Re: DDE support of AUCTeX.

[Hongyi Zhao]

On Sun, Apr 2, 2023 at 3:58 PM Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> I noticed on the wiki [1], which says that the DDE support is absent
> >> in AUCTeX, as shown in the attachment. I wonder whether this is true.
> >>
> >> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_TeX_editors
> >
> > Reading [Note 8] suggests that with DDE forward/backward sync via other
> > means than command-line arguments is meant.  If that's the case, then
> > AUCTeX does have support for that with certain viewers, e.g., AUCTeX and
> > Evince and its derivatives such as Atril communicate via DBUS (if
> > available), AUCTeX and pdf-tools communicate directly via Lisp.
>
> Well, after reading the DDL article: if the statement is limited to that
> concrete implementation of inter-process communication used in early
> versions of MS windows and OS/2, then the "No" for AUCTeX is obviously
> correct.

Thanks for letting me know this.

> Bye,
> Tassilo

Best Regards,
Zhao