Re: synctex and Mark IV

Hans Hagen via ntg-context <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.context
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 3/20/2026 3:20 PM, Jim wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Using the ConTeXt standalone distribution, if I run
>          context --synctex context-works.tex
> I end up with a .synctex file (as expected).
> 
> But if I run
>          context -luatex --synctex /tmp/context-works.tex
> or
>          context --synctex -luatex /tmp/context-works.tex
> a synctex file momentarily exists, but like some heavy particle created in
> an accelerator, it disappears almost instantaneously.
> 
> Is there some more appropriate incantation I can use to run MkIV and yet
> keep my .synctex file?

I'll send you a patch that works with the latest luatex (the synctex lib 
wipes the file).

Hans

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