On 7 Oct 2008, at 2:30 AM, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
> 2008/10/6 Christiaan Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> On 6 Oct 2008, at 12:53 PM, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Alex Hamann wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Also note
>>>>> that pdfsync is deprecated. Use all new SyncTeX instead - maybe
>>>>> this
>>>>> will work even with spaces.
>>>>
>>>> Does SyncTeX work with Emacs, in aprticular Carbon Emacs? If yes,
>>>> what
>>>> should be done to get it working?
>>>>
>>>> Roussanka
>>>
>>> It works in Carbon Emacs (2008 Summer Edition) + MacTeX 2008
>>> (MacTeX 2007 was missing the SyncTeX support).
>>
>> I wouldn't say "missing", synctex simply didn't exist yet in 2007.
>>
>>>
>>> But it doesn't work with file names with spaces (unless
>>> you do some extra things such as Christiaan did); at least, it
>>> doesn't for me.
>>>
>>> mahn-soo
>>>
>>
>> The question is whether this is the fault of Emacs, SyncTeX, or Skim.
>> I have no idea whether SyncTeX adds quotes, as PDFSync does (and
>> which
>> I think is just wrong). I don't have MacTeX 2008, so I can't test
>> SyncTeX ATM. Perhaps someone can test this fact? Also I don't know
>> whether Carbon Emacs properly handles spaces.
>>
>> Christiaan
>
> I tested it on Terminal (not Emacs), and it seems that SyncTeX
> produces
> quotes (intended or not). For example,
>
> pdflatex -synctex=1 filename\ with\ spaces.tex
>
> produces
>
> "filename with spaces".synctex.gz (NOT filename with
> spaces.synctex.gz)
>
> (Note that inside this .synctex.gz file there's no quotes around the
> file names.
> I mean, it behaves a bit differently from PDFSync.)
>
> If you manually rename the .synctex.gz file to remove the quotes,
> Emacs <-> Skim works correctly.
>
> Carbon Emacs handles spaces in file names properly
> (maybe some very old codes still exist who don't work in very rare
> cases).
>
> mahn-soo
>
It's indeed a pdfetex and synctex problem, it does not seem to be
happening with xetex. I figured out a workaround, so in the next
release it should work. Anyway, it's generally best not to use file
names with spaces, as tex does not treat it properly, so you should
never be surprised to run into problems.
Christiaan
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 29.09.2008, at 08:02, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I realized that neither forward or backward search works
>>>>>> in PDFSync when the file name contains spaces.
>>>>>> (Personally I don't like file names with spaces, but my
>>>>>> colleagues
>>>>>> do.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For forward search, I use
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (custom-set-default
>>>>>> 'TeX-output-view-style
>>>>>> (quote
>>>>>> (("." "."
>>>>>> "/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline %n %
>>>>>> o %b")
>>>>>> ("^html?$" "." "open %o"))))
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Putting explicit quotation marks as in "... \"%o\" \"%b\"" causes
>>>>>> another problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For backward search, I'm using Skim's default PDF-TeX Sync
>>>>>> support
>>>>>> for Emacs.
>>>>>> My Skim version is 1.13 (1.12 had the same problem).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it just like that or am I missing something in my
>>>>>> configuration?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance for help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mahn-soo
>>>>>>
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