NAME

       synctex — command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology available in most TeX engines.

SYNOPSIS

       synctex command [options] [args]

OVERVIEW

       The  Synchronization  TeXnology is a feature of recent TeX engines.  It allows one to synchronize between
       input and output, which means to navigate from the source document  to  the  typeset  material  and  vice
       versa.

       Run `synctex help' to access the built-in tool documentation.

TEX ENGINE OPTION -synctex=NUMBER

       •   If NUMBER=0 or no option is given, no synctex file is created.

       •   If NUMBER<0, synctex files are text files.

       •   If NUMBER>0, synctex files are compressed with gz.

       •   If NUMBER&2, no .gz extension is used.

       •   If NUMBER&4, activate form support, useful for pdftex.

       •   If NUMBER&8, better file compression.

       Use for example `pdftex -synctex=15 foo.tex' to activate all the options.

       Notice that LuaTeX option is `--synctex=NUMBER' with two dashes.

SEE ALSO

       synctex(5) tex(1)

AUTHOR

       The  Synchronize  TeXnology  is  essentially  due to Jerome Laurens, with useful suggestions by some well
       known actors of the TeX world.  SyncTeX is maintained as part of TeX Live.

HISTORY

       Revised on Sun Apr 23 09:54:20 UTC 2017.

                                                   08/30/2022                                         synctex(1)