synctex: highlight position in source upon rebuilding

[tdegeus]

Thanks for the great extension!!

I would find it very intuitive if, upon saving (if rebuilding), the position in the PDF would be highlighted. I.e. to have cmd + s be the same as what is know cmd + s and then cmd + option + j.

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• OS: macOS
• VS Code version: 1.69.2 (Universal)
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[yarakos95]

@tdegeus

I apologise in advance. This is an idea, but it does not work well.

By using multi-command, you can use multiple commands as one sequence. By configuring as follows, latex-workshop.synctex will be executed after latex-workshop.build is executed.

// settings.json
  "multiCommand.commands": [
    {
      "command": "multiCommand.latex.buildAndSyncTeXJump",
      "sequence": [
        {
          "command": "latex-workshop.build",
          "onSuccess": [
            "latex-workshop.synctex",
          ]
        }
      ],
      "label": "buildAndSyncTeXJump",
      "description": "The position in PDF would be highlighted after TeX file has been built.",
      "languages": ["latex"]
    }
  ],

This assumes that it will be run with internal PDF viewer open. If you configure keybindings.json as follows, the above sequence will be executed at save time.

// keybindings.json
    {
        "key": "ctrl+s",
        "command": "extension.multiCommand.execute",
        "args": { "command": "multiCommand.latex.buildAndSyncTeXJump" },
        "when": "editorTextFocus && editorLangId == latex"
    },

However, this does not work properly. The reason why this configuration doesn't work as expected seems to come from the following issue.

ryuta46/vscode-multi-command#23

If this issue is resolved, you should get the expected behavior with the above configuration.