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    <p>I'm working with GNU Emacs 23.3 (9.0) on Mac OS X 10.7.2. I would like to use synctex to jump between .tex and .pdf files. Although there are many different approaches on the web, none worked properly (I tried 8 different approaches...). I finally ended up with the rather simple approach described here: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=TeX_and_PDF_Synchronization" rel="noreferrer">http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/skim-app/index.php?title=TeX_and_PDF_Synchronization</a></p> <p>So my .emacs contains:</p> <pre class="lang-lisp prettyprint-override"><code>'(LaTeX-command "latex -synctex=1") (require 'tex-site) (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook (lambda () (add-to-list 'TeX-output-view-style '("^pdf$" "." "/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -b %n %o %b"))) ) (server-start) </code></pre> <p>Of course, I also set up Skim (Preferences -> Sync -> checked "Check for file changes" and chose Preset: Emacs with command emacsclient and arguments --no-wait +%line "%file")</p> <p>As you can see, I included the <code>-b</code> option to displayline. I can call displayline from the terminal and it opens the .pdf and displays the corresponding line with a yellow/highlighted bar. Still, nothing is displayed on the current line if I compile the document with <code>latexmk -pvc -pdf</code> from a shell within Emacs.app.</p> <p>Question 1: How can I get this to work/How can I display the current line?</p> <p>Question 2: Is it possible to have a "proper" forward search by clicking the .tex and jumping to the corresponding line in the .pdf document? How can I "click" in emacs? The standard CMD + shift + click does not work in emacs. </p> <p>I also tried approaches using...</p> <pre class="lang-lisp prettyprint-override"><code>(setq TeX-source-correlate-method 'synctex) (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook 'TeX-source-correlate-mode) </code></pre> <p>... but nothing changes.</p> <p>I can CMD + shift + click in the .pdf and jump to the .tex, so that works.</p> <p>The only directions which I haven't looked into are:</p> <ol> <li><p>is this a latexmk problem? Most likely not, since latexmk explicitly displays <code>pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1</code> so synctex is recognized</p></li> <li><p>is it a wrong skim preference setting? Maybe I have to adjust the arguments to emacsclient there (?)</p></li> </ol> <p><strong>Solution</strong></p> <p>Indeed latexmk is the problem. I finally figured out the following settings:</p> <p><strong>~/.emacs</strong></p> <pre><code>;; make latexmk available via C-c C-c ;; Note: SyncTeX is setup via ~/.latexmkrc (see below) (add-hook 'LaTeX-mode-hook (lambda () (push '("latexmk" "latexmk -pdf %s" TeX-run-TeX nil t :help "Run latexmk on file") TeX-command-list))) (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook '(lambda () (setq TeX-command-default "latexmk"))) ;; use Skim as default pdf viewer ;; Skim's displayline is used for forward search (from .tex to .pdf) ;; option -b highlights the current line; option -g opens Skim in the background (setq TeX-view-program-selection '((output-pdf "PDF Viewer"))) (setq TeX-view-program-list '(("PDF Viewer" "/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -b -g %n %o %b"))) (server-start); start emacs in server mode so that skim can talk to it </code></pre> <p><strong>~/.latexmkrc</strong></p> <pre><code>$pdflatex = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1 %O %S'; $pdf_previewer = 'open -a skim'; $clean_ext = 'bbl rel %R-blx.bib %R.synctex.gz'; </code></pre> <p>This perfectly allows to compile with latexmk as default on C-c C-c and C-c C-v opens Skim at the current line which is nicely highlighted. With CMD + shift + click in the .pdf, one can then jump back to the corresponding paragraph in the .tex file (thanks to <code>server-start</code>).</p>
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