[texworks] Ubuntu and synctex

[Martin Sievers]

Jonathan Kew schrieb:
> On 17 Sep 2008, at 1:04 PM, Martin Sievers wrote:
> 
>> Martti Nikunen schrieb:
>>> Hello, is there a way to make synctex work with TeXworks in Ubuntu?
>>> It does not create any synctex data. This happens with Martin Sievers'
>>> package (the latest) and also with self compiled version.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Martti Nikunen
>>> University of Helsinki
>>>
>>
>> Hello Martti,
>>
>> just hold Ctrl and click on the element you want to sync.
>> That works for me.
> 
> 
> Hi Martti,
> 
> I'm guessing that you have a TeX installation based on TeX Live 2007, as
> the Ubuntu packages probably haven't been updated to the 2008 release
> yet. In that case, the pdftex and xetex engines won't generate synctex
> data; this is a new feature of the engines in the TL2008 distribution
> (or other very up-to-date packages).
> 
> What does "pdftex --version" report, and "xetex --version"? For synctex,
> you need
> 
>     $ pdftex --version
>     pdfTeX 3.1415926-1.40.9-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> 
>     $ xetex --version
>     XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.999.6 (Web2C 7.5.7)
> 
> I don't know the status of TL2008 packaging for Ubuntu; it should be
> possible to install it directly from the TUG distribution, though,
> separately from the Ubuntu-packaged TeX.
> 
> JK
> 

I had already forgotten, that I updated pdftex manually exactly for
using synctex. Sorry for that Martti.

Martin

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