Re: [AUCTeX] Backward search with Evince when compiling only part of the document

[Qiang Yin]

Hi Mosè,

It works when I use 'C-c C-r', both forward and backward search.

Cheers,
Qiang

On 2016-04-29 06:50:54, Mosè Giordano wrote:
> Hi Qiang,
>
> 2016-04-28 15:36 GMT+02:00 Qiang Yin <address@hidden>:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a large file to compile so I split into several files and use
>> AUCTeX's "command on buffer" function.
>>
>> It works well. I can press 'C-c C-b' to just compile the file I am
>> currently editing. Forward Search works well too. The only part that
>> dose not do the desired job is backward search. Every time I double
>> click on the pdf file it jumps to a "_region_.tex" buffer, but not the
>> buffer I am currently editing.
>>
>> I google it and find a very old thread related to this topic
>>
>>   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.auctex.general/4285
>>
>> I have tried  the code mentioned in the thread. But it dose not do the
>> trick, since it is a 4 year old thread. Also I find an item in the news
>> of AUCTeX 11.89 says:
>>
>>   Forward and backward search with Evince now also work when only a
>>   region of the document is compiled/viewed.
>>
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/manual/auctex/Changes.html
>>
>> So is that possible to make backward search to work as I want? What's
>> the additional setup?
>
> Does it work for you when you use C-c C-r instead of C-c C-b?
>
> Bye,
> Mosè