{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "synctex",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/synctex/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-15T18:50:43Z",
    "synopsis": "synctex command [options] [args]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "synctex — command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology available in most TeX\nengines.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "synctex command [options] [args]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OVERVIEW": {
            "content": "The Synchronization TeXnology is a feature of recent TeX engines.  It allows to synchronize be‐\ntween input and output, which means to navigate from the source document to the typeset mate‐\nrial and vice versa.\n\nRun `synctex help' to access the built-in tool documentation.\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "TEX ENGINE OPTION -synctex=NUMBER",
                    "content": "••   If NUMBER=0 or no option is given, no synctex file is created.\n\n••   If NUMBER<0, synctex files are text files.\n\n••   If NUMBER>0, synctex files are compressed with gz.\n\n••   If NUMBER&2, no .gz extension is used.\n\n••   If NUMBER&4, activate form support, useful for pdftex.\n\n••   If NUMBER&8, better file compression.\n\nUse for example `pdftex -synctex=15 foo.tex' to activate all the options.\n\nNotice that LuaTeX option is `--synctex=NUMBER' with two dashes.\n"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "synctex(5) tex(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "The Synchronize TeXnology is essentially due to Jerome Laurens, with useful suggestions by some\nwell known actors of the TeX world.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "HISTORY": {
            "content": "Revised on Sun Apr 23 09:54:20 UTC 2017.\n\nJune 15, 2026",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "synctex — command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology available in most TeX engines.",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "tex",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tex/1/json"
        }
    ]
}