[OS X TeX] synctex problem(s)

[Alan Bowen]

Thanks, Dick. Since I am using the latest beta of ConTeXt, I will get from
Hans the commands for turning synctex off.

All best, Alan

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 7:02 PM, Richard M. Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:

> Alan,
>
> Turning synctex off is easy, The pdflatex-like engines have a flag
>
>         --synctex=1
>
> Totally omitting this flag turns synctex off. The TeX + dvips + distiller
> engine is a script which
> passes some flags to the typesetter, using the phrase
>
>         --extratexopts "-file-line-error -synctex=1"
>
> Removing -synctex=1 from this phrase turns synctex off.
>
> There are complications because you use ConTeXt. This system can typeset
> using several
> engines: pdfTeX, LuaTeX, etc. It is also updated regularly, so I don't
> know if you are using
> the version in TeXLive 2017 or a more recent beta..
>
> Hans Hagen wrote me saying that the engine flags are irrelevant for recent
> betas,
> and instead synctex is turned on or off using particular ConTeXt source
> commands.
>
> I therefore recommend contacting Hans directly to get the correct
> instructions for your particular
> versions of ConTeXt and Typesetting Engine.
>
> Dick Koch
>
>
>
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