On 2/2/1999 1:29:28 PM, Fritz Heberlein wrote:
>Ted,
>Let me give an example.
>I cite from DVIWIN manual,
>which is a DVI driver for
>previewing and printing DVI
>files under Windows.
>
>Fritz
>
>
>
>4. Editor linkage for inverse
>search
>Dviwin can interface with most
>text editors supporting the
>DDE protocol.
>PFE is such an editor and is
>freely available from
>ftp.cica.indiana.edu.
>The interface is accomplished
>by setting several fields in
>the "Inverse Search" dialog
>from the "Options" menu. Set
>the "Command" field to
>"pfe.exe $f", the "Service"
>field to "PFE", the "Topic"
>field to "System", the
>"Message 1" field to
>"[FileOpen("$f")]
>[EditGotoLine($l,0)]
>[EditSelectLine()]", leave the
>"Message 2" field empty, and
>check the "Uses DDE" box
>(You'll need PFE version
>0.05.007G or later). When you
>double click the left mouse
>button, dviwin will instruct
>PFE to display the appropriate
>TeX file at the appropriate
>location (provided of course
>that the DVI file contains src
>specials).
>
>5. Editor setup for forward
>search
>
>You can also do a forward
>search (ie., find the location
>in the DVI file that
>corresponds to a particular
>location in the TeX file)
>provided that the DVI file
>contains src specials.
>Assuming that you use PFE, go
>to the "Configure Windows
>Tools" dialog from the
>"Execute" menu, set the "Tool"
>field to "Dviwin" and the
>"Command Line" field to:
>dde2exe 'dviwin -1 -s\''
>PFE|Editor!LineNumber ' '
>PFE|Editor!FileName '\''
>Once you load a TeX file, you
>will be able to do a forward
>search by selecting the
>"Dviwin" tool from the "Launch
>Windows Tool" dialog in the
>"Execute" menu. If the DVI
>file contains src specials,
>dviwin will try to position
>you at the DVI location
>corresponding to the current
>line number of the current
>file
>
Hello Fritz,
Do you still have an interest in these questions?
I have a hunch that since your posting these features have been implemented in Vedit. Could you give a technical summary for me? In fact, could you give me a reference to DDE?
Do I remember correctly: Your LATEX.VCS also allows direct and inverse search? Somehow these are the two features of your program that I am not using. Or may be this comes from another program of yours.
Thanks,
-peter
P.S. You also say that in every other respect Vedit is superior to these editors. Since everybody loves his/her editor, how do I convince my colleagues that Vedit is indeed better than the official Winedt?
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