[TxMt] LaTeX Bundle question

[Brad Miller]

On Feb 7, 2008, at 7:38 AM, Geoff Vallis wrote:

> Brad,
>
> On Feb 6, 2008, at 9:47 PM, Brad Miller wrote:
>> How do you tell a running version of xdvi to change its position/ 
>> page from the shell?  If it can be done from the shell I'll look at  
>> adding it.
>
> The command to update xdvi is the same whether or not xdvi is  
> already running. It is just:
> xdvi -sourceposition Lineno[:Column]Filename Masterfile[.dvi]
> with, I hope, obvious notation, and of course this command can be  
> embedded in a shell script. The Column parameter is optional. If  
> xdvi is already running, showing masterfile, this call will just  
> bring the xdvi window to the front and switch positions accordingly.  
> If not, the command will open an xdvi window with Masterfile showing.

That is very easy.  I've just never found X to be very pleasant on the  
mac so I've mostly forgotten everything I used to know.

>
>
> There are a million other options that you can see with a 'man xdvi'  
> or 'xdvi --help'.  Generally, you first open an xdvi window with the  
> size and options you want, and then the syncing just uses that open  
> window.
>
>
>> If it is a short shell script then it really would be very easy for  
>> you to add your own bundle command.
>>
>> type ctrl-opt-cmd-b to bring up the bundle editor
>> You should see a bundle with your own name, or you can add the  
>> command to the latex bundle.
>> click add new command in the lower left corner.
>> Give your new command a name:  dvisync
>> Save: Nothing
>> Command(s)  Whatever shell script tells xdvi to update itself.  The  
>> two variables you may want are:
>> TM_LINE_NUMBER  and TM_FILEPATH  or TM_FILENAME
>> Input:  None
>> Output: discard
>> key equivalent:  your choice
>> Scope Selector:  text.tex.latex
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>> Close the bundle editor, and you've made your first TextMate command.
>
>
> Thanks, I'll give this a shot, whether or not you decide to support  
> xdvi. To be absolutely clear, can you say what the Textmate  
> variables are that correspond to:
>
> linenumber of the file being edited where the cursor is at;
> column of the cursor of the file being edited (if available;
> filename of the file being edited;
> masterfilename (which will be the name of the dvi file).
>

Geoff,

You can see all of the environment variables exported by TM by running  
the command  Bundles --> Bundle Development --> Show TM_* variables.

linenumber is TM_LINE_NUMBER
columnnumber is TM_COLUMN_NUMBER
filename of the file being edited:
TM_FILENAME  -- is the filename without any path information
TM_FILEPATH -- is the filename with full path
${TM_FILENAME%.tex}.dvi  will give you the name of the dvi file  
without path
${TM_FILEPATH%.tex}.dvi  will give you the name of the dvi file with  
the path

Brad

>
> Regards
> Geoff
>
>
>
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