On Sep 12, 2024, at 05:48-0400 Roger Lipsett <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been unable to get Emacs/Auctex to sync properly with Skim. Skim is
> opened when I invoke the sync command, but does not scroll the PDF to the
> selected location. This is on an M2 Macbook running Sonoma 14.5, Emacs
> 29.4, Auctex 14.0.6 installed from ELPA, Skim 1.7.4.
Below is my relevant settings and I don't have problem with syncing AUCTeX and
Skim. Of course make sure the paths are consistent with your system.
Good luck,
Kourosh
* Versions
- Emacs 29.4
- macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 with M3 chip
- AUCTeX 14.06
- Skim 1.7.4
* Emacs
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package tex
:ensure auctex
:custom
(TeX-master nil)
(TeX-newline-function 'reindent-then-newline-and-indent)
;; Configuration for PDF viewing
(TeX-view-program-selection '((output-pdf "PDF Viewer")))
(TeX-view-program-list
'(("PDF Viewer" "/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline
-r -b -g %n %o %b")))
(TeX-source-correlate-mode t)
(TeX-source-correlate-method 'synctex)
(TeX-source-correlate-start-server t)
;; Function to revert the PDF buffer after compilation
(TeX-after-compilation-finished-functions #'TeX-revert-document-buffer)
;; parse on save
(TeX-auto-save t)
;; parse on load
(TeX-parse-self t)
;; use hidden directories for AUCTeX files.
(TeX-auto-local ".auctex-auto")
;; just save, don't ask before each compilation.
(TeX-save-query nil)
;; export to pdf by default
(TeX-PDF-mode t)
;; automatically insert braces after sub/superscript in `LaTeX-math-mode'.
(TeX-electric-sub-and-superscript t)
;; don't show help buffer when step through errors
(TeX-display-help nil)
;; so auctex offers autocomplete for width in includegraphics macro in beamer
;; see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/auctex/2023-11/msg00003.html
(TeX-insert-macro-default-style 'show-all-optional-args)
:config
(add-hook 'TeX-after-compilation-finished-functions
#'TeX-revert-document-buffer)
:hook
((LaTeX-mode latex-mode TeX-mode tex-mode) . (lambda ()
(flyspell-mode 1)
(flyspell-buffer)
(visual-line-mode 1)
(LaTeX-math-mode 1)
(reftex-mode 1)
(setq TeX-PDF-mode t)
(setq
TeX-source-correlate-method 'synctex)
(setq
TeX-source-correlate-start-server t)))
)
#+end_src
* Skim
- On Sync tab in =PDF-TeX Sync support=, I have
- Preset: Custom
- Command: =/opt/homebrew/bin/emacsclient=
- Arguments: --no-wait +%line "%file"
