[OS X TeX] Re: PDFSync problems

Herbert Schulz herbs at wideopenwest.com
Wed Jul 20 17:56:06 EDT 2011


On Jul 20, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Justin C. Walker wrote:

> Hi, Juan,
> 
> On Jul 20, 2011, at 10:17 , Juan Luis Varona wrote:
> 
>> Justin C. Walker <justin at ...> writes:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi, all,
>>> 
>>> I just noticed the following "glitch" with labels and refs.  Maybe "pdfsync", 
>>> but I'm not sure.
>>> 
>>> If I put a label on an "exercise" (created with "\newtheorem"), 
>>> and then click on a ref to it, I end up at page 1,
>>> not the page where the exercise is.  
>>> 
>>> This worked in (the latest update to) TL-2010.  I'm currently using TL-2011.  
>>> 
>> 
>> I got the same that you describe both with texlive 2010 and texlive 2011.
>> 
>> I think that the problem is that the \begin{compactenum} forces a end of line 
>> just in the title of "Exercise", when latex do not want a end of line.
>> 
>> A workaround is to use
>> \begin{exercise}\quad\label{ExI.5}
> 
> That worked.  I don't know enough of the innards to understand it, but I'll go with it.
> 
>> Moreover, why to use \usepackage{pdfsync}? 
> 
> That's actually a red herring.  I meant synctex (and forgot I had the package included).  I have synctex checked in TeXShop's prefs, and the problem persists when I remove the "usepackage".
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion!
> 
> Justin

Howdy,

It is a fact that the pdfsync package can change the formatting of a document for the worse.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)






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