[OS X TeX] A short note on synchronization

[Luis Vitorio Cargnini]

Great, thanks!
Le 08-09-05 à 05:47, Bruno Voisin a écrit :

> With MacTeX-2008 the new SyncTeX technology has been introduced for  
> source <-> preview synchronization, and TeXShop is preset to use it  
> when typesetting in pdfTeX mode. I suspect questions will arise soon  
> on how to get TeXShop to use it in TeX and Ghostscript mode and with  
> the XeTeX and XeLaTeX engines as well. Here's how to do this.
>
> First, in order to get TeXShop's presets right, you need to move  
> away ~/Library/Preferences/TeXShop.plist and ~/Library/TeXShop  
> before launching the new TeXShop for the first time. In this way you  
> will get these file and folder recreated with the appropriate  
> presets when launching TeXShop. Of course, you'll need to merge back  
> your previous changes if any afterwards.
>
> Now, there are two tasks to look at: make the various (La)TeX  
> executables (tex, pdftex, xetex, ...) create the SyncTeX data when  
> processing a document, and make TeXShop use these data for source <- 
> > preview synchronization.
>
> The second task is taken care of in TeXShop Preferences > Misc >  
> Sync Method: SyncTeX must be checked, which is the new default.
>
> The second task is taken care of in TeXShop Preferences > Engine for  
> the standard (i.e., not XeTeX) engines: for pdfTeX the instructions  
> must be, for Tex,
>
> 	pdftex --shell-escape --synctex=1
>
> and for Latex,
>
> 	pdflatex --shell-escape --synctex=1
>
> which are the new defaults; for TeX + dvips + distiller the  
> instructions must be, for Tex,
>
> 	simpdftex etex --maxpfb --extratexopts "--synctex=1"
>
> and for Latex,
>
> 	simpdftex latex --maxpfb --extratexopts "--synctex=1"
>
> which are not the defaults for now. Hence, you need to edit these  
> yourself, by adding the flag
>
> 	--extratexopts "--synctex=1"
>
> in the two and by changing "tex" to "etex" in the first.
>
> For XeTeX you need to edit the two engines XeTeX.engine and  
> XeLaTeX.engine in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines, by adding the flag -- 
> synctex=1 to the xetex and xelatex calls in them, so that  
> XeTeX.engine reads
>
> 	#!/bin/tcsh
>
> 	set path= ($path /usr/texbin /usr/local/bin)
> 	xetex --synctex=1 "$1"
>
> and XeLaTeX.engine reads
>
> 	#!/bin/tcsh
>
> 	set path= ($path /usr/texbin /usr/local/bin)
> 	xelatex --synctex=1 "$1"
>
> The same applies to the alternative engines XeTeX-xdv2pdf.engine and  
> XeLaTeX-xdv2pdf.engine, normally in ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ 
> Inactive/XeTeX, should you use them. (Note that the default XDVI-to- 
> PDF driver invoked behind the scene by XeTeX has switched from the  
> Mac-specific xdv2pdf to the cross-platform xdvipdfmx with  
> MacTeX-2008.)
>
> Hope this helps some,
>
> Bruno Voisin
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