Inverse search (also called "reverse search")
on sourceforge.net is a feature of some non-interactive typesetting programs, such as LaTeX
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water. Latexes are found in nature, but synthetic latexes are common as well.
In nature, latex is found as a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosper ...
and GNU LilyPond
LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving. One of LilyPond's major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.
LilyPond is cross-pla ...
. These programs read an abstract, textual, definition of a document as input, and convert this into a graphical format such as DVI or PDF
Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. ...
. In a windowing system
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, this typically means that the source code
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is entered in one editor
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window, and the resulting output is viewed in a different output window. Inverse search means that a graphical object in the output window works as a hyperlink
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, which brings you back to the line and column in the editor, where the clicked object was defined. The inverse search feature is particularly useful during proofreading
Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to find and correct reproduction errors of text or art. Proofreading is the final step in the editorial cycle before publication.
Professional
Tradition ...
.
Implementations
* In TeX
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* Tex (nickname), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname
* Joe Tex (1933–1982), stage name of American soul singer Joseph Arrington Jr.
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* ''Tex'', the Italian ...
and LaTeX
Latex is an emulsion (stable dispersion) of polymer microparticles in water. Latexes are found in nature, but synthetic latexes are common as well.
In nature, latex is found as a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants (angiosper ...
, the packag
srcltx
provides an inverse search feature through DVI output files (e.g., with yap
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or Xdvi
xdvi is an open-source computer program written by Paul Vojta for displaying TeX-produced .dvi files under the X Window System on Unix, including Linux.
The xdvi interface has a set of GUI controls and a window displaying a single page of the D ...
), whil
vpepdfsync
an
provide similar functionality for PDF output, among other techniques. The Comparison of TeX editors
The following is a comparison of TeX editors.
Table of editors
See also
* Formula editor
* Comparison of word processors
* Comparison of text editors
* Comparison of desktop publishing software
* List of TeX extensions
Notes and refere ...
has a column on support of inverse search; most of them provide it nowadays.
* GNU LilyPond
LilyPond is a computer program and file format for music engraving. One of LilyPond's major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.
LilyPond is cross-pla ...
provides an inverse search feature through PDF output files, since version 2.6. The program calls this feature ''Point-and-click'',
* Many integrated development environment
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s for programming use inverse search to display compilation error message
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s, and during debugging
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Debugging tactics can involve in ...
when a breakpoint
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More generally, a breakpoint is a means of acquiring knowl ...
is hit.
References
Bibliography
* Jérôme Laurens, ”Direct and reverse synchronization with SyncTeX”, in ''TUGboat'' 29(3), 2008, p365–371
PDF (532KB)
— ''including an overview of synchronization techniques with TeX''
External links
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