> On May 1, 2019, at 3:15 AM, list_em...@icloud.com wrote: > > I once again find that reverse search using Skim and LyX on macOS doesn’t > work. LyX 2.3.2, Skim 1.4.40. Forward search works but when reverse search is > attempted, LyX moves to the front but does not move the cursor and does not > scroll the window contents. > > I don’t remember when this last worked but it was on the order of weeks ago. > I don’t remember when I updated LyX to 2.3.2. > > LyX is at /Applications/Lyx.app > > Skim is at /Applications/PDF_Viewers/Skim.app > > I have read and re-read the list thread from March 14, 2018, and the wiki at > https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/SyncTeX. I’m stumped. This was working not long ago > and nothing has changed to my knowledge. However, I did notice that > > Document > Settings > Formats > check Synchronize with output > > somehow got checked off. Dunno how. No clue. Same document. > > So here are my settings, stepping through the wiki steps: > > > Setting up LyX > > • In Document > Settings > Formats, check Synchronize with output [DONE] > > • If your viewer needs another output format than \synctex=-1 (which is > the default), select it or insert it in "Custom Macro” [BLANK—THIS IS THE > DEFAULT I GUESS] > > • Modify Preferences > Output > General > PDF command for your PDF viewer > (see the viewer-specific notes below) > > > Skim > > In LyX, > > • LyX > Preferences > Output > General > PDF command: > /Applications/PDF_Viewers/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline $$n $$o > $$t [DONE AS INDICATED HERE] > > In Skim: > > • Skim PDF-TeX Sync setting: Custom [DONE] > > • command: /Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOS/lyxeditor [DONE] > > • arguments: "%file" %line; /usr/bin/osascript -e 'tell application "LyX" > to activate' > [DONE]
I found the problem—it was a broken LyX pipe or something like that. (I don’t understand this well.) I discovered that when LyX quit it was leaving .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out and the LyX wiki says that these should be deleted when LyX quit. How did I figure this out? I was using BibDesk (Mac GUI for BibTeX) and the “Send to LyX” command. It failed with a very specific error dialog about the LyX pipe. So I figured that Skim must do something similar. Is it possible to have LyX also provide a helpful error dialog when there are pipe problems instead of just failing quietly? Jerry
