This file is part of the SyncTeX package.

The Synchronization TeXnology named SyncTeX is a new feature
of recent TeX engines designed by Jerome Laurens.
It allows to synchronize between input and output, which means to
navigate from the source document to the typeset material and vice versa.
More informations on http://itexmac2.sourceforge.net/SyncTeX.html

This package is mainly for developers, it mainly contains the following files:

synctex_parser_readme.txt
synctex_parser_version.txt
synctex_parser_utils.c
synctex_parser_utils.h
synctex_parser_local.h
synctex_parser.h
synctex_parser.c

This file contains more informations about the SyncTeX parser history.

In order to support SyncTeX in a viewer, it is sufficient to include
in the source the files synctex_parser.h and synctex_parser.c.
The synctex parser usage is described in synctex_parser.h header file.

Version:
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This is version 1, which refers to the synctex output file format.
The files are identified by a build number.
In order to help developers to automatically manage the version and build numbers
and download the parser only when necessary, the synctex_parser.version
is an ASCII text file just containing the current version and build numbers.

History:
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1.1: Thu Jul 17 09:28:13 UTC 2008
- First official version available in TeXLive 2008 DVD.
  Unfortunately, the backwards synchronization is not working properly mainly for ConTeXt users, see below.
1.2: Tue Sep  2 10:28:32 UTC 2008
- Correction for ConTeXt support in the edit query.
  The previous method was assuming that TeX boxes do not overlap,
  which is reasonable for LaTeX but not for ConTeXt.
  This assumption is no longer considered.
1.3: Fri Sep  5 09:39:57 UTC 2008
- Local variable "read" renamed to "already_read" to avoid conflicts.
- "inline" compiler directive renamed to "SYNCTEX_INLINE" for code support and maintenance
- _synctex_error cannot be inlined due to variable arguments (thanks Christiaan Hofman)
- Correction in the display query, extra boundary nodes are used for a more precise forwards synchronization
1.4: Fri Sep 12 08:12:34 UTC 2008
- For an unknown reason, the previous version was not the real 1.3 (as used in iTeXMac2 build 747).
  As a consequence, a crash was observed.
- Some typos are fixed.
1.6: Mon Nov  3 20:20:02 UTC 2008
- The bug that prevented synchronization with compressed files on windows has been fixed.
- New interface to allow system specific customization.
- Note that some APIs have changed.
1.8: Mer  8 jul 2009 11:32:38 UTC
Note that version 1.7 was delivered privately.
- bug fix: synctex was causing a memory leak in pdftex and xetex, thus some processing speed degradation
- bug fix: the synctex command line tool was broken when updating a .synctex file
- enhancement: better accuracy of the synchronization process
- enhancement: the pdf output file and the associated .synctex file no longer need to live in the same directory.
               The new -d option of the synctex command line tool manages this situation.
               This is handy when using something like tex -output-directory=DIR ...

Acknowledgments:
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The author received useful remarks from the pdfTeX developers, especially Hahn The Thanh,
and significant help from XeTeX developer Jonathan Kew

Nota Bene:
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If you include or use a significant part of the synctex package into a software,
I would appreciate to be listed as contributor and see "SyncTeX" highlighted.

Copyright (c) 2008 jerome DOT laurens AT u-bourgogne DOT fr

