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NAME

     synctex -- command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology
     available in recent TeX engines.


SYNOPSIS

     synctex command [options] [args]


OVERVIEW

     The Synchronization TeXnology is a feature of recent TeX engines.  It
     allows 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(1) 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.

                                 June 20, 2017

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