Latex-workshop: Feature request: Synchronised scrolling for preview and source file
Would it be feasible to implement synchronised scrolling for the source file and the PDF preview similar to https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/5047?
tillahoffmann
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It can be problematic. For instance, the PDF file may have two columns. Also it requires a very frequent synctex execution, which can be overwhelming to some low-end computers.
I'd like to see what the community think of this feature.
James-Yu
on 16 Jan 2018
Not feasible, I think. In addition to the multicolumn issue, consider the placement of LaTeX floats: You may end up randomly jumping around in your source while going over these. The mapping between linear source and pdf file location is, in general, not linear.
DRempfer
on 16 Jan 2018
One thing that may be preferred is the option to automatically call syntex after a rebuild. However, I do agree that synchronized scrolling may be problematic. Even the markdown one isn't incredibly accurate when the contents is beyond plain text
AllanWang
on 16 Jan 2018
Very good points! I hadn't thought about the subtleties.
tillahoffmann
on 16 Jan 2018
+1 to automatically call synctex after rebuild. Shall I create this as a new enhancement proposal?
marnunez
on 27 Oct 2018
Set latex-workshop.synctex.afterBuild.enabled to true.
jlelong
on 28 Oct 2018
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One thing that may be preferred is the option to automatically call syntex after a rebuild. However, I do agree that synchronized scrolling may be problematic. Even the markdown one isn't incredibly accurate when the contents is beyond plain text