[OS X TeX] synctex problem(s)

[Richard M. Koch]

Alan,

Aha. Thanks very much for that information. Adding the old synctex_parser wasn't easy, so it is nice
to hear that it works.

Dick Koch


> On Nov 22, 2017, at 5:22 AM, Alan Bowen <bowenalan03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Herb—
> 
> No, I am not on the luatex list but I did see Ulricke’s post on the ConTeXt list. Anyway, I am using the latest macOS and luatex 1.05.0 (the one distributed in the ConTeXt minimals). So no problems: syntex works. All I needed were the lines
> % !TEX useOldSyncParser
> 
> \setupsynctex[state=start, method=max]
> at the top of my source file.
> 
> I checked the syntex file and it is OK too.
> 
> All best, Alan
>  
> 
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com <mailto:herbs at wideopenwest.com>> wrote:
> > On Nov 17, 2017, at 6:44 AM, Alan Bowen <bowenalan03 at gmail.com <mailto:bowenalan03 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > 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 <mailto: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
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> Are you on the luatex list? Ulricke Fisher reported a problem with the latest updated luatex (1.0.6.2) seems to create a bad synctex file---at least on the Windows version. Are you using that bleeding edge version?
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
> 
> 
> 
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