Inverse search is a feature of some non-interactive typesetting programs, such as LaTeX and GNU LilyPond. These programs read an abstract, textual, definition of a document as input, and converts this into a graphical format such as DVI or PDF. In a windowing system, this typically means that the source code is entered in one editor window, and the resulting output is viewed in a different output window. Inverse search means that a graphical object in the output window works as a hyperlink, which brings you back to the line and column in the editor, where the clicked object was defined. The inverse search feature is particularly useful during proofreading. LATEX, written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... GNU LilyPond is a free software program for engraving sheet music. ... DVI (DeVice Independent) is the output file format of the TeX typesetting program, designed by Donald Knuth in 1979. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A windowing system is a graphical user interface (GUI) which uses the window as one of its primary metaphors. ... Source code (commonly just source or code) is any series of statements written in some human-readable computer programming language. ... Notepad is the standard text editor for Microsoft Windows A text editor is a piece of computer software for editing plain text. ... // Headline text Media:Example. ... Proofreading means reading a proof copy of a text in order to detect and correct any errors. ...

Implementations

• In TeX and LaTeX, the package srcltx provides an inverse search feature through DVI output files.
• GNU LilyPond provides an inverse search feature through PDF output files, since version 2.6. The program calls this feature Point-and-click,
• Many integrated development environments for programming use inverse search to display compilation error messages, and during debugging when a breakpoint happens.

The TeX logo The TeX mascot, by Duane Bibby TEX, written as TeX in plain text, is a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth. ... LATEX, written as LaTeX in plain text, is a document preparation system for the TeX typesetting program. ... GNU LilyPond is a free software program for engraving sheet music. ... An integrated development environment (IDE), also known as integrated design environment and integrated debugging environment, is a type of computer software that assists computer programmers to develop software. ... Computer programming (often simply programming) is the craft of implementing one or more interrelated abstract algorithms using a particular programming language to produce a concrete computer program. ... A diagram of the operation of a typical multi-language compiler. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A debugger is a computer program that is used to debug (and sometimes test or optimize) other programs which might be running on the same computer (host computer) as the debugger is running, or running on a second remote computer which might be a similar machine, a dissimilar computer, or... A breakpoint, in software development, is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program, put in place for debugging purposes. ...

See also

How to set up inverse seach with xdvi