[XeTeX] What is synctex?

[Bruno Voisin]

Le 13 mai 08 à 11:11, Jonathan Kew a écrit :

>>> I'm a bit surprised that you're getting a synctex file by default;
> that's probably an error in the xetex version you have (I notice that
> your version number is already out-of-date!). You could try -
> synctex=0 on the command line, and/or \synctex=0 in your source, to
> see if either of these will suppress it; alternatively, update again
> to the newest code, as this area is still changing. You're only
> supposed to get that file if you specifically enable the feature.

Rebuilding from the most recent tarball, so as to get

	XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.998.3-dev (Web2C 7.5.6)

solves the issue: no .synctex.gz file any longer, with default settings.

With the older version from a week ago

	XeTeX 3.1415926-2.2-0.998.1 (Web2C 7.5.6)

either with default settings or with -synctex=0, a .synctex.gz file  
was created.

So much for living on the edge!

Bruno Voisin