LYX forward DVI search.

[levon]

From: Stefan Kebekus <stefan.kebekus@…>

I have recently added an inverse search option to the
kdvi program, and
I would like to ask you to support that feature in Lyx.
The current
development version of kdvi (to be found on the KDE
CVS) scans a
dvi-file for specials of the type
"src:<linenumber><filename>". If these
specials are found, the user can click into the dvi
file, and kdvi will
execute a given command line, which -most of the time-
opens an editor
and tells the editor jump to the given line in the
text. Right now, kdvi
interacts very nicely with most of the standard
editors, such as nedit
or xemacs.

It would be very nice indeed, if Lyx could also be
supported. A possible
implementation could look like this: when producing
dvi-files for kdvi,
the TeX-file-generator of Lyx could insert proper
"src:"-specials which
refer to a paragraph (I understand that there is no
concept of a line
number in the Lyx editor). If the user clicks on the
dvi file, kdvi
could start a small program which remote controls the
Lyx editor.

If you prefer, I would also consider to implement a new
class of
TeX-specials exclusively for Lyx.

[levon]

* #410 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *

[levon]

Mass move to 1.2.0 - grep out the bugspam with "Dharma ex one+one"

[levon]

This is dependent on a lyxserver shell script or equivalent. I bet it
would be pretty easy to do though, right ?

[levon]

dependent upon lyx --server or similar.

[levon]

* #707 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *

[chr]

xdvi 22.71 now supports reverse search (aka inverse search)

[levon]

​http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=lyx-devel&m=104739431918412&w=2

[levon]

Not 1.4.0 material.

[lasgouttes]

not 1.4.1 either I guess.

[michael.gerz@…]

Do we really want to have such a feature in LyX?

I am a little bit afraid of the long-term maintenance effort and the missing
genericness of this feature. (How about pdf export, how about yap on Windows,...?)

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

Do we really want to have such a feature in LyX?

Definitely. It would improve editing a lot.

[chr]

I definitely think this functionality is worth maintaining.
Without it, LyX has a big drawback compared to WYSIWYGI
applications when it comes to checking the "print" output.

[huanito@…]

Spam, changed MIME type /Christian

[huanito@…]

spam, changed MIME type /Christian

[huanito@…]

spam, changed MIME type /Christian

[Richard Heck]

Moving all bugs targeted to before 1.5.0 to 1.5.x.

If these are yours, please check that they have not been fixed and, if so, close
them.

Otherwise, sorry for the spam.

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

We had a patch for this. It would be good if someone would finally grab and
apply it (even for 1.5, i.e. after 1.5.4).

​http://marc.info/?l=lyx-devel&m=114149556030754&w=2

[Juergen Spitzmueller]

1.5.x is frozen. Shifting all 1.5.x-targetted bugs to 1.6.x.

If you have reported this bug, please verify if it still occurs in 1.6.0 and
close the report, if not.

[ps@…]

Georg, what was the problem with your patch that it finally didn't get applied?

[Georg Baum]

The patch was not from me, I only tried to make it more consistent with the
formats/converter system :-)
It did not get applied because there was no consensus which approach was best.
Read the thread for details.

[ps@…]

i already run through the thread and somehow missed there was such a problem.
thanks for explanation.

[ps]

inverse search works, this bug is now for forward search part. changing summary.
​http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg150369.html

[ps]

#94 is a dupe.

[ps]

#706 is a dupe i wanted to say.

[ps]

simplest idea would be to have lfun which get id of current cursor position, translate through TeXRow::getRowFromIdPos into row and then externally launch
xdvi -sourceposition row_line:tmp_tex_file.tex tmp_tex_file.dvi

it maybe not hard for somebody familiar with the rows/id stuff, Enrico?

[Enrico Forestieri]

Sorry, but I am not familiar with the rows/id stuff.

[ps]

i give it a try, but failed. either i dont know how to correctly use texrow().getRowFromIdPos or this function is broken. see attached.

[ps]

hohoho i replaced the patch with newer version; right paragraph is chosen now, but the column position argument still needs to be fixed.

i believe we can get this into 2.0.

[Enrico Forestieri]

It also works on Windows with yap. Of course, some details are still to be addressed, such as making sure that the dvi file was generated, allowing customization for the command to be launched, and so on. Anyway, I like it :)
I don't understand what you mean about the column position argument.

[ps]

​http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg159490.html

[ps]

r34139

[ps]

2.0.0 is ready