Inverse search not working on Windows (possible problem in the path file_name)

[ThunderSmotch]

Hi!

I've setup Neovim + VimLatex + Sioyek with moderate success, forward search works out of the box.

However, after some debugging on my end, it appears that the inverse search feature is not working. I think it has something to do with the forward slashes present on the .synctex file. When I launch sioyek from the command line with backslashes on the path in the --inverse-search command everything works. If instead I use forward slashes the inverse search stops working.

The file_name variable is the one defined here.

EDIT: This may be relevant code.

[ahrm]

Should be (partially) fixed in f57f91806c26cd67830a67e469c6e2632aee8c30. The issue is that synctex returns the path like this:

d:/some/path/file.pdf

While vimtex expects something like this:

D:\some\path\file.pdf

even

d:\some\path\file.pdf

doesn't work. Honestly, I think this is an issue on vimtex's part. I think d:\some\path\file.pdf should be a valid address on windows. For now, as a quick and dirty hack I upper-cased the first letter of the path which should be the drive name but doesn't work if the drive name has more than one letter.

[ThunderSmotch]

Thanks!

As a workaround, only setting the option (and not touching on view_method): let g:vimtex_view_general_viewer = 'C:\path_to\sioyek-release-windows\sioyek.exe' Made it work out of the box! Perhaps the issue is indeed on vimtex's implementation of the sioyek view method.

[Canoming]

Hi, @ahrm

I tried to config the synctex on sioyek + vscode on Windows. The forward search works perfectly, but I couldn't make the backward search work. The args are set according to https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek/issues/555#issuecomment-1362883291

in vscode:

  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.args": [
    "--inverse-search",
    "\"C:\\Users\\Canoming\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" -r -g %1:%2",
    "--reuse-window",
    "--forward-search-file",
    "%TEX%",
    "--forward-search-line",
    "%LINE%",
    "%PDF%"
  ],

and in prefs_user.config:

inverse_search_command       "C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g %1:%2

I suppose the problem comes from the space in the path, as the backward search succeeded once, but the path was broken into several files at that time. I tried to replace the space with placeholders like %20%, but the backward search completely failed after that. It doesn't work even after I restore all the configs. Is there a way to see the error logs? I tried to call the --inverse-search from CLI, but nothing happened. The debug command from sioyek also did nothing.

[ahrm]

You don't have quotations here:

    "\"C:\\Users\\Canoming\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" -r -g %1:%2",

it should be: ""C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1:%2"",

Same goes for the inverse_search_command, it should be:

inverse_search_command       "C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1:%2"

[Canoming]

You don't have quotations here:

    "\"C:\\Users\\Canoming\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" -r -g %1:%2",

it should be: ""C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1:%2"",

Same goes for the inverse_search_command, it should be:

inverse_search_command       "C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1:%2"

Well, I've tried many different combinations like the ones you provide here

"\"C:\\Users\\Canoming\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" -r -g \"%1:%2\"",

inverse_search_command       "C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1:%2"

But they don't work as well.

Also, in the tutorial.pdf https://github.com/ahrm/sioyek/issues/555#issuecomment-1362883291, there are no quotations on %1:%2, and in the documentation, there are additional arguments

inverse_search_command "C:\path\to\vscode\Code.exe" "C:\path\to\vscode\resources\app\out\cli.js" --ms-enable-electron-run-as-node -r -g "%1:%2"

I'm not sure which one is the latest, but none of them works for me.

[ahrm]

but none of them works for me.

Can you paste your config with quotations here so we can see if there are any issues?

[Canoming]

Can you paste your config with quotations here so we can see if there are any issues?

Actually, the one I wrote above is copied from my config instead of your reply. But to make it clear here is my full config

in the vscode

  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.command": "C:\\Users\\Canoming\\Desktop\\Portable\\sioyek-release-windows\\sioyek.exe",
  "latex-workshop.view.pdf.external.synctex.args": [
    "--inverse-search",
    "\"C:\\Users\\Canoming\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" -r -g \"%1:%2\"",
    "--reuse-window",
    "--forward-search-file",
    "%TEX%",
    "--forward-search-line",
    "%LINE%",
    "%PDF%"
  ],

and in the sioyek, it is

inverse_search_command       "C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1:%2"

[ahrm]

Does this work? :

inverse_search_command       "C:\Users\Canoming\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" -r -g "%1":%2

[Canoming]

Still, nothing happened. It is very strange, as it worked once. Not sure if it's due to my vscode being auto-updated. Also, in CLI, the sioyek.exe --version doesn't print anything, but sioyek.exe --help works (popup a window). Probably there is something wrong with the stdout

[ejuarezg]

I'm running into a similar issue. Nothing happens when calling Synctex From Cursor in VS Codium

[TideDra]

Same issue. Nothing happens when calling Synctex From Cursor in VS Code.