Re: [EXT]Re: Max Chernoff, Bruno, ConTeXt

On Fri, Mar 20, 2026 at 15:43 (+0000), Philip Taylor (RHBNC) wrote:

> On 20/03/2026 14:14, Jim wrote:

>> It is very important!  My productivity (such as it is) would drop by 70
>> or 80% without synctex working.

> I feel obliged to report that my own experience is diametrically opposed
> to Jim’s — I have now disabled synchtex within TeXworks because I was
> becoming infuriated by TeXworks seemingly being forced to display the
> first page of a multi-page PDF simply because I was seeking to make a
> change in the document preamble that could only affect the appearance of
> something on the last page — the page that I had deliberately selected
> for previewing (incuding dragging the rulers to better assess the
> mangitude of my change).

Hi Phil (et al),

that sounds like TeXworks needs an attitude adjustment.  In fact, that
sounds really dumb.  Maybe the TeXworks people would fix that if you
submitted a bug report?  Maybe there is some config option already
available to do what you want?

With my setup, if I make a change anywhere in a document (one source file
or many) and re-compile the document, the page I am already viewing updates
to the new version, and the viewer doesn't jump off to page 1 (or any other
page), until/unless I ask it to.

Cheers.
                                Jim