Re: [AUCTeX-devel] [PATCH] When using SyncTeX with Evince, do not switch focus after syncing.

[David Kastrup]

Mosè Giordano <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear Hong,
>
>> Do you all agree to make this an option? If so, I can update the patch
>> to accommodate that.
>
> I'm not still convinced that the patch you propose is a good idea.
> Why should people run "View" command to *not* view the document?  If
> you only want to sync the viewer, you should define a custom command
> that does that, why hijacking a command that is supposed to do
> something else?  In addition, what's the point of syncing the viewer
> without viewing it?

"Viewing it" and "letting it take over focus" are two different things.

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David Kastrup