[OS X TeX] synctex

[Claus Gerhardt]

Thanks Herb,

I overlooked this.

By the way, after transforming an Applescript that included all the my usual calls for a typesetting in TeXShop (saving, refreshpdf ,etc.) I could time it in the Terminal. Below are the results and the corresponding ones for straight pdftex calls (note all pdftexc alls included the synctex option):

(1) A 64p. document

(a) Applescript

real	0m1.163s
user	0m0.829s
sys	0m0.077s


(b) Straight pdftex

real	0m0.834s
user	0m0.777s
sys	0m0.040s

(2) 1 p. document

(a) Applescript

real	0m0.576s
user	0m0.347s
sys	0m0.065s


(b) Straight pdftex

real	0m0.344s
user	0m0.277s
sys	0m0.032s

Running the Applescript on the same file I couldn't detect a difference RAM vs. hard disk, though the results where actually written to the hard disk at least the tex file had been saved.


Claus










straight pdftex calls.
On Mar 20, 2011, at 16:30, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> 
> On Mar 20, 2011, at 10:15 AM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
> 
>> When timing some pdftex runs I noticed that the option --synctex=1 consumed on average 0.2 to 0.3 seconds, and furthermore, I noticed that this option is no longer necessary. Hence, I adjusted the shell scripts in Flashmode.
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> How did you come to the conclusion that the --synctex=1 option is not necessary if you want to sync between pdf and source? If I run pdflatex on a file without that option set no .synctex.gz file is created. It may be that TeXShop then resorts to a regular search which is not as accurate as one using synctex.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
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