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            "text": "# synctex (man)\n\n## NAME\n\nsynctex — command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology available in most TeX engines.\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\nsynctex command [options] [args]\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **OVERVIEW** (1 subsections)\n- **SEE ALSO**\n- **AUTHOR**\n- **HISTORY**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n"
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            "NAME": {
                "content": "synctex — command line client tool to support the Synchronize TeXnology available in most TeX\nengines.\n",
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            "SYNOPSIS": {
                "content": "synctex command [options] [args]\n",
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            "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",
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                        "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"
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                "content": "synctex(5) tex(1)\n",
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            "AUTHOR": {
                "content": "The Synchronize TeXnology is essentially due to Jerome Laurens, with useful suggestions by some\nwell known actors of the TeX world.\n",
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            "HISTORY": {
                "content": "Revised on Sun Apr 23 09:54:20 UTC 2017.\n\nJune 15, 2026",
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