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author | Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@googlemail.com> | 2008-06-05 23:02:47 +0000 |
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committer | Jonathan Kew <jfkthame@googlemail.com> | 2008-06-05 23:02:47 +0000 |
commit | 83974ab93e29bec748c12c0da4ce743f66c79e3e (patch) | |
tree | 9fc60ed84023a1e09d0f907c107b2ec2b8cf35de /Build/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/README.txt | |
parent | 7bb69e35cc4bf73d2fd494f92791fa06c02ad2a2 (diff) |
moved synctex to synctexdir to avoid name clash when building in-place
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@8586 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/README.txt b/Build/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a599b6e57fa --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/synctexdir/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,163 @@ +# Copyright (c) 2008 jerome DOT laurens AT u-bourgogne DOT fr +# +# This file is part of the SyncTeX package. +# +# License: +# -------- +# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person +# obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation +# files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without +# restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, +# copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the +# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following +# conditions: +# +# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be +# included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +# +# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES +# OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND +# NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT +# HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, +# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING +# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR +# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE +# +# Except as contained in this notice, the name of the copyright holder +# shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, +# use or other dealings in this Software without prior written +# authorization from the copyright holder. +# + +This file gives the .synctex file specifications. + +SyncTeX output file specifications, Version 2, Lun 31 mar 2008 13:50:31 UTC +=========================================================================== +This is an EBNF file specification extended by ICU regex patterns +(enclosed between 2 '/'s) + +The whole synctex file is made of various records gathered into four different sections: + +<synctex file> ::= <preamble> <contents> <postamble> <post scriptum> + +Each record is a sequence of text characters following an end of record mark or starting the file, +and ending with an end of record mark. +The first characters of a record will determine the type of the record. + +<end of record mark> ::= /\n/ +<end of record> ::= /[^\n]*/<end of record mark> + +The preamble: +------------- + +<preamble> ::= <control record> <input record>* <informations> <forthcoming records> + +<control record> ::= /SyncTeX Version:/<version><end of record mark> +<SyncTeX> ::= +<version> ::= /1/ + +<input record> ::= /Input:/<tag information><end of record mark> +<tag information> ::= <tag>/:/<file name><end of record mark> +<tag> ::= <integer> +<file name> ::= /[^<end of record mark>]*/ +This is used to give a shortcut to filenames. + +<informations> ::= <output record>? <magnification record>? <unit record>? <x offset record>? <y offset record>? + +<output record> ::= /Output:/<output><end of record mark> +<output> ::= /dvi|pdf|xdv|[0-9a-zA-Z]*/ + +<magnification record> ::= /Magnification:/<magnification><end of record> +<magnification> ::= <integer> +This is the TeX magnification. + +<unit record> ::= /Unit:<unit><end of record>/ +<unit> ::= <integer> +The SyncTeX unit is <unit> scaled point, 1 in general, 8192 when not given. + +<x offset record> ::= /X Offset:/<x offset><end of record> +<x offset> ::= <integer> +<y offset record> ::= /Y Offset:/<y offset><end of record> +<y offset> ::= <integer> +The offset or the origin of the system of coordinates from the top left point of the page. +This defaults to 1in for both the vertical and horizontal offsets. +Both offsets are given in this section in scaled point unit. + +<forthcoming records>: The preamble, like any other section may contain in the future any other kind of record, +except the one starting the next section. In order to ensure some forwards compatibility, +parsers should anticipate and parse unknown records: an unexpected record should be silently ignored by the parser. +This means that this format is somehow open an more types of records can be added without breaking existing software. + +The preamble ends when a record is found that fits the following section. + +The contents: +------------- +<contents> ::= <contents record><sheet(1)><i line>*<sheet(2)><i line>*...<sheet(N)><i line>* + +<contents record>::=/Contents:/<byte offset><end of record>/ +<offset> ::= <byte offset> +<sheet(n)> ::= <sheet(n) start><v content>*<sheet end> +<sheet(n) start> ::= /{/<byte offset>/:/<the integer n><end of record>/ +<sheet end> ::= /}/<byte offset><end of record> + +<box content> ::= <vbox section>|<hbox section>|<void vbox record>|<void hbox record> +<vbox section> ::= (<vbox start record><vbox content>*<vbox stop record>)|<box content>* +<hbox content> ::= <glue record>|<kern record>|<math record>|<box content> +<hbox section> ::= <hbox start record><box content>*<hbox stop record> + +<void vbox record> ::= /v/<link>/:/<point>/:/<size><end of record> +<void hbox record> ::= /h/<link>/:/<point>/:/<size><end of record> +<size> ::= <W>/,/<H>/,/<D> +<W> ::= <integer> +<H> ::= <integer> +<D> ::= <integer> +<link> ::= <tag>/,/<line>(/,/<column>)? +<line> ::= <integer> +<column> ::= <integer> + +<current record> ::= /x/<link>/:/<point><end of record> +<kern record> ::= /k/<link>/:/<point>/:/<W><end of record> +<glue record> ::= /g/<link>/:/<point><end of record> +<math record> ::= /$/<link>/:/<point><end of record> + +The byte offset is an implicit anchor to navigate the synctex file from sheet to sheet. + +The postamble: +-------------- +The postamble closes the file +If there is no postamble, it means that the typesetting process did not end correctly. +<postamble> ::= <postamble record><number of objects record> + +<postamble record> ::= /Postamble:/<byte offset><end of record> +<number of objects record> ::= /Count:/<integer><end of record> + +The post scriptum: +------------------ +The post scriptum contains material possibly added by 3rd parties. +It allows to append some transformation (shift and magnify). +Typically, one applies a dvi to pdf filter with offset options and magnification, +then he appends the same options to the synctex file, for example + + dvipdfmx -m 0.486 -x 9472573sp -y 13.3dd source.dvi + echo "X Offset:9472573" >> source.synctex + echo "Y Offset:13.3dd" >> source.synctex + echo "Magnification:0.486" >> source.synctex + + +<post scriptum> ::= (<magnification line>|<x offset line>|<y offset line>)* +<magnification line> ::= /Magnification:/<post magnification><end of line mark> +<post magnification> ::= <unsigned decimal float> +<x offset line> ::= /X Offset:/<post x offset><end of line mark> +<post x offset> ::= <sign><unsigned decimal float><offset unit> +<y offset> ::= <x offset> +<sign> ::= /(+|-)?/ +<offset unit> ::= /(in|cm|mm|pt|bp|pc|sp|dd|cc|nd|nc)?/ +<end of line mark> ::= /[\n\r]*/ +<y offset line> ::= /Y Offset:/<post y offset><end of line mark> +<post y offset> ::= <sign><unsigned decimal float><offset unit> + +This second information will override the offset and magnification previously available in the preamble section. +All the numbers are encoded using the decimal representation with "C" locale. + |