[evince] LaTeX/evince: Forward and backward search with TeXlipse and $EDITOR

[Kirill Müller <kirill mueller ivt baug ethz ch>]

Hello all,

after searching for quite a while for an out-of-the-box solution for 
using evince as PDF previewer with eclipse/TeXlipse, I have added the 
functionality required by TeXlipse to [1]. It is now one file only, 
called via

evince_latex %file %line %texfile ["editor_cmd %f %l"]

. On Ctrl+click in evince, the script either writes file:line to stdout 
(as expected by TeXlipse) or executes an arbitrary command (as required 
by other editors). It terminates when the document is closed in evince. 
Detection of multiple instances is not yet implemented but should be 
straightforward to add. (Eclipse plays well with multiple concurrent 
instances of the script.)

I would like to add this script to the evince code base to gain the 
following benefits:

- Installed together with evince, LaTeX users can use it right away

- Documentation can be added to [2]

- Use existing infrastructure instead of maintaining a dedicated 
repository for one single file.

I have a detailed changelog from [1] to the current state in a private 
Git repository. I can submit the changes via

git log -p -M

, or integrate them into a clone of the evince Git repo. What do you prefer?

Any thoughts?


Best regards

Kirill


[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1716268

[2] http://library.gnome.org/users/evince/stable/synctex-search.html.en