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move header files without updating the Makefile to match.
+ -MSWinBackSlash
+ This option only has an effect when latexmk is running under MS-
+ Windows. This is that when latexmk runs a command under MS-Win-
+ dows, the Windows standard directory separator "\" is used to
+ separate directory components in a file name. Internally, la-
+ texmk uses "/" for the directory separator character, which is
+ the character used by Unix-like systems.
+
+ This is the default behavior. However the default may have been
+ overridden by a configuration file (latexmkrc file) which sets
+ $MSWin_back_slash=0.
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+ -MSWinBackSlash-
+ This option only has an effect when latexmk is running under MS-
+ Windows. This is that when latexmk runs a command under MS-Win-
+ dows, the substitution of "\" for the separator character be-
+ tween directory components of a file name is not done. Instead
+ the forward slash "/" is used, the same as on Unix-like systems.
+ This is acceptable in most situations under MS-Windows, provided
+ that filenames are properly quoted, as latexmk does by default.
+
+ See the documentation for the configuration variable
+ $MSWin_back_slash for more details.
+
+
-new-viewer
When in continuous-preview mode, always start a new viewer to
view the generated file. By default, latexmk will, in continu-
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-new-viewer-
The inverse of the -new-viewer option. It puts latexmk in its
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normal behavior that in preview-continuous mode it checks for an
already-running previewer.
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See also the -auxdir/-aux-directory options, and the $aux_dir,
$out_dir, and $search_path_separator configuration variables of
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latexmk. In particular, see the documentation of $out_dir for
some complications on what directory names are suitable.
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turns them off.
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-pdf Generate pdf version of document using pdflatex. (If you wish
to use lualatex or xelatex, you can use whichever of the options
-pdflua, -pdfxe, -lualatex or -xelatex applies.) To configure
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multiple runs to generate a fully up-to-date .xdv file does la-
texmk then call xdvipdfmx to generate the final .pdf file.
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(Note: The reason why latexmk arranges for xelatex to make an
.xdv file instead of the xelatex's default of a .pdf file is as
follows: When the document includes large graphics files, espe-
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the -pdflatex="COMMAND" option.
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-pdflatex="COMMAND"
This sets the string specifying the command to run pdflatex, and
is typically used to add desired options. Since the string nor-
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for pdflatex) see the -latex option.
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-pdflualatex="COMMAND"
Equivalent to -lualatex="COMMAND".
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If you already have a suitable command configured, you only need
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latexmk -pretex='\AtBeginDocument{Message\par}' foo.tex
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-pF Postscript file filtering. The argument to this option is a
filter which will generate a filtered postscript file with the
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extension ".psF". All extra processing (e.g. preview, printing)
will then be performed on this filtered postscript file.
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-pvc Run a file previewer and continually update the .dvi, .ps,
and/or .pdf files whenever changes are made to source files (see
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the Description above). Which of these files is generated and
which is viewed is governed by the other options, and is the
same as for the -pv option. The preview-continuous option -pvc
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mode. It is better to use a different viewer: SumatraPDF and
gsview are good possibilities.
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There are some other methods for arranging an update, notably
useful for many versions of xdvi and xpdf. These are best set
in latexmk's configuration; see below.
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Set period of inactivity in minutes for pvc timeout.
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-quiet Same as -silent
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during latexmk's parsing of its command line. See the -e option
for a way of giving initialization code directly on latexmk's
command line. An error results in latexmk stopping. Multiple
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instances of the -r and -e options can be used, and they are ex-
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-showextraoptions
Show the list of extra latex and pdflatex options that latexmk
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recognizes, but that it simply passes through to the programs
latex, pdflatex, etc when they are run. These options are
(currently) a combination of those allowed by the TeXLive and
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-recorder) that trigger special actions or behavior by latexmk
itself as well as being passed in some form to the called latex
and pdflatex program, or that affect other programs as well.
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These options do have entries in this documentation. These op-
tions are: -jobname=STRING, -aux-directory=dir, -output-direc-
tory=DIR, -quiet, and -recorder.
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ones. This is useful to override special configurations.
The result is that $latex = 'latex %O %S', and similarly for
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$pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex. (The option -no-pdf needed
for $xelatex is provided automatically, given that %O appears in
the definition.)
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gram to try to make the missing files.
Note that the filename may be specified without an extension,
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e.g., by \includegraphics{drawing} in a LaTeX file. In that
case, latexmk will try making drawing.ext with ext set in turn
to the possible extensions that are relevant for latex (or as
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latexmk -usepretex='\AtBeginDocument{Message\par}' foo.tex
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-v, -version
Print version number of latexmk.
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This causes latexmk to return a non-zero status code if any of
the files processed gives a warning about problems with cita-
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This sets the string specifying the command to run xelatex. It
sets the variable $xelatex.
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Warning: It is important to ensure that the -no-pdf is used when
xelatex is invoked, since latexmk expects xelatex to produce an
.xdv file, not a .pdf file. If you provide %O in the command
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Compatibility between options
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The preview-continuous option -pvc can only work with one file. So in
this case you will normally only specify one filename on the command
line.
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Some possibilities:
a. If you get a strange error, do look carefully at the output that is
- on the screen and in log files. While there is much that is notori-
- ously verbose in the output of latex (and that is added to by latexmk),
- the verbosity is there for a reason: to enable the user to diagnose
- problems. Latexmk does repeat some messages at the end of a run that
- it thinks would otherwise be easy to miss in the middle of other out-
- put.
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+ notoriously verbose in the output of latex (and that is added to by la-
+ texmk), the verbosity is there for a reason: to enable the user to di-
+ agnose problems. Latexmk does repeat some messages at the end of a run
+ that it thinks would otherwise be easy to miss in the middle of other
+ output.
b. Generally, remember that latexmk does its work by running other pro-
grams. Your first priority in dealing with errors should be to examine
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i. Ask a question at tex.stackexchange.com.
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documentation.
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tion. The difference in output file type can happen for two reasons:
One is that for latex, pdflatex and lualatex the document itself can
override the defaults. The other is that there may be a configuration,
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- format=... option could be used with lualatex, or xelatex gets invoked
+ or misconfiguration, such that the program that latexmk invokes to com-
+ pile the document is not the expected one, or is given options incom-
+ patible with what latexmk initially expects. (E.g., the -output-for-
+ mat=... option could be used with lualatex, or xelatex gets invoked
without the -no-pdf option.)
Under latex and pdflatex, control of the output format by the document
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to a non-zero value as it is by default. If this variable is zero, a
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CONFIGURATION/INITIALIZATION (RC) FILES
In this section is explained which configuration files are read by la-
texmk. Subsequent sections "How to Set Variables in Initialization
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2) The user's RC file, if it exists. This can be in one of two places.
The traditional one is ".latexmkrc" in the user's home directory. The
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tion home directory. The actual file read is the first of "$XDG_CON-
FIG_HOME/latexmk/latexmkrc" or "$HOME/.latexmkrc" which exists. (See
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named either "latexmkrc" or ".latexmkrc", and the first of these to be
found is used, if any.
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quotes, as in many programming languages. But then the Perl program-
ming language brings into play some special rules for interpolating
variables into strings. People not fluent in Perl will want to avoid
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You can do much more complicated things, but for this you will need to
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%A basename of the main tex file. Unlike %R, this is unaffected by
the setting of a jobname by the -jobname option or the $jobname
configuration value.
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source file is read.
If the variable $pre_tex_code is the empty string, then %P is
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%R root filename. This is the base name for the main tex file.
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UNIX and MS-Windows, i.e., ':', '/' and '\'.
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$bibtex = 'bibtex %O %B';
- Generally, you should use %B rather than %R. Similarly for most
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- See the default values in the section "List of configuration variables
+ See the default values in the section "List of configuration variables
usable in initialization files" for what is normally the most appropri-
ate usage.
If you omit to supply any placeholders whatever in the specification of
- a command, latexmk will supply what its author thinks are appropriate
+ a command, latexmk will supply what its author thinks are appropriate
defaults. This gives compatibility with configuration files for previ-
ous versions of latexmk, which didn't use placeholders.
- "Detaching" a command: Normally when latexmk runs a command, it waits
+ "Detaching" a command: Normally when latexmk runs a command, it waits
for the command to run to completion. This is appropriate for commands
like latex, of course. But for previewers, the command should normally
- run detached, so that latexmk gets the previewer running and then re-
- turns to its next task (or exits if there is nothing else to do). To
- achieve this effect of detaching a command, you need to precede the
+ run detached, so that latexmk gets the previewer running and then re-
+ turns to its next task (or exits if there is nothing else to do). To
+ achieve this effect of detaching a command, you need to precede the
command name with "start ", as in
$dvi_previewer = 'start xdvi %O %S';
- This will be translated to whatever is appropriate for your operating
+ This will be translated to whatever is appropriate for your operating
system.
Notes: (1) In some circumstances, latexmk will always run a command de-
- tached. This is the case for a previewer in preview continuous mode,
- since otherwise previewing continuously makes no sense. (2) This pre-
- cludes the possibility of running a command named start. (3) If the
- word start occurs more than once at the beginning of the command
- string, that is equivalent to having just one. (4) Under cygwin, some
- complications happen, since cygwin amounts to a complicated merging of
- UNIX and MS-Windows. See the source code for how I've handled the
+ tached. This is the case for a previewer in preview continuous mode,
+ since otherwise previewing continuously makes no sense. (2) This pre-
+ cludes the possibility of running a command named start. (3) If the
+ word start occurs more than once at the beginning of the command
+ string, that is equivalent to having just one. (4) Under cygwin, some
+ complications happen, since cygwin amounts to a complicated merging of
+ UNIX and MS-Windows. See the source code for how I've handled the
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Command names containing spaces: Under MS-Windows it is common that the
name of a command includes spaces, since software is often installed in
a subdirectory of "C:\Program Files". Such command names should be en-
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%S';
$pdf_previewer = 'start "c:/Program Files/SumatraPDF/Suma-
traPDF.exe" %O %S';
- $pdf_previewer = 'start "c:/Program Files/SumatraPDF (x86)/Suma-
+ $pdf_previewer = 'start "c:/Program Files/SumatraPDF (x86)/Suma-
traPDF.exe" %O %S';
- (Note about the above example: Under MS-Windows forward slashes are
+ (Note about the above example: Under MS-Windows forward slashes are
equivalent to backslashes in a filename under almost all circumstances,
- provided that the filename is inside double quotes. It is easier to
+ provided that the filename is inside double quotes. It is easier to
use forward slashes in examples like the one above, since then one does
- not have to worry about the rules for dealing with forward slashes in
+ not have to worry about the rules for dealing with forward slashes in
strings in the Perl language.)
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- Command names under Cygwin: If latexmk is executed by Cygwin's Perl,
+ Command names under Cygwin: If latexmk is executed by Cygwin's Perl,
be particularly certain that pathnames in commands have forward slashes
- not the usual backslashes for the separator of pathname components.
- See the above examples. Backslashes often get misinterpreted by the
+ not the usual backslashes for the separator of pathname components.
+ See the above examples. Backslashes often get misinterpreted by the
Unix shell used by Cygwin's Perl to execute external commands. Forward
slashes don't suffer from this problem, and (when quoted, as above) are
equally acceptable to MS-Windows.
- Using MS-Windows file associations: A useful trick under modern ver-
+ Using MS-Windows file associations: A useful trick under modern ver-
sions of MS-Windows (e.g., WinXP) is to use just the command 'start' by
itself:
$dvi_previewer = 'start %S';
Under MS-Windows, this will cause to be run whatever program the system
- has associated with dvi files. (The same applies for a postscript
+ has associated with dvi files. (The same applies for a postscript
viewer and a pdf viewer.) But note that this trick is not always suit-
- able for the pdf previwer, if your system has acroread for the default
+ able for the pdf previwer, if your system has acroread for the default
pdf viewer. As explained elsewhere, acroread under MS-Windows does not
work well with latex and latexmk, because acroread locks the pdf file.
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$lpr = 'NONE lpr';
- This typically is used when an appropriate command does not exist on
+ This typically is used when an appropriate command does not exist on
your system. The string after the "NONE" is effectively a comment.
Options to commands: Setting the name of a command can be used not only
for changing the name of the command called, but also to add options to
- command. Suppose you want latexmk to use latex with source specials
- enabled. Then you might use the following line in an initialization
+ command. Suppose you want latexmk to use latex with source specials
+ enabled. Then you might use the following line in an initialization
file:
- $latex = 'latex --src-specials %O %S';
-
- Running a subroutine instead of an external command: Use a specifica-
- tion starting with "internal", as in
- $latex = 'internal mylatex %O %S';
- sub mylatex {
- my @args = @_;
- # Possible preprocessing here
- return system 'latex', @args;
- }
- For some of the more exotic possibilities that then become available,
- see the section "ADVANCED CONFIGURATION: Some extra resources and ad-
- vanced tricks". Also see some of the examples in the directory exam-
- ple_rcfiles in the latexmk distribution.
+ 17 April 2020 31
- Advanced tricks: Normally one specifies a single command for the com-
- mands invoked by latexmk. Naturally, if there is some complicated
- 26 December 2019 31
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+ $latex = 'latex --src-specials %O %S';
+ Running a subroutine instead of an external command: Use a specifica-
+ tion starting with "internal", as in
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $latex = 'internal mylatex %O %S';
+ sub mylatex {
+ my @args = @_;
+ # Possible preprocessing here
+ return system 'latex', @args;
+ }
+ For some of the more exotic possibilities that then become available,
+ see the section "ADVANCED CONFIGURATION: Some extra resources and ad-
+ vanced tricks". Also see some of the examples in the directory exam-
+ ple_rcfiles in the latexmk distribution.
- additional processing you need to do in your special situation, you can
+ Advanced tricks: Normally one specifies a single command for the com-
+ mands invoked by latexmk. Naturally, if there is some complicated ad-
+ ditional processing you need to do in your special situation, you can
write a script (or batch file) to do the processing, and then configure
latexmk to use your script in place of the standard program.
- You can also use a Perl subroutine instead of a script -- see above.
+ You can also use a Perl subroutine instead of a script -- see above.
This is generally the most flexible and portable solution.
It is also possible to configure latexmk to run multiple commands. For
- example, if when running pdflatex to generate a pdf file from a tex
+ example, if when running pdflatex to generate a pdf file from a tex
file you need to run another program after pdflatex to perform some ex-
tra processing, you could do something like:
- $pdflatex = 'pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S; pst2pdf_for_latexmk
+ $pdflatex = 'pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S; pst2pdf_for_latexmk
%B';
- This definition assumes you are using a UNIX-like system (which in-
- cludes Linux and OS-X), so that the two commands to be run are sepa-
+ This definition assumes you are using a UNIX-like system (which in-
+ cludes Linux and OS-X), so that the two commands to be run are sepa-
rated by the semicolon in the middle of the string.
If you are using MS-Windows, you would replace the above line by
@@ -2074,48 +2093,47 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$pdflatex = 'cmd /c pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S'
. '&& pst2pdf_for_latexmk %B';
- Here, the UNIX command separator ; is replaced by &&. In addition,
+ Here, the UNIX command separator ; is replaced by &&. In addition,
there is a problem that some versions of Perl on MS-Windows do not obey
- the command separator; this problem is overcome by explicitly invoking
+ the command separator; this problem is overcome by explicitly invoking
the MS-Windows command-line processor cmd.exe.
LIST OF CONFIGURATION VARIABLES USABLE IN INITIALIZATION FILES
- In this section are specified the variables whose values can be ad-
- justed to configure latexmk. (See the earlier section "Configura-
- tion/Initialization (rc) Files" for the files where the configurations
+ In this section are specified the variables whose values can be ad-
+ justed to configure latexmk. (See the earlier section "Configura-
+ tion/Initialization (rc) Files" for the files where the configurations
are done.)
- Default values are indicated in brackets. Note that for variables that
- are boolean in character, concerning whether latexmk does or does not
- behave in a certain way, a non-zero value, normally 1, indicates true,
- i.e., the behavior occurs, while a zero value indicates a false value,
- i.e., the behavior does not occur.
- $allow_switch [1]
-
- This controls what happens when the output extension of latex,
- pdflatex, lualatex or xelatex differs from what is expected.
- (The possible extensions are .dvi, .pdf, .xdv.) This can happen
- with the use of the \pdfoutput macro in a document compiled un-
- der latex or pdflatex, or with the use of the \outputmode macro
- under lualatex. It can also happen with certain kinds of incor-
- rect configuration.
+ 17 April 2020 32
- In such a case, latexmk can appropriately adjust its network of
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+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ Default values are indicated in brackets. Note that for variables that
+ are boolean in character, concerning whether latexmk does or does not
+ behave in a certain way, a non-zero value, normally 1, indicates true,
+ i.e., the behavior occurs, while a zero value indicates a false value,
+ i.e., the behavior does not occur.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $allow_switch [1]
+ This controls what happens when the output extension of latex,
+ pdflatex, lualatex or xelatex differs from what is expected.
+ (The possible extensions are .dvi, .pdf, .xdv.) This can happen
+ with the use of the \pdfoutput macro in a document compiled un-
+ der latex or pdflatex, or with the use of the \outputmode macro
+ under lualatex. It can also happen with certain kinds of incor-
+ rect configuration.
+ In such a case, latexmk can appropriately adjust its network of
rules. The adjustment is made if $allow_switch is on, and if no
request for a dvi or ps file has been made.
@@ -2123,11 +2141,11 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$always_view_file_via_temporary [0]
- Whether .ps and .pdf files are initially to be made in a tempo-
- rary directory and then moved to the final location. (This ap-
+ Whether .ps and .pdf files are initially to be made in a tempo-
+ rary directory and then moved to the final location. (This ap-
plies to dvips, dvipdf, and ps2pdf operations, and the filtering
operators on .dvi and .ps files. It does not apply to pdflatex,
- unfortunately, since pdflatex provides no way of specifying a
+ unfortunately, since pdflatex provides no way of specifying a
chosen name for the output file.)
This use of a temporary file solves a problem that the making of
@@ -2137,79 +2155,79 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
which can cause havoc.
See the $pvc_view_file_via_temporary variable for a setting that
- applies only if preview-continuous mode (-pvc option) is used.
+ applies only if preview-continuous mode (-pvc option) is used.
See $tmpdir for the setting of the directory where the temporary
file is created.
$analyze_input_log_always [1]
- After a run of latex (etc), always analyze .log for input files
- in the <...> and (...) constructions. Otherwise, only do the
+ After a run of latex (etc), always analyze .log for input files
+ in the <...> and (...) constructions. Otherwise, only do the
analysis when fls file doesn't exist or is out of date.
- Under normal circumstances, the data in the fls file is reli-
+ Under normal circumstances, the data in the fls file is reli-
able, and the test of the log file gets lots of false positives;
- usually $analyze_input_log_always is best set to zero. But the
- test of the log file is needed at least in the following situa-
- tion: When a user needs to persuade latexmk that a certain file
- is a source file, and latexmk doesn't otherwise find it. Then
- the user can write code that causes a line with (...) to be
- written to log file. One important case is for lualatex, which
- doesn't always generate lines in the .fls file for input lua
- files. (The situation with lualatex is HIGHLY version depen-
- dent, e.g., there was a big change between TeXLive 2016 and
- TeXLive 2017.)
+ usually $analyze_input_log_always is best set to zero. But the
+ test of the log file is needed at least in the following
- To keep backward compatibility with older versions of latexmk,
- the default is to set $analyze_input_log_always to 1.
- $auto_rc_use [1]
- Whether to automatically read the standard initialization (rc)
- files, which are the system RC file, the user's RC file, and the
- RC file in the current directory. The command line option -norc
- can be used to turn this setting off. Each RC file could also
+ 17 April 2020 33
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+ situation: When a user needs to persuade latexmk that a certain
+ file is a source file, and latexmk doesn't otherwise find it.
+ Then the user can write code that causes a line with (...) to be
+ written to log file. One important case is for lualatex, which
+ doesn't always generate lines in the .fls file for input lua
+ files. (The situation with lualatex is HIGHLY version depen-
+ dent, e.g., there was a big change between TeXLive 2016 and
+ TeXLive 2017.)
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ To keep backward compatibility with older versions of latexmk,
+ the default is to set $analyze_input_log_always to 1.
- turn this setting off, i.e., it could set $auto_rc_use to zero
+ $auto_rc_use [1]
+ Whether to automatically read the standard initialization (rc)
+ files, which are the system RC file, the user's RC file, and the
+ RC file in the current directory. The command line option -norc
+ can be used to turn this setting off. Each RC file could also
+ turn this setting off, i.e., it could set $auto_rc_use to zero
to prevent automatic reading of the later RC files.
- This variable does not affect the reading of RC files specified
+ This variable does not affect the reading of RC files specified
on the command line by the -r option.
$aux_dir [""]
The directory in which auxiliary files (aux, log, etc) are to be
- written by a run of (pdf)latex. If this variable is not set,
- but $out_dir is set, then $aux_dir is set to $out_dir, which is
+ written by a run of (pdf)latex. If this variable is not set,
+ but $out_dir is set, then $aux_dir is set to $out_dir, which is
the directory to which general output files are to be written.
- Important note: The effect of $aux_dir, if different from
- $out_dir, is achieved by giving (pdf)latex the -aux-directory.
- Currently (Dec. 2011 and later) this only works on the MiKTeX
+ Important note: The effect of $aux_dir, if different from
+ $out_dir, is achieved by giving (pdf)latex the -aux-directory.
+ Currently (Dec. 2011 and later) this only works on the MiKTeX
version of (pdf)latex.
See also the documentation of $out_dir for some complications on
what directory names are suitable.
- If you also use the -cd option, and $out_dir (or $aux_dir) con-
- tains a relative path, then the path is interpreted relative to
+ If you also use the -cd option, and $out_dir (or $aux_dir) con-
+ tains a relative path, then the path is interpreted relative to
the document directory.
$banner [0]
- If nonzero, the banner message is printed across each page when
- converting the dvi file to postscript. Without modifying the
- variable $banner_message, this is equivalent to specifying the
+ If nonzero, the banner message is printed across each page when
+ converting the dvi file to postscript. Without modifying the
+ variable $banner_message, this is equivalent to specifying the
-d option.
Note that if $banner is nonzero, the $postscript_mode is assumed
@@ -2218,40 +2236,40 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$banner_intensity [0.95]
Equivalent to the -bi option, this is a decimal number between 0
- and 1 that specifies how dark to print the banner message. 0 is
- black, 1 is white. The default is just right if your toner car-
- tridge isn't running too low.
- $banner_message ["DRAFT"]
- The banner message to print across each page when converting the
- dvi file to postscript. This is equivalent to the -bm option.
- $banner_scale [220.0]
- A decimal number that specifies how large the banner message
- will be printed. Experimentation is necessary to get the right
- scale for your message, as a rule of thumb the scale should be
- about equal to 1100 divided by the number of characters in the
- message. The Default is just right for 5 character messages.
- This is equivalent to the -bs option.
- @BIBINPUTS
- This is an array variable, now mostly obsolete, that specifies
+ 17 April 2020 34
- 26 December 2019 34
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ and 1 that specifies how dark to print the banner message. 0 is
+ black, 1 is white. The default is just right if your toner car-
+ tridge isn't running too low.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $banner_message ["DRAFT"]
+ The banner message to print across each page when converting the
+ dvi file to postscript. This is equivalent to the -bm option.
+ $banner_scale [220.0]
+ A decimal number that specifies how large the banner message
+ will be printed. Experimentation is necessary to get the right
+ scale for your message, as a rule of thumb the scale should be
+ about equal to 1100 divided by the number of characters in the
+ message. The Default is just right for 5 character messages.
+ This is equivalent to the -bs option.
- directories where latexmk should look for .bib files. By de-
- fault it is set from the BIBINPUTS environment variable of the
- operating system. If that environment variable is not set, a
- single element list consisting of the current directory is set.
+ @BIBINPUTS
+ This is an array variable, now mostly obsolete, that specifies
+ directories where latexmk should look for .bib files. By de-
+ fault it is set from the BIBINPUTS environment variable of the
+ operating system. If that environment variable is not set, a
+ single element list consisting of the current directory is set.
The format of the directory names depends on your operating sys-
tem, of course. Examples for setting this variable are:
@@ -2261,51 +2279,33 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
@BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "//server/bibfiles" );
@BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "/usr/local/texmf/bibtex/bib" );
- Note that under MS Windows, either a forward slash "/" or a
- backward slash "\" can be used to separate pathname components,
- so the first two and the second two examples are equivalent.
- Each backward slash should be doubled to avoid running afoul of
+ Note that under MS Windows, either a forward slash "/" or a
+ backward slash "\" can be used to separate pathname components,
+ so the first two and the second two examples are equivalent.
+ Each backward slash should be doubled to avoid running afoul of
Perl's rules for writing strings.
Important note: This variable is now mostly obsolete in the cur-
rent version of latexmk, since it has a better method of search-
- ing for files using the kpsewhich command. However, if your
- system is an unusual one without the kpsewhich command, you may
+ ing for files using the kpsewhich command. However, if your
+ system is an unusual one without the kpsewhich command, you may
need to set the variable @BIBINPUTS.
$biber ["biber %O %S"]
The biber processing program.
$biber_silent_switch ["--onlylog"]
- Switch(es) for the biber processing program when silent mode is
+ Switch(es) for the biber processing program when silent mode is
on.
$bibtex ["bibtex %O %S"]
The BibTeX processing program.
- $bibtex_fudge [1]
- When using bibtex, whether to take special action to allow bib-
- tex to work when $out_dir or $aux_dir is specified. In May
- 2018, there was planned an update to bibtex to correct a bug,
- after that update, the special action will no longer be re-
- quired.
- $bibtex_silent_switch ["-terse"]
- Switch(es) for the BibTeX processing program when silent mode is
- on.
- $bibtex_use [1]
- Under what conditions to run bibtex or biber. When latexmk dis-
- covers from the log file that one (or more) bibtex/biber-gener-
- ated bibliographies are used, it can run bibtex or biber when-
- ever it appears necessary to regenerate the bbl file(s) from
- their source bib database file(s). But sometimes, the bib
- file(s) are not available (e.g., for a document obtained from an
- external archive), but the bbl files are provided. In that case
-
- 26 December 2019 35
+ 17 April 2020 35
@@ -2314,75 +2314,94 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- use of bibtex or biber will result in incorrect overwriting of
- the precious bbl files. The variable $bibtex_use controls
- whether this happens, and also controls whether or not .bbl
+ $bibtex_fudge [1]
+ When using bibtex, whether to take special action to allow bib-
+ tex to work when $out_dir or $aux_dir is specified. In May
+ 2018, there was planned an update to bibtex to correct a bug,
+ after that update, the special action will no longer be re-
+ quired.
+
+ $bibtex_silent_switch ["-terse"]
+ Switch(es) for the BibTeX processing program when silent mode is
+ on.
+
+ $bibtex_use [1]
+ Under what conditions to run bibtex or biber. When latexmk dis-
+ covers from the log file that one (or more) bibtex/biber-gener-
+ ated bibliographies are used, it can run bibtex or biber when-
+ ever it appears necessary to regenerate the bbl file(s) from
+ their source bib database file(s). But sometimes, the bib
+ file(s) are not available (e.g., for a document obtained from an
+ external archive), but the bbl files are provided. In that case
+ use of bibtex or biber will result in incorrect overwriting of
+ the precious bbl files. The variable $bibtex_use controls
+ whether this happens, and also controls whether or not .bbl
files are deleted in a cleanup operation.
The possible values of $bibtex_use are:
- 0: never use BibTeX or biber; never delete .bbl files in a
+ 0: never use BibTeX or biber; never delete .bbl files in a
cleanup.
- 1: only use bibtex or biber if the bib files exist; never
+ 1: only use bibtex or biber if the bib files exist; never
delete .bbl files in a cleanup.
- 1.5: only use bibtex or biber if the bib files exist; condi-
- tionally delete .bbl files in a cleanup (i.e., delete them only
+ 1.5: only use bibtex or biber if the bib files exist; condi-
+ tionally delete .bbl files in a cleanup (i.e., delete them only
when the bib files all exist).
2: run bibtex or biber whenever it appears necessary to update
- the bbl files, without testing for the existence of the bib
+ the bbl files, without testing for the existence of the bib
files; always delete .bbl files in a cleanup.
- Note that the value 1.5 does not work properly if the document
+ Note that the value 1.5 does not work properly if the document
uses biber instead of bibtex. (There's a long story why not.)
$cleanup_includes_cusdep_generated [0]
- If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
+ If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
generated by custom dependencies. (When doing a clean up, e.g.,
by use of the -C option, custom dependencies are those listed in
the .fdb_latexmk file from a previous run.)
$cleanup_includes_generated [0]
- If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
+ If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
detected in the fls file (or failing that, in log file) as being
- generated. It will also include files made from these first
+ generated. It will also include files made from these first
generation generated files.
- This operation is somewhat dangerous, and can have unintended
- consequences, since the files to be deleted are determined from
- a file created by (pdf)latex, which can contain erroneous infor-
- mation. Therefore this variable is turned off by default, and
- then files to be deleted are restricted to those explictly spec-
- ified by patterns configured in the variables clean_ext,
- clean_full_ext, and @generated_exts, together with those very
- standard cases that are hardwired into latexmk (e.g., .log
- files).
+ This operation is somewhat dangerous, and can have unintended
+ consequences, since the files to be deleted are determined from
- $cleanup_mode [0]
- If nonzero, specifies cleanup mode: 1 for full cleanup, 2 for
- cleanup except for .dvi, .ps and .pdf files, 3 for cleanup ex-
- cept for dep and aux files. (There is also extra cleaning as
- specified by the $clean_ext, $clean_full_ext and @generated_exts
- variables.)
- This variable is equivalent to specifying one of the -c or -C
- options. But there should be no need to set this variable from
- an RC file.
+ 17 April 2020 36
- 26 December 2019 36
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ a file created by (pdf)latex, which can contain erroneous infor-
+ mation. Therefore this variable is turned off by default, and
+ then files to be deleted are restricted to those explictly spec-
+ ified by patterns configured in the variables clean_ext,
+ clean_full_ext, and @generated_exts, together with those very
+ standard cases that are hardwired into latexmk (e.g., .log
+ files).
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $cleanup_mode [0]
+ If nonzero, specifies cleanup mode: 1 for full cleanup, 2 for
+ cleanup except for .dvi, .ps and .pdf files, 3 for cleanup ex-
+ cept for dep and aux files. (There is also extra cleaning as
+ specified by the $clean_ext, $clean_full_ext and @generated_exts
+ variables.)
+ This variable is equivalent to specifying one of the -c or -C
+ options. But there should be no need to set this variable from
+ an RC file.
$clean_ext [""]
- Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when any of the
- clean-up options (-c or -C) is selected. The value of this
+ Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when any of the
+ clean-up options (-c or -C) is selected. The value of this
variable is a string containing the extensions separated by spa-
ces.
@@ -2394,124 +2413,124 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
files-%R/*";
in an initialization file will imply that when a clean-up opera-
- tion is specified, not only is the standard set of files
- deleted, but also files of the form FOO.out, FOO-blx.bib, %R-
- figures*.log, and pythontex-files-FOO/*, where FOO stands for
+ tion is specified, not only is the standard set of files
+ deleted, but also files of the form FOO.out, FOO-blx.bib, %R-
+ figures*.log, and pythontex-files-FOO/*, where FOO stands for
the basename of the file being processed (as in FOO.tex).
- The files to be deleted are relative to the directory specified
- by $aux_dir. (Note that if $out_dir but not $aux_dir is set,
- then in its initialization, latexmk sets $aux_dir equal to
- $out_dir. A normal situation is therefore that $aux_dir equals
- $out_dir, which is the only case supported by TeXLive, unlike
+ The files to be deleted are relative to the directory specified
+ by $aux_dir. (Note that if $out_dir but not $aux_dir is set,
+ then in its initialization, latexmk sets $aux_dir equal to
+ $out_dir. A normal situation is therefore that $aux_dir equals
+ $out_dir, which is the only case supported by TeXLive, unlike
MiKTeX.)
- The filenames specfied for a clean-up operation can refer not
- only to regular files but also to directories. Directories are
+ The filenames specfied for a clean-up operation can refer not
+ only to regular files but also to directories. Directories are
only deleted if they are empty. An example of an application is
- to pythontex, which creates files in a particular directory.
- You can arrange to remove both the files and the directory by
+ to pythontex, which creates files in a particular directory.
+ You can arrange to remove both the files and the directory by
setting
$clean_ext = "pythontex-files-%R pythontex-files-%R";
- See also the variable @generated_exts.
- $clean_full_ext [""]
- Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when the -C op-
- tion is selected, i.e., extensions of files to remove when the
- .dvi, etc files are to be cleaned-up.
- More general patterns are allowed, as for $clean_ext.
- The files specified by $clean_full_ext to be deleted are rela-
- tive to the directory specified by $out_dir.
+ 17 April 2020 37
- $compiling_cmd [""], $failure_cmd [""], $warning_cmd [""], $success_cmd
- [""]
- These variables specify commands that are executed at certain
- points of compilations. One motivation for their existance is
- to allow very useful convenient visual indications of
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- 26 December 2019 37
+ See also the variable @generated_exts.
+ $clean_full_ext [""]
+ Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when the -C op-
+ tion is selected, i.e., extensions of files to remove when the
+ .dvi, etc files are to be cleaned-up.
+ More general patterns are allowed, as for $clean_ext.
+ The files specified by $clean_full_ext to be deleted are rela-
+ tive to the directory specified by $out_dir.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $compiling_cmd [""], $failure_cmd [""], $warning_cmd [""], $success_cmd
+ [""]
- compilation status even when the window receiving the screen
- output of the compilation is hidden. This is particularly use-
- ful in preview-continuous mode.
+ These variables specify commands that are executed at certain
+ points of compilations. One motivation for their existance is
+ to allow very useful convenient visual indications of compila-
+ tion status even when the window receiving the screen output of
+ the compilation is hidden. This is particularly useful in pre-
+ view-continuous mode.
- The commands are executed at the following points: $compil-
- ing_cmd at the start of compilation, $success_cmd at the end of
- a completely successful compilation, $failure_cmd at the end of
+ The commands are executed at the following points: $compil-
+ ing_cmd at the start of compilation, $success_cmd at the end of
+ a completely successful compilation, $failure_cmd at the end of
an unsuccessful compilation, $warning_cmd at the of an otherwise
successful compilation that gives warnings about undefined cita-
tions or references or about multiply defined references. If any
- of above variables is undefined or blank (the default situa-
+ of above variables is undefined or blank (the default situa-
tion), then the corresponding command is not executed.
- However, when $warning_cmd is not set, then in the case of a
- compilation with warnings about references or citations, but
- with no other error, one or other of $success_cmd or $fail-
- ure_cmd is used (if it is set) according to the setting of
+ However, when $warning_cmd is not set, then in the case of a
+ compilation with warnings about references or citations, but
+ with no other error, one or other of $success_cmd or $fail-
+ ure_cmd is used (if it is set) according to the setting of
$warnings_as_errors.
An example of a simple setting of these variables is as follows
- $compiling_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" set_window
+ $compiling_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" set_window
--name \"%D compiling\"";
- $success_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" set_window
+ $success_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" set_window
--name \"%D OK\"";
$warning_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" ".
"set_window --name \"%D CITE/REF ISSUE\"";
- $failure_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" set_window
+ $failure_cmd = "xdotool search --name \"%D\" set_window
--name \"%D FAILURE\"";
- These assume that the program xdotool is installed, that the
- previewer is using an X-Window system for display, and that the
- title of the window contains the name of the displayed file, as
- it normally does. When the commands are executed, the place-
- holder string %D is replaced by the name of the destination
- file, which is the previewed file. The above commands result in
- an appropriate string being appended to the filename in the win-
- dow title: " compiling", " OK", or " FAILURE".
+ These assume that the program xdotool is installed, that the
+ previewer is using an X-Window system for display, and that the
+ title of the window contains the name of the displayed file, as
+ it normally does. When the commands are executed, the place-
+ holder string %D is replaced by the name of the destination
- Other placeholders that can be used are %S, %T, and %R, with %S
- and %T normally being identical. These can be useful for a com-
- mand changing the title of the edit window. The visual indica-
- tion in a window title can useful, since the user does not have
- to keep shifting attention to the (possibly hidden) compilation
- window to know the status of the compilation.
- More complicated situations can best be handled by defining a
- Perl subroutine to invoke the necessary commands, and using the
- "internal" keyword in the definitions to get the subroutine to
- be invoked. (See the section "Format of Command Specifications"
- for how to do this.)
- Naturally, the above settings that invoke the xdotool program
- are only applicable when the X-Window system is used for the
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+ file, which is the previewed file. The above commands result in
+ an appropriate string being appended to the filename in the win-
+ dow title: " compiling", " OK", or " FAILURE".
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+ Other placeholders that can be used are %S, %T, and %R, with %S
+ and %T normally being identical. These can be useful for a com-
+ mand changing the title of the edit window. The visual indica-
+ tion in a window title can useful, since the user does not have
+ to keep shifting attention to the (possibly hidden) compilation
+ window to know the status of the compilation.
+ More complicated situations can best be handled by defining a
+ Perl subroutine to invoke the necessary commands, and using the
+ "internal" keyword in the definitions to get the subroutine to
+ be invoked. (See the section "Format of Command Specifications"
+ for how to do this.)
+ Naturally, the above settings that invoke the xdotool program
+ are only applicable when the X-Window system is used for the
relevant window(s). For other cases, you will have to find what
software solutions are available.
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Custom dependency list -- see section on "Custom Dependencies".
@default_excluded_files [()]
- When latexmk is invoked with no files specified on the command
+ When latexmk is invoked with no files specified on the command
line, then, by default, it will process all files in the current
directory with the extension .tex. (In general, it will process
the files specified in the @default_files variable.)
But sometimes you want to exclude particular files from this de-
- fault list. In that case you can specify the excluded files in
+ fault list. In that case you can specify the excluded files in
the array @default_excluded_files. For example if you wanted to
- process all .tex files with the exception of common.tex, which
+ process all .tex files with the exception of common.tex, which
is a not a standard alone LaTeX file but a file input by some or
all of the others, you could do
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If you have a variable or large number of files to be processed,
this method saves you from having to list them in detail in @de-
- fault_files and having to update the list every time you change
+ fault_files and having to update the list every time you change
the set of files to be processed.
- Notes: 1. This variable has no effect except when no files are
+ Notes: 1. This variable has no effect except when no files are
specified on the latexmk command line. 2. Wildcards are allowed
in @default_excluded_files.
@default_files [("*.tex")]
Default list of files to be processed.
- If no filenames are specified on the command line, latexmk pro-
- cesses all tex files specified in the @default_files variable,
- which by default is set to all tex files ("*.tex") in the cur-
- rent directory. This is a convenience: just run latexmk and it
- will process an appropriate set of files. But sometimes you
- want only some of these files to be processed. In this case you
- can list the files to be processed by setting @default_files in
- an initialization file (e.g., the file "latexmkrc" in the cur-
- rent directory). Then if no files are specified on the command
- line then the files you specify by setting @default_files are
- processed.
- Three examples:
- @default_files = ("paper_current");
-
- @default_files = ("paper1", "paper2.tex");
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+ If no filenames are specified on the command line, latexmk pro-
+ cesses all tex files specified in the @default_files variable,
+ which by default is set to all tex files ("*.tex") in the cur-
+ rent directory. This is a convenience: just run latexmk and it
+ will process an appropriate set of files. But sometimes you
+ want only some of these files to be processed. In this case you
+ can list the files to be processed by setting @default_files in
+ an initialization file (e.g., the file "latexmkrc" in the cur-
+ rent directory). Then if no files are specified on the command
+ line then the files you specify by setting @default_files are
+ processed.
+ Three examples:
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+ @default_files = ("paper_current");
+ @default_files = ("paper1", "paper2.tex");
@default_files = ("*.tex", "*.dtx");
- Note that more than file may be given, and that the default ex-
+ Note that more than file may be given, and that the default ex-
tension is ".tex". Wild cards are allowed. The parentheses are
because @default_files is an array variable, i.e., a sequence of
filename specifications is possible.
- If you want latexmk to process all .tex files with a few excep-
+ If you want latexmk to process all .tex files with a few excep-
tions, see the @default_excluded_files array variable.
$dependents_phony [0]
- If a list of dependencies is output, this variable determines
- whether to include a phony target for each source file. If you
- use the dependents list in a Makefile, the dummy rules work
- around errors make gives if you remove header files without up-
+ If a list of dependencies is output, this variable determines
+ whether to include a phony target for each source file. If you
+ use the dependents list in a Makefile, the dummy rules work
+ around errors make gives if you remove header files without up-
dating the Makefile to match.
$dependents_list [0]
- Whether to display a list(s) of dependencies at the end of a
+ Whether to display a list(s) of dependencies at the end of a
run.
$deps_file ["-"]
- Name of file to receive list(s) of dependencies at the end of a
- run, to be used if $dependesnt_list is set. If the filename is
- "-", then the dependency list is set to stdout (i.e., normally
+ Name of file to receive list(s) of dependencies at the end of a
+ run, to be used if $dependesnt_list is set. If the filename is
+ "-", then the dependency list is set to stdout (i.e., normally
the screen).
$do_cd [0]
- Whether to change working directory to the directory specified
- for the main source file before processing it. The default be-
- havior is not to do this, which is the same as the behavior of
- latex and pdflatex programs. This variable is set by the -cd
+ Whether to change working directory to the directory specified
+ for the main source file before processing it. The default be-
+ havior is not to do this, which is the same as the behavior of
+ latex and pdflatex programs. This variable is set by the -cd
and -cd- options on latexmk's command line.
$dvi_filter [empty]
- The dvi file filter to be run on the newly produced dvi file be-
- fore other processing. Equivalent to specifying the -dF option.
+ The dvi file filter to be run on the newly produced dvi file
+
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+ before other processing. Equivalent to specifying the -dF op-
+ tion.
$dvi_mode [See below for default]
If nonzero, generate a dvi version of the document. Equivalent
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start program, which will cause to be run whatever command the
system has associated with .dvi files.]
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Important note: Normally you will want to have a previewer run
detached, so that latexmk doesn't wait for the previewer to ter-
minate before continuing its work. So normally you should pre-
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silent switch has no effect, but is actually innocuous. But if
an alternative program is used, e.g., dvipdfmx, then the silent
switch has an effect. The default setting is correct for
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dvipdfm and dvipdfmx.
$dvips ["dvips %O -o %D %S"]
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$dvips_silent_switch ["-q"]
Switch(es) for dvips program when silent mode is on.
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$dvi_update_command [""]
When the dvi previewer is set to be updated by running a com-
mand, this is the command that is run. See the information for
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$failure_cmd [undefined]
See the documentation for $compiling_cmd.
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$fdb_ext ["fdb_latexmk"]
The extension of the file which latexmk generates to contain a
database of information on source files. You will not normally
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stamps of the files it works with. However, there are a couple
of situations when it needs to know whether a certain file was
created in the current run of a program (e.g., (pdf)latex) or is
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a leftover file from a previous run. It does this by comparing
the modification time of the file with the system time just be-
fore the program was started. If the modification time is ear-
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it normally indicates that at least one of the systems is mis-
configured. The variable $filetime_offset_report_threshold
specifies the smallest size of the difference (or offset) in
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seconds between the times of the local and remote system beyond
which the offset is reported. This is reported at the point in
the latexmk's progress that it measures the offset. The report
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This list specifies files known to be generated by latex (and
pdflatex, etc). It is used in two ways: (a) The specified files
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are deleted in a cleanup operation (with the -c, -C, -CA, -g and
-gg options), and (b) It affects the determination of whether a
rerun of (pdf)LaTeX is needed after a run that gives an error.
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The general rule latexmk uses for determining when an extra run
of some program is needed is that one of the source files has
changed. But consider for example a latex package that causes
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an encapsulated postscript file (an "eps" file) to be made that
is to be read in on the next run. The file contains a comment
line giving its creation date and time. On the next run the
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period. The value, on the right-hand side, is a string contain-
ing a regular expresssion. (See documentation on Perl for how
they are to be specified in general.) This particular regular
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expression specifies that lines beginning with "%%CreationDate:
" are to be ignored in deciding whether a file of the given ex-
tension .eps has changed.
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not contain spaces.)
The placeholder '%A' is permitted. This will be substituted by
- the basename of the TeX file. The primary purpose is when a va-
- riety of tex files are to be processed, and you want to use a
+ the basename of the TeX file. The primary purpose is when a
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+ variety of tex files are to be processed, and you want to use a
different jobname for each but one that is distinct for each.
Thus if you wanted to compare compilations of a set of files on
different operating systems, with distinct filenames for all the
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both files will be compiled. The .aux, .log, and .pdf files
will have basenames test1-MSWin32 ante test2-MSWin32 on a MS-
Windows system, test1-darwin and test2-darwin on an OS-X system,
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and a variety of similar cases on linux systems.
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visible in latexmk's screen output about invocations of kpse-
which.
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$landscape_mode [0]
If nonzero, run in landscape mode, using the landscape mode pre-
viewers and dvi to postscript converters. Equivalent to the -l
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tex, and $xelatex, see the section "Advanced Configuration".
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%latex_input_extensions
This variable specifies the extensions tried by latexmk when it
finds that a LaTeX run resulted in an error that a file has not
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Switch(es) for the LaTeX processing program when silent mode is
on.
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+
If you use MikTeX, you may prefer the results if you configure
the options to include -c-style-errors, e.g., by the following
line in an initialization file
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$lpr = '"c:/Program Files/Ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe" /p';
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If gsview is installed in a different directory, you will need
to make the appropriate change. Note the combination of single
and double quotes around the name. The single quotes specify
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tex, and $xelatex, see the section "Advanced Configuration".
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%lualatex_input_extensions
This variable specifies the extensions tried by latexmk when it
finds that a lualatex run resulted in an error that a file has
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Switch(es) for the lualatex program (specified in the variable
$lualatex) when silent mode is on.
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See details of the $latex_silent_switch for other information
that equally applies to $lualatex_silent_switch.
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$MSWin_back_slash [1]
This configuration variable only has an effect when latexmk is
- running under MS-Windows. It determines whether, when a command
- is executed under MS-Windows, there should be substituted "\"
- for the separator character between components of a directory
- name. Internally, latexmk uses "/" for the directory separator
- character, which is the character used by Unix-like systems.
-
- For many programs under MS-Windows, both "\" and "/" are accept-
- able as the directory separator character. But some programs
- only accept "\" on the command line. So for safety latexmk
- makes a translation, by default. It is conceivable that under
- certain situations this is undesirable, so the configuration can
- be changed. (A possible example might be when some of the soft-
- ware is implemented using Cygwin, which provides a Unix-like en-
- vironment inside MS-Windows.)
+ running under MS-Windows. With the default value of 1 for this
+ variable, when a command is executed under MS-Windows, latexmk
+ substitutes "\" for the separator character between components
+ of a directory name. Internally, latexmk uses "/" for the di-
+ rectory separator character, which is the character used by
+ Unix-like systems.
+
+ For almost all programs and for almost all filenames under MS-
+ Windows, both "\" and "/" are acceptable as the directory
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+ separator character, provided at least that filenames are prop-
+ erly quoted. But it is possible that programs exist that only
+ accept "\" on the command line, since that is the standard di-
+ rectory separator for MS-Windows. So for safety latexmk makes
+ the substitution from "/" to "\", by default.
+
+ However there are also programs on MS-Windows for which a back
+ slash "\" is interpreted differently than as a directory separa-
+ tor; for these the directory separator should be "/". Programs
+ with this behavior include all the *latex programs in the
+ TeXLive implementation (but not the MiKTeX implementation).
+ Hence if you use TeXLive on MS-Windows, then $MSWin_back_slash
+ should be set to zero.
+
$new_viewer_always [0]
This variable applies to latexmk only in continuous-preview
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output files are to be written by a run of (pdf)latex. See also
the variable $aux_dir.
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- using the -output-directory option of (pdf)latex. This exists
- in the usual current (Dec. 2011 and later) implementations of
- TeX, i.e., MiKTeX and TeXLive. But it may not be present in
- other versions.
+ The effect of this variable (when non-blank) is achieved by us-
+ ing the -output-directory option of (pdf)latex. This exists in
+ the usual current (Dec. 2011 and later) implementations of TeX,
+ i.e., MiKTeX and TeXLive. But it may not be present in other
+ versions.
If you also use the -cd option, and $out_dir (or $aux_dir) con-
tains a relative path, then the path is interpreted relative to
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and you need to use makeindex or bibtex, then you need to dis-
able the security measures (and assume any risks). One way of
doing this is to temporarily set an operating system environment
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variable openout_any to "a" (as in "all"), to override the de-
fault "paranoid" setting.
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(In some earlier versions of latexmk, you needed to use an as-
signment to $pdflatex to allow the use of lualatex or xelatex
instead of pdflatex. There are now separate configuration vari-
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See details of the %latex_input_extensions for other information
that equally applies to %pdflatex_input_extensions.
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$pdflatex_silent_switch ["-interaction=batchmode"]
Switch(es) for the pdflatex program (specified in the variable
$pdflatex) when silent mode is on.
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ample, SumatraPDF or gsview is used to view pdf files.
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detached, so that latexmk doesn't wait for the previewer to ter-
minate before continuing its work. So normally you should pre-
fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
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Note that acroread under MS-Windows (but not UNIX) locks the pdf
file, so the default value is then 3.
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requires three variables to be set. For example:
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with their default settings of $pscmd.
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$postscript_mode [0]
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$preview_continuous_mode [0]
If nonzero, run a previewer to view the document, and continue
running latexmk to keep .dvi up-to-date. Equivalent to the -pvc
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The -pvc option uses the command specified by the variable
$pscmd to determine if there is an already running previewer,
and to find the process ID (needed if latexmk needs to signal
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the previewer about file changes).
Each line of the output of this command is assumed to correspond
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Note that gv could be used with the -watch option updates its
display whenever the postscript file changes, whereas ghostview
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ferent ways of writing this option. You can configure this
variable appropriately.
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command, this is the command that is run. See the information
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How the postscript viewer updates its display when the .ps file
has changed. See the information on the variable $dvi_up-
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The period of inactivity, in minutes, after which pvc mode times
out. This is used if $pvc_timeout is nonzero.
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$pvc_view_file_via_temporary [1]
The same as $always_view_file_via_temporary, except that it only
applies in preview-continuous mode (-pvc option).
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source files and generated files after a run of latex or pdfla-
tex.
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Note 1: In the command lines given in the system commands in the above
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- quotes are not necessary, i.e., they can be omitted. But it is nor-
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+ these quotes are not necessary, i.e., they can be omitted. But it is
+ normally safer to keep them in. Even though the rules for quoting vary
between operating systems, command shells and individual pieces of
software, the quotes in the above examples do not cause problems in the
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texmk, and many examples can be found, e.g., on the web.
However in later versions of latexmk the internal structure of the im-
- plementation of its "rules" for the steps of processing, including cus-
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- a custom dependency is executed within a special context where a number
- of extra variables and subroutines are defined. Publicly documented
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+ texmk is always run. It is latexmk that decides whether any action is
+ needed, e.g., a rerun of pdflatex. Effectively the Makefile delegates
+ all decisions to latexmk, while make has no knowledge of the list of
+ source files except for primary LaTeX file for the document. If there
+ are, for example, graphics files to be made, these must be made by cus-
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- (Version 4.67).
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