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I use vim for editing, and briefly considered vim-latex, but rejected it as too complicated to 1) install and 2) learn how to use. Thus, if one uses Vim one must ensure that it starts: a server. But I need to get on with what I'm writing, rather than get into an infinite regress of things I need to learn first. Vim requires +clientserver in order to allow inverse search from the PDF: viewer to Vim (see vimtex-synctex-inverse-search ). Since skim provides some kind of AppleScript access, which Preview doesn't, I wondered whether to try using AppleScript. This happens whether of not I tell the system (via Command-I) to always open filename.pdf with the appropriate application (skim or Reader). Unfortunately, a command line such as the one above, possibly using "open -a skim.app filename.pdf" produces the error message that either the file or the program "can’t be opened because it is from an unidentified developer". I have tried using "open -a" with both skim.app and Adobe Acrobat Reader, because I have gained the impression from reading about these pdf viewers on the web that one can change the default viewing parameters. This is annoying because I like to recompile my latex quite often. However I want to open the pdf with a given zoom (problems with vision), and Preview reverts to a default zoom at every opportunity. Latexmk -pdf filename.tex open filename.pdf With over 200 syntax modes, lots of advanced editing features and thoughtful. The app is configured to run code in 25 languages out-of-the-box, and additional languages can be configured to run by simply entering their terminal command. I have been using latexmk to make a pdf file in the following way: CodeRunner was designed to support all of the most widely used programming languages and run them instantly.