On 18 Jun 2008, at 11:57 PM, Charilaos Skiadas wrote:
> On Jun 18, 2008, at 5:37 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>
>>
>> On 18 Jun 2008, at 11:19 PM, robert coleman wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>> How can I do an inverse search from a skim document made from a
>>>> latex
>>>> file with \input files? I'm using auctex in aquamacs and
>>>> pdfsync. I
>>>> have \usepackage{pdfsync} in the preample and command-shift click
>>>> only takes me to the master file.
>>>
>>
>> Skim does support pdfsync for multi-file projects. though it depends
>> on what pdfsync does with it. And I don't know if pdfsync properly
>> handles \input, perhaps it only works with \include. So the short
>> answer is: this is a question about pdfsync and latex, not Skim. If
>> pdfsync can handle it, Skim can, and if pdfsync can't handle it, Skim
>> can't.
>>
>> BTW, if you use latex you shouldn't use \input to start with. That's
>> really bad practice, and if things don't work because of it you have
>> only yourself to blame (unless you collaborate, than you can blame
>> your collaborators).
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>
> Actually there's nothing wrong with \input{filename}, it is I believe
> well documented and part of LaTeX, and it differs from \include in
> the fact that it does not try a \clearpage. I couldn't find a
> reference right now, but I believe that "\input filename" is actually
> a different command, and that is the "TeX" one that one might want to
> avoid, and that's the one that pdfsync definitely does not follow.
No, "\command argument" is 100% equivalent to "\command{argument}" as
long as the first form makes sense. That's part of the TeX syntax:
braces are only used to *force* grouping, they're never required.
Christiaan
>
> But pdfsync will follow \input{filename}, as a simple example can
> show.
>
> So if the OP is using \input{filename}, it should work.
>
> Haris Skiadas
> Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
> Hanover College
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