[texworks] "jump to source" not working 0.3r736

[Alain Delmotte]

Hi!

Le 9/03/2011 08:11, Stefan Löffler a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> On 2011-03-08 19:15, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> I've just installed the test build TeXworks-w32-v0.3r736-build1.zip on
>> a 64 bit Windows 7 machine.  The "Jump to Source" menu item on the
>> right mouse button in the previewer appears to do nothing; "Jump to
>> PDF" in the editor brings the previewer to the front, but doesn't go
>> to the right page.
>>
>> I suspect this is due to problems reading the .synctex file, but I
>> don't know how to diagnose what they are.  Version 0.1 r432 is fine
>> with the file.  (The reason I suspect problems is that the .synctex
>> file is a little unusual:  it is not compressed, and it has been
>> edited from the original one produced by pdflatex.  So it is possible
>> that the edits have messed it up, but I don't know how.)
>
> OK, after some testing I think I found the problem.
> Normally, synctex files are written with the unix line ending
> convention, i.e., every line is terminated by a single linefeed
> character (\n, 0x0a). On Windows, lines are by default terminated by
> carriage-return + linefeed (\r\n, 0x0d 0x0a). As synctex doesn't expect
> this, Tw gets filenames that have a \r appended, which obviously are not
> found on the system.
>
> So, the solution is to take care of preserving the line ending
> convention when editing the file. This can even be done in Tw itself. In
> the editor window's status bar, the leftmost field (not counting the
> general message area) must read 'LF', not 'CRLF'. To change it, simply
> right-click on it. Then save the .synctex file. It might also be a good
> idea to close Tw before opening the .pdf, to make absolutely sure
> nothing is lurking in some internal buffer.
>
>> I have put most of the example files online at
>> http://www.stats.uwo.ca/faculty/murdoch/temp/texworks.  (There are
>> missing figures, but the main source files are there.)  The .Rnw file
>> is the real source; jumps should almost all go to it.  The .tex file
>> is an intermediate file produced by Sweave.
>
> As Paul mentioned, the .tex file was not accessible. The other files
> were, however, and since the .tex should be circumvented that was OK.

Either with CRLF or LF I have the same:
Jump to source or Jump to pdf brings the corresponding 
window under focus.

To use synctex I am using Ctrl+Click on the part I want to 
move to.

I don't remember that the menu options Jump to... where 
moving to specific place!

Alain

>
> HTH
> Stefan
>