Re: synctex issue

Hi Alan,

see below.

On Tue, Apr 14, 2026 at 15:48 (-0400), Alan Bowen wrote:

> I wonder if the synctex executable in your usr/bin is from an
> installation of MacTeX Live.

I don't have a Max, so definitely not.

Looking around in the mental archives, I think I compiled my own version of
synctex when I started using ConTeXt (before Hans added --synctex=repeat
for compatibility) and put it in /usr/bin.  So a bit of a red herring,
sorry.

> There is no such file in my usr/bin. (I have removed all traces of MacTeX
> Live that I installed in 2015, before we started work on this.)

> The TeXShop documentation thatb I have does not include information on
> how TeXShop/synctex does lookups.  Moreover, I have not found any
> independent synctex package on my laptop either.

Since you mention (in another message) that things are working better for
you now, I guess the immediate problem is solved.  Which means you can move
on to the next problem.  ;-)

                                Jim
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