[TxMt] Is the following pdfsync-instruction right?

[Charilaos Skiadas]

On May 10, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Niels Kobschätzki wrote:

> Hi!
>
> Skim (skim-app.sourceforge.net), a very neat and free pdf-viewer  
> supports now pdfsync and they set up a wiki with some instructions  
> how to enable Skim as viewer for pdfsync in Textmate. But I think  
> the instructions are more complex than they should be.
>
> The site is: http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/ 
> LaTeX_and_PDFSync
>
> Isn't it even in the standard-install of TextMate only necessary to  
> set the Shell Variable TM_LATEX_VIEWER to Skim?
>
No, the LaTeX and View, and the other sync command, need to make an  
extra call if the viewer supports pdfsync. Currently we are only  
handling TeXniscope and PDFView, but I think we should be able to add  
Skim to the list.

I haven't tried Skim, what are its advantages over PDFView?

> Niels

Haris Skiadas
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Hanover College