On Mar 3, 2011, at 14:45, Artemio González López wrote:
> On Mar 1, 2011, at 16:01, Artemio González López wrote:
>>
>> I have been using the latest Skim (1.3.12) with the just released Lion
>> Developer Preview for a couple of days with no problems at all, except for
>> an annoying glitch. Namely, although inverse search works well, forward
>> search (i.e. displayline) just takes you to the first page of the
>> corresponding pdf file, regardless of where you are in the tex file. I am
>> using emacs.app and auctex, but I think the problem definitely lies with
>> displayline (and Lion), since if I execute
>>
>> displayline 1000 foo.pdf foo.tex
>>
>> from the Terminal I get exactly the same behavior (jump to foo.pdf's first
>> page, not to line 1000).
>>
>> Does anybody have any idea of what's going on, or suggestions on how to fix
>> this?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Artemio
Try running some applescript in AppleScript Editor, and see what commands fail.
It seems it's an AppleScript problem, and AppleScript is extremely fragile and
it's behavior (i.e. its many bugs) change for every OS version. Have a look in
the displayline script (Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline) to see
what AppleScript it uses. In particular the "go to" command. Try something like:
tell application "Skim"
tell document 1
go to line 1000
end tell
end tell
and:
set theFile to POSIX file "/path/to/your/file.pdf"
tell application "Skim"
activate
open theFile
tell document 1
go to line 1000
end tell
end tell
and:
set theFile to POSIX file "/path/to/your/file.pdf"
set theSource to POSIX file "/path/to/your/file.tex"
tell application "Skim"
activate
open theFile
tell document 1
go to line 1000 from theSource
end tell
end tell
Christiaan
>>
>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:04, Christiaan Hofman wrote:
>>
>>> No idea, I don't have Lion so I cannot check this. It could be AppleScript,
>>> have you tried testing that? Or perhaps it's a timing issue, does it matter
>>> whether the file was already open or not? And do you see any console logs?
>>> If you want to answers you should try testing yourself, start with the
>>> AppleScript, testing out the pieces.
>>>
>>> Christiaan
>
> Christiaan,
>
> I don't think it's a timing issue, since i) the problem happens when the pdf
> file is open, and ii) Skim is activated and the cursor goes to the
> corresponding pdf window, but it doesn't move to the correct line. So I agree
> with you, it's probably an AppleScript problem.I would be more than glad to
> test this thing and let you know what the problem is (if I find out;.). Do
> you have any suggestions as to the possible things to try? (For instance, I
> tried to execute the displayline script directly from the Terminal, to
> discard any possible problems with Emacs/auctex, and the behavior was exactly
> the same).
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Artemio
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