Re: synctex issue

On Thu, Apr  9, 2026 at 11:25 (-0400), Alan Bowen wrote:

> Hi—

> I now have synctex working successfully for :
> 	PDF output—> single source file
> 	single source file—> PDF output
> 	any one of many included source files—> PDF output.

> What I have yet to get is
> 	PDF output—> one of many component files.
> (This last promises to be very useful in editing my journal.)

> I have no idea how to troubleshoot this and so any advice or guidance will be gratefully received.

> I am running the latest ConTeXt ( ver: 2026.03.25) and the latest TeXShop (ver. 5.58 with the luametatex engine) on macOS 26.4

Hi Alan,

I use synctex a lot, and while I run into some issues which I'm currently
trying to resolve, here's an example that I just tested that works for me
to go to a component file

       $ synctex edit -o 48:85:76:introCTX_eng.pdf
       This is SyncTeX command line utility, version 1.5
       SyncTeX result begin
       Output:introCTX_eng.pdf
       Input:01_BodyMatter/b03_Commands.tex
       Line:40
       Column:-1
       Offset:0
       Context:
       SyncTeX result end

It got the file correct, but the line number is wrong.

I have never used TeXShop, so I don't know how it gets its synctex into
(i.e., internal library?
       external synctex program?
       mtxrun --script synctex ... ?
)

I would suggest testing a command-line synctex program to see if your
synctex file has the required info in it.

The syntax for the above "synctex edit" is
        pdf-page:x-coord:y-coord:pdf-file.pdf
and that assumes the synctex file is in the same directory.  If not there
is another option needed.

mtxrun call from the command line is like
     mtxrun --script synctex --report --page=48  --x=850 --y=1020 --tolerance=9999 introCTX_eng.synctex

I can't promise to be a while lot of help going forward, but I'm interested
in knowing how well things work for you, so please report back to the list.

                                Jim
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