synctex

synctex(1)                BSD General Commands Manual               synctex(1)

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 al-
     lows 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
     o   If NUMBER=0 or no option is given, no synctex file is created.

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

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

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

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

     o   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 use-
     ful suggestions by some well known actors of the TeX world.

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

                                 July 23, 2025