srbhp / evince-synctex

Provides a command-line-friendly SyncTeX integration for Evince

evince-synctex

This script wraps Evince to provide a command-line-friendly SyncTeX integration. It is based on Mortal/evince-synctex.

Installation

A Python 3 installation is required. To install the latest version, run the following command:

pip3 install --user https://github.com/efoerster/evince-synctex/archive/master.zip

Usage

evince-synctex PDF_FILE EDITOR_COMMAND

This command opens the specified file in Evince and executes the given editor command on a backwards search. A forward search can be performed by using the -f flag:

evince-synctex -f LINE PDF_FILE EDITOR_COMMAND