why?
Hongyi Zhao
> On Oct 16, 9:40 PM +0800, Martin Heller <mr_h...@yahoo.dk> wrote:
>> Hongyi Zhao skrev:
>>
>>> http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
>>
>>
>> I use this line in WinEdt to open Sumatra from WinEdt:
>>
>> Run('C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
>> -reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
>> \"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
>
> Now, I change the corresponding codes for invoking
> Sumatra in the Sumatra-Find.edt according to the above codes supplied by
> you. But I'll get the "Error loading pdf file" error. Why?
Now, I update the Sumatra to 0.9.3 and can open the pdf using Sumatra by
clicking the
Acrobat Reader button within winedt's menubar with the following two
files installed:
http://www.winedt.org/temp/Acrobat OpenDoc.edt
http://www.winedt.org/temp/Acrobat OpenDoc-Find.edt
But I still don't know how
can I make the forwards and inverse search work for me smoothly. I've
tried a lot and cann't
figured this issue out. Would you like give me some hints on this
once more? Thanks in advance.
Heiner Richter
Using
\usepackage{pdfsync}
in your tex-document and changing execution modes/acrobat (under winedt
options) to sumatra you have the features doubleclick from within
pdf-file or vice versa use F8 from within winedt
Hongyi Zhao
[snip]
>
> Using
>
> \usepackage{pdfsync}
I've done.
>
> in your tex-document and changing execution modes/acrobat (under winedt
> options) to sumatra you have the features doubleclick from within
> pdf-file or vice versa use F8 from within winedt
I've done, but when I doubleclick from within
pdf-file, I get the error message like this: "No synchronization info at
this position". You can get the screenshot of this error message from
my ftp server: ftp://159.226.135.215/incoming/doubleclick_error.png
Furthmore, the F8 has been bound by me to a customized macro, and I
don't know from where can I customize a new shortcut for the above
operation.
Heiner Richter
> On Oct 17, 4:30 PM +0800, Heiner Richter <heiner....@web.de> wrote:
> [snip]
>>
>> Using
>>
>> \usepackage{pdfsync}
>
> I've done.
>
>>
>> in your tex-document and changing execution modes/acrobat (under
>> winedt options) to sumatra you have the features doubleclick from
>> within pdf-file or vice versa use F8 from within winedt
>
> I've done, but when I doubleclick from within
> pdf-file, I get the error message like this: "No synchronization info at
> this position". You can get the screenshot of this error message from
> my ftp server: ftp://159.226.135.215/incoming/doubleclick_error.png
Sometimes (clicking at the wrong place) i get this message too. Perhaps
you should start a new paragraph (or make a \section, a \subsection) an
doubleclick there at the subject or at the first line of the paragraph
Martin Heller
>>>> http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
>>>
>>> I use this line in WinEdt to open Sumatra from WinEdt:
>>>
>>> Run('C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
>>> -reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
>>> \"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
>> Now, I change the corresponding codes for invoking
>> Sumatra in the Sumatra-Find.edt according to the above codes supplied by
>> you. But I'll get the "Error loading pdf file" error. Why?
I meant you should replace the line that opens Sumatra in
Sumatra-Find.edt with the single unwrapped line above.
> Now, I update the Sumatra to 0.9.3 and can open the pdf using Sumatra by
> clicking the
> Acrobat Reader button within winedt's menubar with the following two
> files installed:
>
> http://www.winedt.org/temp/Acrobat OpenDoc.edt
> http://www.winedt.org/temp/Acrobat OpenDoc-Find.edt
>
> But I still don't know how
> can I make the forwards and inverse search work for me smoothly. I've
> tried a lot and cann't
> figured this issue out. Would you like give me some hints on this
> once more? Thanks in advance.
Does a foo.synctex file get generated if you run
pdflatex -synctex=-1 foo.tex
on a simple file like:
% foo.tex
\documentclass{articles}
\begin{document}
foo
bar
baz
\end{document}
Martin Chicoine
> On Oct 17, 4:30 PM +0800, Heiner Richter <heiner.rich...@web.de> wrote:
> [snip]
>
>
>
> > Using
>
> > \usepackage{pdfsync}
>
> I've done.
No, don't use pdfsync, this is the old way of doing it. Just use the -
synctex=-1 option.
Maybe you should go on the sumatrapdf-sync or on the Winedt forums.
Hongyi Zhao
> Hongyi Zhao skrev:
>
>>>>> http://william.famille-blum.org/software/sumatra/Sumatra-Find.edt
>>>> I use this line in WinEdt to open Sumatra from WinEdt:
>>>>
>>>> Run('C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF-sync.exe
>>>> -reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"%B\WinEdt.exe\"
>>>> \"[Open(|%%f|);SelPar(%%l,8);]\""','%P');
>>> Now, I change the corresponding codes for invoking
>>> Sumatra in the Sumatra-Find.edt according to the above codes supplied by
>>> you. But I'll get the "Error loading pdf file" error. Why?
>
> I meant you should replace the line that opens Sumatra in
> Sumatra-Find.edt with the single unwrapped line above.
Thanks for your correcting me, I've realized that I had misunderstand
you. But even with this corrected settings, the issue is still the same
as before. In addition, I also learned from the winedt's yahoo group
forum that the following two edt files are more compatible with winedt
than the Sumatra-Find.edt is.
>
>> Now, I update the Sumatra to 0.9.3 and can open the pdf using Sumatra by
>> clicking the
>> Acrobat Reader button within winedt's menubar with the following two
>> files installed:
>>
>> http://www.winedt.org/temp/Acrobat OpenDoc.edt
>> http://www.winedt.org/temp/Acrobat OpenDoc-Find.edt
>>
>> But I still don't know how
>> can I make the forwards and inverse search work for me smoothly. I've
>> tried a lot and cann't
>> figured this issue out. Would you like give me some hints on this
>> once more? Thanks in advance.
>
> Does a foo.synctex file get generated if you run
>
> pdflatex -synctex=-1 foo.tex
>
> on a simple file like:
>
> % foo.tex
> \documentclass{articles}
Aha, should be \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> foo
>
> bar
>
> baz
> \end{document}
See the compile result according to the above minimal example with the
command: pdflatex -synctex=-1 foo.tex
ftp://159.226.135.215/incoming/foo.zip
Hongyi Zhao
> On 17 oct, 06:10, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 17, 4:30 PM +0800, Heiner Richter <heiner.rich...@web.de> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>
>>
>>> Using
>>> \usepackage{pdfsync}
>> I've done.
>
> No, don't use pdfsync, this is the old way of doing it. Just use the -
> synctex=-1 option.
Thanks for your advices.
>
> Maybe you should go on the sumatrapdf-sync or on the Winedt forums.
Yes, I'm go on discussing this issue with some Gurus on the the Winedt
forums.
Hongyi Zhao
[snip]
> Yes, I'm go on discussing this issue with some Gurus on the the Winedt
> forums.
As the supplement stuff of the current issue in question, I relay the
following from Winedt-list to here:
----------------------------
On Friday, October 17, 2008 at 18:34, Bernard...@math.u-psud.fr wrote:
> Normally, when you click on the icon, the pdf document opens at the
> exact line where was the cursor in the editor window ; this line is
> highlighted in violet. Doesn't it happen that way for you ?
When I click on the icon of *Acrobat Reader* which has been
changed to invoke the SumatraPDF viewer, I just can open the pdf file,
as for the cursor location, will always reside at a changeless
location regardless I put the cursor in different loactions in the
editor window.
> If not,
> maybe the auxiliary files are not in the document's directory, but in
> a subdirectory ;
I'm writing my PhD thesis, which consist
of multi tex files in different subdirectories belong to the main tex file's
directory, e.g., each chapter take a separate tex file and all of
these chapters are put in the same subdirectory called chapters, and
so on.
> you must know that the .synctex file has to be in the
> document's directory. (Actually, I've made a shortcut for the macro -
> F8 -,rather than using the icon.)
In my case, the .synctex file is located in the main tex document's
directory. Furthermore, the F8 has been bound to a customized
macro by me and I don't want to change this, so, from where can I make
a new shortcut for the macro to do that thing?
> As for inverse search, I just have to double-click at some place in
> the pdf file to be back at the source code in the editor window.
When I doubleclick from within
pdf-file, I get the error message like this: "No synchronization info at
this position".
You can get the screenshot of this error message from my ftp server:
ftp://159.226.135.215/incoming/doubleclick_error.png
----------------------------
Martin Chicoine
> On Oct 17, 9:02 PM +0800, Martin Chicoine <martin.chico...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 17 oct, 06:10, Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.z...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Oct 17, 4:30 PM +0800, Heiner Richter <heiner.rich...@web.de> wrote:
> >> [snip]
>
> >>> Using
> >>> \usepackage{pdfsync}
> >> I've done.
>
> > No, don't use pdfsync, this is the old way of doing it. Just use the -
> > synctex=-1 option.
>
> Thanks for your advices.
Also, you should delete the .pdfsync file that was created because it
could interfere.
Hongyi Zhao
> Also, you should delete the .pdfsync file that was created because it
> could interfere.
Thanks again.