[PATCH] Only enable forward search if synctex is enabled

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Mi., 28. Apr. 2021 um 18:19 Uhr schrieb Scott Kostyshak <skostysh at lyx.org
>:

> On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 06:57:19PM +0200, Pavel Sanda wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:44:58AM -0400, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> > > Good to know. I'm curious, what is your use case for wanting to use it
> with
> > > some documents and not others? In order to (potentially) design an
> interface,
> > > I want to understand how people use it.
> >
> > I use it only with few documents -- 3rd party texts which need quick
> > proofreading for typos but are too long for paper print (or not worth
> > of paper altogether).
>
> I see. I'm not sure how to proceed on this. I propose a hypothetical that
> might help:
>
> Suppose that I ask on lyx-users and the results show that most people on
> lyx-users who use synctex prefer to have a way to enable it globally (i.e.,
> in preferences). Would we then consider to add a preference if a proposal
> for an interface is intuitive? If not, then it seems there's point in
> asking on lyx-users in the first place.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on this. Enrico's approach of manually
> adding it to the converter commands is not a difficult workaround for users
> to implement. I feel we can make a smoother experience for users, but if
> others disagree I'm fine to drop this.
>

FWIW I also use it only for individual documents (also because it is a bit
slower and makes slightly larger documents.

Jürgen


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