Close this as a "Could not reproduce." Reverse search works now. Thank you!

Console.app reports "Unable to find or load synctex or pdfsync file.". So I
got worried that my path was strange (it has a @ symbol in it..). I moved
the project around. It started working. I moved it back to the strange
path. And now it works. With the default VSCode setting (using 'open
vscode:// etc' )

I must have made some stupid mistake before. Don't know what. But now it
works. Thank you! I suppose the message in Console.app nudged me into doing
it all again, and even more carefully.

Ludvig Hult


Den tors 23 jan. 2025 kl 12:20 skrev Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]>:

> Correction.It should not matter what the name off the app is (in this
> case), Skim will also look in /usr/local for the command, even if it cannot
> find an app with the preset name. So just selecting the Visual Studio Code
> preset should work for you. And for me, synctex search does work without
> problem.  BTW, for me tput also does nothing, perhaps Apple does not allow
> making a sound in this way. However, using a command “open” with arguments
> ‘“-t %file”’ does work.
>
> So there must be something wrong with how you get the data on your system,
> but I have no idea what not could be. Is the synctex file in the same
> directory as the pdf file, and does it have the same name (it does look
> like it should from your description)?
>
> You may be able to do some debugging using the Console.app. Search for
> “Skim” and select Process in the search bar. When you use synctex from Skim
> it should log some messages about what goes wrong.
>
> Christiaan
>
> On 23 Jan 2025, at 10:37, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> What exactly is the name of the editor app? Is it “VS Code” nowadays? Then
> the preset does not work, as it looks for “Visual Studio Code.app”. In that
> case, because the command does not use an actual embedded script, it should
> work if you first select the “Visual Studio Code” preset, and then “Custom”.
>
> Christiaan
>
> On 23 Jan 2025, at 10:23, Christiaan Hofman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Have you tried selecting the Visual Studio Code in the Sync preferences?
> That should cause Skim to call exactly the command you mention.
>
> Christiaan
>
> On 23 Jan 2025, at 09:19, Ludvig Hult <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new skim user, trying to set up synctex support for reverse search.
> I have previously used Sumatra PDF on windows, wich required custom synctex
> config, so I am familiar with the basic concepts. However, nothing happens
> when i command-shift-click in my pdf. How should I proceed with
> troubleshooting?
>
> What I have done:
>
> I am running Sonoma 14.6.1
> Skim version 1.7.8
> VSCode 1.69.4
>
> ```latex
> %minimal.tex
> \documentclass{article}
> \begin{document}
> Hello, World!
> \end{document}
> ```
>
> compiling with `pdflatex -synctex=1 minimal.tex`
> verifying that a `minimal.synctex.gz` was generated.
> Opening `minimal.pdf` in skim via the GUI.
> Opening settings > sync > select vs code
> Close the dialog.
> command+shift+click in the document. Nothing happens.
>
> I tried replacing the sync command with `tput` and the argument `bel`,
> since that produces a bell sound when run in my terminal. No sound is made
> when command+shift+clicking in the pdf.
> I also tried running the command `open vscode://file"/the full path to
> minimal.tex":2` in my terminal, which worked great for opening vscode
>
> It seems to me like skim don't process the command+shift+click properly.
> How should I proceed to get synctex to work?
>
> Best Ragards,
> Ludvig Hult
>
>
> ps. the wiki
> https://sourceforge.net/p/skim-app/wiki/TeX_and_PDF_Synchronization/
> discuss synctex as something included in 'new' technology like texlive
> 2008. I would argue that this is not that 'new' anymore.
>
>
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