[texworks] Problem: % !TeX root = ../main.tex

[Jonathan Kew]

On 7 Sep 2009, at 21:05, sjo wrote:

> I am using miktex.

More precisely, are you using MikTeX 2.7? If so, you might like to try  
updating to 2.8; I believe there was a problem with the implementation  
of the synctex feature in the MikTeX 2.7 programs, which might explain  
your difficulties.

JK

> I have tried that and it sometimes work (partially,
> i.e. it takes me to the head of the \input file but not to the actual
> paragraph). Sometimes it will take me to the main text file.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jon
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alain Delmotte<esperanto at swing.be>  
> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> Coming back from EuroTeX2009.
>>
>> If you are working under Windows with mikTeX; you should add the .tex
>> extension in the input command:
>> \input{chapt2.tex}
>>
>> Alain
>>
>> sjo a écrit :
>>>
>>> The invocation of
>>> % !TeX root = ../main.tex
>>> in a /input subsection file works nicely to allow typesetting of a
>>> subsection.
>>>
>>> However, the reverse direction from clicking on a pdf does not
>>> reliably get you back to the equivalent position in the subsection
>>> latex file.
>>>
>>> I am working in revision 404 and wondered if there is some  
>>> workaround?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>