Fix synctex setup in .latexmkrc for neovim, which does not have --servername

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/vim/.latexmkrc b/vim/.latexmkrc
index ce212c3..2d07232 100644
--- a/vim/.latexmkrc
+++ b/vim/.latexmkrc
@@ -1,6 +1,29 @@
+# vim: ft=perl:
 $pdf_mode = 1;
 
-$pdf_previewer = 'SERVER=`md5sum %T`; zathura -x "vim --servername \'$SERVER\' --remote-tab +%{line} %{input}" %S & urxvt -e vim --servername "$SERVER" %T';
+# With the following, `latexmk -pvc jobname.tex` opens a zathura instance for
+# the generated PDF alongside an nvim editor, and sets up synctex from zathura
+# to vim.
+
+# create a vim rpc socket based on the filename
+$pdf_previewer = 'SERVER=/tmp/vim-latexmk-`md5sum %T | cut -d\' \' -f1`;';
+
+# zathura for viewing
+$pdf_previewer .= 'zathura';
+# -x for synctex: connect to the rpc socket, switch to the file and jump to the line
+$pdf_previewer .= ' -x "nvim --headless --cmd';
+$pdf_previewer .= ' \'let skt=sockconnect(\\"pipe\\",\\"$SERVER\\",{\\"rpc\\":1})';
+$pdf_previewer .= ' | call rpcrequest(skt,\\"nvim_command\\",\\"SwitchToFileOrOpen %{input}\\")';
+$pdf_previewer .= ' | call rpcrequest(skt,\\"nvim_command\\",\\"%{line}\\")';
+# mysteriously, we need `cd .` to fix the file name in the tabline
+$pdf_previewer .= ' | call rpcrequest(skt,\\"nvim_command\\",\\"cd .\\")';
+$pdf_previewer .= ' | call chanclose(skt)';
+$pdf_previewer .= ' | quit\'"';
+# final argument for zathura is the PDF
+$pdf_previewer .= ' %S &';
+
+# nvim for editing; start up the server as part of the command line
+$pdf_previewer .= 'urxvt -e nvim --cmd "let g:server_name = serverstart(\'$SERVER\')" %T';
 
 push @extra_pdflatex_options, '-synctex=1' ;
 push @extra_pdflatex_options, '-halt-on-error' ;