Well, it is very unusual to have several instances of an app open at the same
time. Usually there is just one instance of the app running, and in it you open
multiple files.
Christiaan
On Dec 9, 2014, at 4:53, Dominique Orban wrote:
> Vim does have the files open, but there are several Vim instances open, each
> with several files. I didn't think it was unusual to have several editors
> open, each editing multi-file LaTeX documents, but I believe the solution you
> propose would resolve the issue (having %output be the PDF file's full path).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dominique
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I know nothing about Vim, so I also have no idea what a "server" means in
> this context.
>
> You should admit that this is not a natural situation, because usually text
> editors just have files opened.
>
> I guess we could also replace something like %output with the PDF file's path.
>
> Christiaan
>
> is one
> On Dec 9, 2014, at 0:04, Dominique Orban wrote:
>
>> You're right that you want to edit a specific file, but to avoid having to
>> search all Vim servers, I give each Vim instance a server name equal to the
>> full path of the master TeX file (which also ends up being the name of the
>> PDF file, save for the extension). If it were possible to obtain the name of
>> the PDF file from Skim, I could call the appropriate vim server directly,
>> and not scan through them all (which is not very elegant).
>>
>> It also seems natural to know which Skim instance emitted the request; I
>> typically have multiple multi-file TeX documents typeset in multiple Skim
>> windows.
>>
>> I imagine the same issue must come up with other editors.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Dominique
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> No, as I said, there are no other variables.
>>
>> Still, why would this be relevant? You want to edit a specific file, not the
>> master file per se.
>>
>> Christiaan
>>
>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 17:59, Dominique Orban wrote:
>>
>>> It could be useful to know the name of the master TeX file, which is also
>>> the name of the PDF file. Is there no way to get that information?
>>>
>>> Dominique
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Dec 8, 2014, at 6:19, Dominique Orban wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've got reverse sync working between Vim (in the terminal) and Skim, but
>>>> it only seems to work when my document consists of a single file. I know
>>>> about http://molecularclouds.blogspot.ca/2012/01/latex-vim-skim.html
>>>> (though I haven't tested it) but I'm looking for a solution that doesn't
>>>> require scanning all Vim servers (I have several) and all tabs.
>>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if Skim defines other variables in addition to %line and
>>>> %file that may be useful when editing multi-file LaTeX documents.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Dominique
>>>
>>> No, there are no other variables. You want to show one line in one file, in
>>> all cases, so there is no need for more variables (and no more information
>>> to give.)
>>>
>>> Christiaan
>>>
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