[OS X TeX] puzzled with syncTeX

[Themis Matsoukas]

> On Sep 29, 2015, at 2:25 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 1:17 PM, Ettore Aldrovandi <ealdrov at mail.math.fsu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> SyncTeX records absolute paths, not relative ones. What you describe could have happened if the synctex file in backup_folder was copied from the one in current_folder, as opposed to resulting from the compilation of the tex file directly in backup_folder.
>> 
>> —Ettore
>> 
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Great explanation! In general just keep copies of the source(s) (and associated figures, bib files, etc.) and a pdf for reference. Don't ``backup'' aux or synctex files; recompile if necessary.
> 

Great explanation indeed. Of course the quick way to backup is to duplicate the entire folder but the lesson here is to compile once before leaving it alone.

> Between AutoSave and Time Machine I pretty much no longer do that sort of thing except if I'm going to have to compare versions on a regular basis.

There are some case where you need a duplicate copy outside Time Machine. In my case, these are lecture notes for my class. I saved a “frozen” copy to reflect the version I distributed in class, but in the meanwhile I have been revising extensively. It’s when I tried to correct some typos in the frozen version that I faced this problem. 

Themis

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