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NAME
       synctex — command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology available in most TeX
       engines.

SYNOPSIS
       synctex command [options] [args]

OVERVIEW
       The  Synchronization TeXnology is a feature of recent TeX engines.  It allows one to synchro‐
       nize between input and output, which means to navigate from the source document to the  type‐
       set material and vice versa.

       Run `synctex help' to access the built-in tool documentation.

TEX ENGINE OPTION -synctex=NUMBER
       •   If NUMBER=0 or no option is given, no synctex file is created.

       •   If NUMBER<0, synctex files are text files.

       •   If NUMBER>0, synctex files are compressed with gz.

       •   If NUMBER&2, no .gz extension is used.

       •   If NUMBER&4, activate form support, useful for pdftex.

       •   If NUMBER&8, better file compression.

       Use for example `pdftex -synctex=15 foo.tex' to activate all the options.

       Notice that LuaTeX option is `--synctex=NUMBER' with two dashes.

SEE ALSO
       synctex(5) tex(1)

AUTHOR
       The  Synchronize  TeXnology  is essentially due to Jerome Laurens, with useful suggestions by
       some well known actors of the TeX world.  SyncTeX is maintained as part of TeX Live.

HISTORY
       Revised on Sun Apr 23 09:54:20 UTC 2017.

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