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13.0.3; Skim does not open PDF file at correct line (same command works fine from command line)

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From: Richard Stanton <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu>
To: bug-auctex <at> gnu.org
Subject: 13.0.3; Skim does not open PDF file at correct line (same command
 works fine from command line)
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:25:32 -0800

Running AUC-TeX 13.0.3 on MacOS Catalina, I cannot get Skim to open the file at the line number I ask for. Neither does forward search work, though reverse search works fine.

Here’s the relevant portion of my setup:

(setq TeX-view-program-selection '((output-pdf "PDF Viewer")))
(setq TeX-view-program-list
      '(("PDF Viewer" "/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -b -g %n %o %b")))

In my custom variables, I also have

 '(LaTeX-command "latex -synctex=1")
 '(TeX-PDF-mode t)
 '(TeX-source-correlate-method 'synctex) 
 '(TeX-source-correlate-mode t)
 '(TeX-source-correlate-start-server t)

When I type C-c C-c View, the mini buffer displays (for example) the command

/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -b -g 358 main.pdf main.tex

When I accept this command, Skim displays the correct PDF file, but just shows the first page, not the page containing line 358. 

Interestingly, if I go to the command line and run the exact same command from the TeX file directory,

/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/displayline -b -g 358 main.pdf main.tex

Skim opens at the correct page with the correct line highlighted. I’m not sure why I should get different behavior from the same command.

In case it matters, I’m running Skim version 1.6.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Richard Stanton

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Emacs  : GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0, Carbon Version 162 AppKit 1894.6)
 of 2020-11-16
Package: 13.0.3

current state:
==============
(setq
 AUCTeX-date "2021-01-08"
 window-system 'mac
 LaTeX-version "2e"
 TeX-style-path '("/usr/local/var/auctex" "/Users/stanton/.emacs.d/straight/build/auctex/style"
                  "/Users/stanton/.emacs.d/auctex/auto" "/Users/stanton/.emacs.d/auctex/style" "auto" "style")
 TeX-auto-save t
 TeX-parse-self t
 TeX-master t
 TeX-command-list '(("latexmk" "latexmk -pdf %s" TeX-run-TeX nil t :help "Run latexmk on file")
                    ("TeX" "%(PDF)%(tex) %(file-line-error) %`%(extraopts) %S%(PDFout)%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil
                     (plain-tex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help "Run plain TeX")
                    ("LaTeX" "%`%l%(mode)%' %T" TeX-run-TeX nil (latex-mode doctex-mode) :help "Run LaTeX")
                    ("Makeinfo" "makeinfo %(extraopts) %t" TeX-run-compile nil (texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run Makeinfo with Info output")
                    ("Makeinfo HTML" "makeinfo %(extraopts) --html %t" TeX-run-compile nil (texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run Makeinfo with HTML output")
                    ("AmSTeX" "amstex %(PDFout) %`%(extraopts) %S%(mode)%' %t" TeX-run-TeX nil (ams-tex-mode) :help "Run AMSTeX")
                    ("ConTeXt" "%(cntxcom) --once --texutil %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t" TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help
                     "Run ConTeXt once")
                    ("ConTeXt Full" "%(cntxcom) %(extraopts) %(execopts)%t" TeX-run-TeX nil (context-mode) :help
                     "Run ConTeXt until completion")
                    ("BibTeX" "bibtex %s" TeX-run-BibTeX nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode context-mode) :help "Run BibTeX")
                    ("Biber" "biber %s" TeX-run-Biber nil (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run Biber")
                    ("View" "%V" TeX-run-discard-or-function t t :help "Run Viewer")
                    ("Print" "%p" TeX-run-command t t :help "Print the file")
                    ("Queue" "%q" TeX-run-background nil t :help "View the printer queue" :visible TeX-queue-command)
                    ("File" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips t
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help "Generate PostScript file")
                    ("Dvips" "%(o?)dvips %d -o %f " TeX-run-dvips nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help "Convert DVI file to PostScript")
                    ("Dvipdfmx" "dvipdfmx %d" TeX-run-dvipdfmx nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Convert DVI file to PDF with dvipdfmx")
                    ("Ps2pdf" "ps2pdf %f" TeX-run-ps2pdf nil (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode)
                     :help "Convert PostScript file to PDF")
                    ("Glossaries" "makeglossaries %s" TeX-run-command nil
                     (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode) :help
                     "Run makeglossaries to create glossary\n     file")
                    ("Index" "makeindex %s" TeX-run-index nil (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode)
                     :help "Run makeindex to create index file")
                    ("upMendex" "upmendex %s" TeX-run-index t (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode)
                     :help "Run upmendex to create index file")
                    ("Xindy" "texindy %s" TeX-run-command nil (plain-tex-mode latex-mode doctex-mode ams-tex-mode texinfo-mode)
                     :help "Run xindy to create index file")
                    ("Check" "lacheck %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode) :help "Check LaTeX file for correctness")
                    ("ChkTeX" "chktex -v6 %s" TeX-run-compile nil (latex-mode) :help "Check LaTeX file for common mistakes")
                    ("Spell" "(TeX-ispell-document \"\")" TeX-run-function nil t :help "Spell-check the document")
                    ("Clean" "TeX-clean" TeX-run-function nil t :help "Delete generated intermediate files")
                    ("Clean All" "(TeX-clean t)" TeX-run-function nil t :help "Delete generated intermediate and output files")
                    ("Other" "" TeX-run-command t t :help "Run an arbitrary command"))
 )

Message #8 received at 45990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: Richard Stanton <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu>
Cc: 45990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45990: 13.0.3; Skim does not open PDF file at correct line
 (same command works fine from command line)
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 22:49:24 +0200

Richard Stanton <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu> writes:

> Running AUC-TeX 13.0.3 on MacOS Catalina, I cannot get Skim to open
> the file at the line number I ask for. Neither does forward search
> work, though reverse search works fine.
> [...]
> In case it matters, I’m running Skim version 1.6.

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

Can you still reproduce this with a current Skim version?  I also ran
into a similar issue but couldn't come up with a reproducer.  Maybe I'll
give it another try.  I'm running Skim 1.7.4.

Best, Arash

Message #11 received at 45990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Richard H. Stanton" <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu>
To: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 45990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45990: 13.0.3; Skim does not open PDF file at correct line
 (same command works fine from command line)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2024 14:39:44 -0700

I don’t seem to have any problems at the moment.

Best

Richard


> On Sep 9, 2024, at 1:49 PM, Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> Richard Stanton <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu> writes:
> 
>> Running AUC-TeX 13.0.3 on MacOS Catalina, I cannot get Skim to open
>> the file at the line number I ask for. Neither does forward search
>> work, though reverse search works fine.
>> [...]
>> In case it matters, I’m running Skim version 1.6.
> 
> (I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
> at the time.)
> 
> Can you still reproduce this with a current Skim version?  I also ran
> into a similar issue but couldn't come up with a reproducer.  Maybe I'll
> give it another try.  I'm running Skim 1.7.4.
> 
> Best, Arash

Message #16 received at 45990-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Arash Esbati <arash <at> gnu.org>
To: "Richard H. Stanton" <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu>
Cc: 45990-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45990: 13.0.3; Skim does not open PDF file at correct line
 (same command works fine from command line)
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:44:26 +0200

"Richard H. Stanton" <rhstanton <at> berkeley.edu> writes:

> I don’t seem to have any problems at the moment.

Thanks for your response.  So I'm closing this report for now.  We can
reopen or file a new one if you face the issue again.  Again, sorry it
took so long.

Best, Arash

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