You can use
DDE commands from TeX and LaTeX editors to use Sumatra as a previewer.
notepad++ #
Launch SumatraPDF from notepad++ enabling forward and backward search:
"C:\Program files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -forward-search "$(FULL_CURRENT_PATH)" $(CURRENT_LINE) -inverse-search "\"C:/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe\" \"%f\" -n%l" "$(CURRENT_DIRECTORY)"/"$(NAME_PART)".pdf
TexStudio #
Launch SumatraPDF from TeXStudio enabling forward and backward search:
"C:/Program Files/SumatraPDF/SumatraPDF.exe" -forward-search "?c:am.tex" @ -inverse-search "\"C:/Program Files (x86)/TeXstudio/texstudio.exe\" \"%%f\" -line %%l" "?am.pdf"
TeXnicCenter #
Short instructions:
- press Alt+F7 (Build > Define Output Profiles)
- for any one of the PDF Profiles e.g. LaTeX > PDF
- for Executable path it should have something like:
C:\Program Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe -inverse-search "\"C:\Program Files (x86)\TeXnicCenter\TeXnicCenter.exe\" /ddecmd \"[goto('%f','%l')]\""SumatraPDF.exe path might be different on your computer
- go back to the editor and using any simple .TeX press
Ctrl + Shift + F5 (Build and view)
- SumatraPDF should have fired up with the compiled PDF
- in SumatraPDF go To
Settings > Advanced Options
- make the following modifications and save the settings file:
ReuseInstance = true
ReloadModifiedDocuments = true
InverseSearchCmdLine = "C:\Program Files\TeXnicCenter\TeXnicCenter.exe" /nosplash /ddecmd "[goto('%f', '%l')]"
OR
InverseSearchCmdLine = "C:\Program Files (x86)\TeXnicCenter\TeXnicCenter.exe" /nosplash /ddecmd "[goto('%f', '%l')]"
EnableTeXEnhancements = true
UseTabs = true
Now a double click in the PDF should take you back to TeXnicCenter either in an included file or the main file. IF not, check the syntax of the InverseSearchCmdLine = matches YOUR location for TeXnicCenter
Back in the editor press Alt+F7 (Build > Define Output Profiles) and for each of the PDF options select viewer
In the 1Executable path1 section REMOVE any thing after the .exe
In the 1View project’s Output1 select Command line argument and check it is "%bm.pdf"
In Forward search change it to -forward-search "%Wc" %l "%bm.pdf"
Vim #
The easiest is to write a Vim function to forward-search and a callback
function that is triggered on backward-search event, i.e. when you double
click somewhere on the pdf.
It is suggested to write such functions in C:\Users\<your_user_id>\vimfiles\after\ftplugin\tex.vim file
so that they exists only in tex filetypes, but you are free to define them
in your .vimrc as well, although the first option is preferred.
forward-search #
The following function works pretty well (note that it is written in Vim9
language):
def ForwardSearch()
var filename_root = expand('%:p:r')
system($'SumatraPDF.exe -forward-search {filename_root}.tex {line(".")} {filename_root}.pdf')
enddef
Feel free to replace SumatraPDF.exe with the correct executable filename,
e.g. SumatraPDFv3-4-5.exe.
Next, you should map this function to some key, for example you could use the
following.
nnoremap <buffer> <F5> <Scriptcmd>ForwardSearch()<cr>
Now, <F5> will perform a forward-search. Feel free to replace <F5> with
the key that you prefer.
backward-search #
Define a global-scope BackwardSearch function as it follows:
def g:BackwardSearch(line: number, filename: string)
exe $'buffer {bufnr(fnamemodify(filename, ':.'))}'
cursor(line, 1)
enddef
Next, open SumatraPDF and go to Settings/Options. Replace the line in the
Set inverse-search command-line box, with the following:
vim --servername vim --remote-send ":call BackwardSearch(%l, '%f')<cr>"
If you use gvim, then replace vim with gvim in the above line. The
backwards search should be now enabled.
WinEdt and Emacs #