[question] Synctex and Okular (Evince)

[domenicozambella]

I am just experimenting with VScode and with LaTeX Workshop.

1. I use Okular (similar to Evince) as PDF viewer. For inverse search to work an editor specific command is required. For example kile --line %l works with kile. Simply replacing kile with /usr/share/code/code does not work (of course): the correct source is opened in VScode but the prompt is not at the right line. What should I write?

2. If forward seach (for source to PDF) implemented in LaTeX Workshop?

Thank you.

[James-Yu]

There is no current plan to support external PDF viewer. So you may need to research a little bit on vscode to achieve your objectives, if possible.

[celliern]

I know, this issue is closed, but for the one wondering:

code --goto %f:%l%c

will achieve inverse search for vscode and okular.

[domenicozambella]

Thank you. Your hint brought me back to vscode.

It did not work right away (it finds the right file but goes to the eof). The following works

 code --goto %f:%l

[Feromrk]

thanks a lot guys!

versions:

• Okular 1.8.1
• LaTeX Workshop 8.2.0
• vscode

  Version: 1.36.1
  Commit: 2213894ea0415ee8c85c5eea0d0ff81ecc191529
  Date: 2019-07-08T22:55:08.091Z
  Electron: 4.2.5
  Chrome: 69.0.3497.128
  Node.js: 10.11.0
  V8: 6.9.427.31-electron.0
  OS: Linux x64 5.2.11-1-MANJARO

search:

• inverse works for me with (Okular -> Settings -> Configure Okular -> Editor -> Custom Text Editor)

  code --goto %f:%l

• forward is currently experimental, but works for me with (reference)

  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.viewer.command": "okular",
  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.viewer.args": [
  "--unique",
  "%PDF%"
  ],
  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.viewer": "external",
  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.command": "okular",
  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.args": [
  "--unique",
  "%PDF%#src:%LINE%%TEX%"
  ]