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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ DESCRIPTION
- 16 May 2021 1
+ 29 May 2021 1
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ LATEXMK OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS ON COMMAND LINE
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+ 29 May 2021 2
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
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@@ -543,6 +543,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
cult situations.
+ -dir-report
+ For each .tex file processed, list the settings for aux and out
+ directories, after they have been normalized from the settings
+ specified during initialization. See the description of the
+ variable $aux_out_dir_report for more details.
+
+
+ -dir-report-
+ Do not report the settings for aux and out directories. (De-
+ fault)
+
+
-dvi Generate dvi version of document.
@@ -574,29 +586,29 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
latexmk -e '$latex=q/latex %O -shell-escape %S/' file.tex
- Note that the single quotes block normal UNIX/Linux command
- shells from treating the characters inside the quotes as spe-
- cial. (In this example, the q/.../ construct is a Perl idiom
- equivalent to using single quotes. This avoids the complica-
- tions of getting a quote character inside an already quoted
- string in a way that is independent of both the shell and the
- operating-system.)
- The above command line will NOT work under MS-Windows with
- cmd.exe or command.com or 4nt.exe. For MS-Windows with these
- command shells you could use
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- 16 May 2021 9
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ Note that the single quotes block normal UNIX/Linux command
+ shells from treating the characters inside the quotes as spe-
+ cial. (In this example, the q/.../ construct is a Perl idiom
+ equivalent to using single quotes. This avoids the complica-
+ tions of getting a quote character inside an already quoted
+ string in a way that is independent of both the shell and the
+ operating-system.)
+ The above command line will NOT work under MS-Windows with
+ cmd.exe or command.com or 4nt.exe. For MS-Windows with these
+ command shells you could use
latexmk -e "$latex=q/latex %O -shell-escape %S/" file.tex
@@ -613,6 +625,24 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
less problems in dealing with quoting.)
+ -emulate-aux-dir
+ Emulate -aux-directory instead of leaving it to the *latex pro-
+ grams to do it. (MiKTeX supports -aux-directory, but TeXLive
+ doesn't.)
+
+ For more details see the explanation for the configuration vari-
+ able $emulate_aux.
+
+
+ -emulate-aux-dir-
+ Turn off emulatation -aux-directory and leave it to the *latex
+ program to handle the case that aux_dir is not equal to out_dir.
+ Note that if you use TeXLive, which doesn't support -aux-direc-
+ tory, latexmk will automatically switch aux_dir emulation on af-
+ ter the first run of *latex, because it will find the .log file
+ in the wrong place.
+
+
-f Force latexmk to continue document processing despite errors.
Normally, when latexmk detects that LaTeX or another program has
found an error which will not be resolved by further processing,
@@ -622,6 +652,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
or the rerunning of latex (etc) that would be done if no errors
had occurred. If instead, or additionally, you want the latex
(etc) program not to pause for user input after an error, you
+
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+
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+
should arrange this by an option that is passed to the program,
e.g., by latexmk's option -interaction=nonstopmode (which la-
texmk passes to *latex).
@@ -652,18 +694,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-jobname=STRING
Set the basename of output files(s) to STRING, instead of the
-
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-
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default, which is the basename of the specified TeX file. (At
present, STRING should not contain spaces.)
@@ -689,6 +719,17 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
from xelatex, the basenames would be test1-xelatex and test2-xe-
latex.
+
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+
Under MS-Windows with cmd.exe, you would need to double the per-
cent sign, so that the percent character is passed to latexmk
rather than being used to substitute an environment variable:
@@ -718,18 +759,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
typically used to add desired options. Since the string nor-
mally contains spaces, it should be quoted, e.g.,
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latexmk -latex="latex --shell-escape %O %S" foo.tex
The specification of the contents of the string are the same as
@@ -755,6 +784,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
See also the $silence_logfile_warnings configuration variable.
+
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+
-logfilewarninglist-
-logfilewarnings- After a run of *latex, do not give a list of
warnings about undefined citations and references. (Default)
@@ -783,20 +824,8 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
Note: This option when provided with the COMMAND argument only
sets the command for invoking lualatex; it does not turn on the
- use of lualatex. That is done by other options or in an
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- initialization file.
+ use of lualatex. That is done by other options or in an initial-
+ ization file.
-M Show list of dependent files after processing. This is equiva-
@@ -820,8 +849,20 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-makeindexfudge-
- Turn off the change-directory fudge for makeindex. See documen-
- tation of $makeindex_fudge for details.
+ Turn off the change-directory fudge for makeindex. See
+
+
+
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+ documentation of $makeindex_fudge for details.
-MSWinBackSlash
@@ -850,18 +891,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$MSWin_back_slash for more details.
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-new-viewer
When in continuous-preview mode, always start a new viewer to
view the generated file. By default, latexmk will, in continu-
@@ -888,12 +917,19 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
tion of $bibtex_fudge for details.
- -norc Turn off the automatic reading of initialization (rc) files.
- N.B. Normally the initialization files are read and obeyed, and
- then command line options are obeyed in the order they are en-
- countered. But -norc is an exception to this rule: it is acted
- on first, no matter where it occurs on the command line.
+
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+ -noemulate-aux-dir
+ Turn aux_dir emulation off. Same as -emulate-aux-dir-.
-nomakeindexfudge
@@ -901,6 +937,14 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
tation of $makeindex_fudge for details.
+ -norc Turn off the automatic reading of initialization (rc) files.
+
+ N.B. Normally the initialization files are read and obeyed, and
+ then command line options are obeyed in the order they are en-
+ countered. But -norc is an exception to this rule: it is acted
+ on first, no matter where it occurs on the command line.
+
+
-outdir=FOO or -output-directory=FOO
Sets the directory for the output files of *latex. This
@@ -916,18 +960,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
If you also use the -cd option, and the specified output direc-
tory is a relative path, then the path is interpreted relative
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to the document directory.
@@ -950,6 +982,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-p Print out the document. By default the file to be printed is
the first in the list postscript, pdf, dvi that is being made.
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But you can use the -print=... option to change the type of file
to be printed, and you can configure this in a start up file (by
setting the $print_type variable).
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Generate pdf version of document using lualatex.
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-pdfps Generate pdf version of document from the .ps file, by default
using ps2pdf.
@@ -1014,6 +1048,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
is produced once rather than on every run of xelatex.)
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-pdf- Turn off generation of pdf version of document. (This can be
used to override a setting in a configuration file. It may get
overridden if some other option requires the generation of a pdf
@@ -1049,17 +1095,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
need to change the single quotes to double quotes (or something
else).
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-
Note: This option when provided with the COMMAND argument only
sets the command for invoking pdflatex; it does not turn on the
use of pdflatex. That is done by other options or in an initial-
@@ -1079,6 +1114,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-pretex=CODE
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Given that CODE is some TeX code, this options sets that code to
be executed before inputting source file. This only works if
the command for invoking the relevant *latex is suitably config-
@@ -1115,17 +1162,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-ps Generate postscript version of document.
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-ps- Turn off generation of postscript version of document. This can
be used to override a setting in a configuration file. (It may
get overridden by some other option that requires a postscript
@@ -1145,6 +1181,17 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
latexmk -ps -pF "psnup -2" foo.tex
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Whether to use single or double quotes round the "psnup -2" will
depend on your command interpreter, as used by the particular
version of perl and the operating system on your computer.
@@ -1179,49 +1226,48 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
With a good previewer the display will be automatically updated.
(Under some but not all versions of UNIX/Linux "gv -watch" does
this for postscript files; this can be set by a configuration
- variable. This would also work for pdf files except for an
+ variable. This would also work for pdf files except for an ap-
+ parent bug in gv that causes an error when the newly updated pdf
+ file is read.) Many other previewers will need a manual update.
+ Important note: the acroread program on MS-Windows locks the pdf
+ file, and prevents new versions being written, so it is a bad
+ idea to use acroread to view pdf files in preview-continuous
+ mode. It is better to use a different viewer: SumatraPDF and
+ gsview are good possibilities.
+ 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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+ Note that if latexmk dies or is stopped by the user, the
+ "forked" previewer will continue to run. Successive invocations
+ with the -pvc option will not fork new previewers, but latexmk
+ will normally use the existing previewer. (At least this will
+ happen when latexmk is running under an operating system where
+ it knows how to determine whether an existing previewer is
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- apparent bug in gv that causes an error when the newly updated
- pdf file is read.) Many other previewers will need a manual up-
- date.
- Important note: the acroread program on MS-Windows locks the pdf
- file, and prevents new versions being written, so it is a bad
- idea to use acroread to view pdf files in preview-continuous
- mode. It is better to use a different viewer: SumatraPDF and
- gsview are good possibilities.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- 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.
- Note that if latexmk dies or is stopped by the user, the
- "forked" previewer will continue to run. Successive invocations
- with the -pvc option will not fork new previewers, but latexmk
- will normally use the existing previewer. (At least this will
- happen when latexmk is running under an operating system where
- it knows how to determine whether an existing previewer is run-
- ning.)
+ running.)
-pvc- Turn off -pvc.
-pvctimeout
- Do timeout in pvc mode after period of inactivity, which is 30
+ Do timeout in pvc mode after period of inactivity, which is 30
min. by default. Inactivity means a period when latexmk has de-
- tected no file changes and hence has not taken any actions like
+ tected no file changes and hence has not taken any actions like
compiling the document.
@@ -1237,46 +1283,57 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-r <rcfile>
- Read the specified initialization file ("RC file") before pro-
+ Read the specified initialization file ("RC file") before pro-
cessing.
Be careful about the ordering: (1) Standard initialization files
- -- see the section below on "Configuration/initialization (RC)
- files" -- are read first. (2) Then the options on the command
- line are acted on in the order they are given. Therefore if an
- initialization file is specified by the -r option, it is read
- during this second step. Thus an initialization file specified
+ -- see the section below on "Configuration/initialization (RC)
+ files" -- are read first. (2) Then the options on the command
+ line are acted on in the order they are given. Therefore if an
+ initialization file is specified by the -r option, it is read
+ during this second step. Thus an initialization file specified
+ with the -r option can override both the standard initialization
+ files and previously specified options. But all of these can be
+ overridden by later options.
+ The contents of the RC file just comprise a piece of code in the
+ Perl programming language (typically a sequence of assignment
+ statements); they are executed when the -r option is encountered
+ 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
+ instances of the -r and -e options can be used, and they are ex-
+ ecuted in the order they appear on the command line.
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+ -rc-report
+ After initialization, give a list of the RC files read. (De-
+ fault)
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ 29 May 2021 20
- with the -r option can override both the standard initialization
- files and previously specified options. But all of these can be
- overridden by later options.
- The contents of the RC file just comprise a piece of code in the
- Perl programming language (typically a sequence of assignment
- statements); they are executed when the -r option is encountered
- 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
- instances of the -r and -e options can be used, and they are ex-
- ecuted in the order they appear on the command line.
+
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+
+
+ -rc-report-
+ After initialization, do not give a list of the RC files read.
+ (Default)
-recorder
- Give the -recorder option with *latex. In (most) modern ver-
- sions of these programs, this results in a file of extension
- .fls containing a list of the files that these programs have
- read and written. Latexmk will then use this file to improve
+ Give the -recorder option with *latex. In (most) modern ver-
+ sions of these programs, this results in a file of extension
+ .fls containing a list of the files that these programs have
+ read and written. Latexmk will then use this file to improve
its detection of source files and generated files after a run of
*latex. This is the default setting of latexmk, unless overrid-
den in an initialization file.
@@ -1293,78 +1350,77 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-rules-
- Do not show a list of latexmk's rules and dependencies after
+ Do not show a list of latexmk's rules and dependencies after
processing. (This is the default.)
-showextraoptions
- Show the list of extra *latex options that latexmk recognizes,
- but that it simply passes through to the programs *latex when
- they are run. These options are (currently) a combination of
- those allowed by the TeXLive and MiKTeX implementations. (If a
- particular option is given to latexmk but is not handled by the
- particular implementation of *latex that is being used, that
- program will probably give a warning or an error.) These op-
- tions are very numerous, but are not listed in this documenta-
+ Show the list of extra *latex options that latexmk recognizes,
+ but that it simply passes through to the programs *latex when
+ they are run. These options are (currently) a combination of
+ those allowed by the TeXLive and MiKTeX implementations. (If a
+ particular option is given to latexmk but is not handled by the
+ particular implementation of *latex that is being used, that
+ program will probably give a warning or an error.) These op-
+ tions are very numerous, but are not listed in this documenta-
tion because they have no effect on latexmk's actions.
- There are a few options (e.g., -includedirectory=dir, -initial-
- ize, -ini) that are not recognized, either because they don't
- fit with latexmk's intended operations, or because they need
- special processing by latexmk that isn't implemented (at least,
-
+ There are a few options (e.g., -includedirectory=dir, -initial-
+ ize, -ini) that are not recognized, either because they don't
+ fit with latexmk's intended operations, or because they need
+ special processing by latexmk that isn't implemented (at least,
+ not yet).
+ There are certain options for *latex (e.g., -recorder) that
+ trigger special actions or behavior by latexmk itself. Depending
+ on the action, they may also be passed in some form to the
+ called *latex program, and/or may affect other programs as well.
+ These options do have entries in this documentation. Among
+ these options are: -jobname=STRING, -aux-directory=dir, -output-
+ directory=DIR, -quiet, and -recorder.
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- not yet).
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- There are certain options for *latex (e.g., -recorder) that
- trigger special actions or behavior by latexmk itself. Depending
- on the action, they may also be passed in some form to the
- called *latex program, and/or may affect other programs as well.
- These options do have entries in this documentation. Among
- these options are: -jobname=STRING, -aux-directory=dir, -output-
- directory=DIR, -quiet, and -recorder.
- There are also options that are accepted by *latex, but instead
+ There are also options that are accepted by *latex, but instead
trigger actions purely by latexmk: -help, -version.
-silent
Run commands silently, i.e., with options that reduce the amount
- of diagnostics generated. For example, with the default set-
- tings, the command "latex -interaction=batchmode" is used for
+ of diagnostics generated. For example, with the default set-
+ tings, the command "latex -interaction=batchmode" is used for
latex, and similarly for its friends.
- See also the -logfilewarninglist and -logfilewarninglist- op-
+ See also the -logfilewarninglist and -logfilewarninglist- op-
tions.
- Also reduce the number of informational messages that latexmk
+ Also reduce the number of informational messages that latexmk
itself generates.
- To change the options used to make the commands run silently,
+ To change the options used to make the commands run silently,
you need to configure latexmk with changed values of its config-
- uration variables, the relevant ones being $bib-
- tex_silent_switch, $biber_silent_switch, $dvipdf_silent_switch,
- $dvips_silent_switch, $latex_silent_switch, $luala-
- tex_silent_switch $makeindex_silent_switch, $pdfla-
+ uration variables, the relevant ones being $bib-
+ tex_silent_switch, $biber_silent_switch, $dvipdf_silent_switch,
+ $dvips_silent_switch, $latex_silent_switch, $luala-
+ tex_silent_switch $makeindex_silent_switch, $pdfla-
tex_silent_switch, and $xelatex_silent_switch
-stdtexcmds
- Sets the commands for latex, etc, so that they are the standard
+ Sets the commands for latex, etc, so that they are the standard
ones. This is useful to override special configurations.
- The result is that $latex = 'latex %O %S', and similarly for
- $pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex. (The option -no-pdf needed
+ The result is that $latex = 'latex %O %S', and similarly for
+ $pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex. (The option -no-pdf needed
for $xelatex is provided automatically, given that %O appears in
the definition.)
@@ -1373,15 +1429,25 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$show_time.
- -time- Do not show CPU time used. See also the configuration variable
+ -time- Do not show CPU time used. See also the configuration variable
$show_time.
+ -use-make
+ When after a run of *latex, there are warnings about missing
+ files (e.g., as requested by the LaTeX \input, \include, and
+ \includgraphics commands), latexmk tries to make them by a cus-
+ tom dependency. If no relevant custom dependency with an appro-
+ priate source file is found, and if the -use-make option is set,
+ then as a last resort latexmk will try to use the make program
+ to try to make the missing files.
+ Note that the filename may be specified without an extension,
+ e.g., by \includegraphics{drawing} in a LaTeX file. In that
- 16 May 2021 21
+ 29 May 2021 22
@@ -1390,39 +1456,28 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- -use-make
- When after a run of *latex, there are warnings about missing
- files (e.g., as requested by the LaTeX \input, \include, and
- \includgraphics commands), latexmk tries to make them by a cus-
- tom dependency. If no relevant custom dependency with an appro-
- priate source file is found, and if the -use-make option is set,
- then as a last resort latexmk will try to use the make program
- to try to make the missing files.
-
- Note that the filename may be specified without an extension,
- 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
+ case, latexmk will try making drawing.ext with ext set in turn
+ to the possible extensions that are relevant for latex (or as
appropriate pdflatex, lualatex, xelatex).
- See also the documentation for the $use_make_for_missing_files
+ See also the documentation for the $use_make_for_missing_files
configuration variable.
-use-make-
- Do not use the make program to try to make missing files. (De-
+ Do not use the make program to try to make missing files. (De-
fault.)
-usepretex
Sets the command lines for latex, etc, so that they use the code
- that is defined by the variable $pre_tex_code or that is set by
+ that is defined by the variable $pre_tex_code or that is set by
the option -pretex=CODE to execute the specified TeX code before
- the source file is read. This option overrides any previous
+ the source file is read. This option overrides any previous
definition of the command lines.
- The result is that $latex = 'latex %O %P', and similarly for
- $pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex. (The option -no-pdf needed
+ The result is that $latex = 'latex %O %P', and similarly for
+ $pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex. (The option -no-pdf needed
for $xelatex is provided automatically, given that %O appears in
the definition.)
@@ -1444,99 +1499,100 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-view=default, -view=dvi, -view=ps, -view=pdf, -view=none
Set the kind of file used when previewing is requested (e.g., by
the -pv or -pvc switches). The default is to view the "highest"
+ kind of requested file (in the low-to-high order .dvi, .ps,
+ .pdf).
+ Note the possibility -view=none where no viewer is opened at
+ all. One example of is use is in conjunction with the -pvc op-
+ tion, when you want latexmk to do a compilation automatically
+ whenever source file(s) change, but do not want a previewer to
+ be opened.
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- kind of requested file (in the low-to-high order .dvi, .ps,
- .pdf).
- Note the possibility -view=none where no viewer is opened at
- all. One example of is use is in conjunction with the -pvc op-
- tion, when you want latexmk to do a compilation automatically
- whenever source file(s) change, but do not want a previewer to
- be opened.
+
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
-Werror
- This causes latexmk to return a non-zero status code if any of
- the files processed gives a warning about problems with cita-
- tions or references (i.e., undefined citations or references or
- about multiply defined references). This is after latexmk has
- completed all the runs it needs to try and resolve references
- and citations. Thus -Werror causes latexmk to treat such warn-
+ This causes latexmk to return a non-zero status code if any of
+ the files processed gives a warning about problems with cita-
+ tions or references (i.e., undefined citations or references or
+ about multiply defined references). This is after latexmk has
+ completed all the runs it needs to try and resolve references
+ and citations. Thus -Werror causes latexmk to treat such warn-
ings as errors, but only when they occur on the last run of *la-
- tex and only after processing is complete. Also can be set by
+ tex and only after processing is complete. Also can be set by
the configuration variable $warnings_as_errors.
-xelatex
Use xelatex. That is, use xelatex to process the source file(s)
- to pdf. The generation of dvi and postscript files is turned
+ to pdf. The generation of dvi and postscript files is turned
off.
This option is equivalent to using the following set of options
-pdfxe -dvi- -ps-
- [Note: Note that the method of implementation of this option,
- but not its intended primary effect, differ from some earlier
- versions of latexmk. Latexmk first uses xelatex to make an .xdv
- file, and does all the extra runs needed (including those of
- bibtex, etc). Only after that does it make the pdf file from
- the .xdv file, using xdvipdfmx. See the documentation for the
+ [Note: Note that the method of implementation of this option,
+ but not its intended primary effect, differ from some earlier
+ versions of latexmk. Latexmk first uses xelatex to make an .xdv
+ file, and does all the extra runs needed (including those of
+ bibtex, etc). Only after that does it make the pdf file from
+ the .xdv file, using xdvipdfmx. See the documentation for the
-pdfxe for why this is done.]
-xelatex="COMMAND"
- This sets the string specifying the command to run xelatex. It
+ This sets the string specifying the command to run xelatex. It
sets the variable $xelatex.
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
- specification, this will be done automatically. See the docu-
- mentation for the -pdfxe option for why latexmk makes a .xdv
+ xelatex is invoked, since latexmk expects xelatex to produce an
+ .xdv file, not a .pdf file. If you provide %O in the command
+ specification, this will be done automatically. See the docu-
+ mentation for the -pdfxe option for why latexmk makes a .xdv
file rather than a .pdf file when xelatex is used.
An example of the use of the -pdfxelatex option:
- latexmk -pdfxe -pdfxelatex="xelatex --shell-escape %O %S"
+ latexmk -pdfxe -pdfxelatex="xelatex --shell-escape %O %S"
+ foo.tex
+ Note: This option when provided with the COMMAND argument only
+ sets the command for invoking lualatex; it does not turn on the
+ use of lualatex. That is done by other options or in an initial-
+ ization file.
- 16 May 2021 23
+ Compatibility between options
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- foo.tex
- Note: This option when provided with the COMMAND argument only
- sets the command for invoking lualatex; it does not turn on the
- use of lualatex. That is done by other options or in an initial-
- ization file.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- Compatibility between options
- 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
+ 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.
- Options -p, -pv and -pvc are mutually exclusive. So each of these op-
+ Options -p, -pv and -pvc are mutually exclusive. So each of these op-
tions turns the others off.
@@ -1564,88 +1620,98 @@ EXAMPLES
DEALING WITH ERRORS, PROBLEMS, ETC
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-
+ 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-
+ 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.
b. Generally, remember that latexmk does its work by running other pro-
grams. Your first priority in dealing with errors should be to examine
what went wrong with the individual programs. Then you need to correct
- the causes of errors in the runs of these programs. (Often these come
+ the causes of errors in the runs of these programs. (Often these come
+ from errors in the source document, but they could also be about miss-
+ ing LaTeX packages, etc.)
+ c. If latexmk doesn't run the programs the way you would like, then you
+ need to look in this documentation at the list of command line options
+ and then at the sections on configuration/initialization files. A lot
+ of latexmk's behavior is configurable to deal with particular situa-
+ tions. (But there is a lot of reading!)
+ The remainder of these notes consists of ideas for dealing with more
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- from errors in the source document, but they could also be about miss-
- ing LaTeX packages, etc.)
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- c. If latexmk doesn't run the programs the way you would like, then you
- need to look in this documentation at the list of command line options
- and then at the sections on configuration/initialization files. A lot
- of latexmk's behavior is configurable to deal with particular situa-
- tions. (But there is a lot of reading!)
- The remainder of these notes consists of ideas for dealing with more
difficult situations.
- d. Further tricks can involve replacing the standard commands that la-
+ d. Further tricks can involve replacing the standard commands that la-
texmk runs by other commands or scripts.
- e. For possible examples of code for use in an RC file, see the direc-
- tory example_rcfiles in the distribution of latexmk (e.g., at
+ e. For possible examples of code for use in an RC file, see the direc-
+ tory example_rcfiles in the distribution of latexmk (e.g., at
http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexmk/example_rcfiles). Even if these
examples don't do what you want, they may provide suitable inspiration.
- f. There's a useful trick that can be used when you use lualatex in-
- stead of pdflatex (and in some related situations). The problem is
- that latexmk won't notice a dependency on a file, bar.baz say, that is
- input by the lua code in your document instead of by the LaTeX part.
- (Thus if you change bar.baz and rerun latexmk, then latexmk will think
- no files have changed and not rerun lualatex, whereas if you had '\in-
- put{bar.baz}' in the LaTeX part of the document, latexmk would notice
- the change.) One solution is just to put the following somewhere in
+ f. There's a useful trick that can be used when you use lualatex in-
+ stead of pdflatex (and in some related situations). The problem is
+ that latexmk won't notice a dependency on a file, bar.baz say, that is
+ input by the lua code in your document instead of by the LaTeX part.
+ (Thus if you change bar.baz and rerun latexmk, then latexmk will think
+ no files have changed and not rerun lualatex, whereas if you had '\in-
+ put{bar.baz}' in the LaTeX part of the document, latexmk would notice
+ the change.) One solution is just to put the following somewhere in
the LaTeX part of the document:
\typeout{(bar.baz)}
- This puts a line in the log file that latexmk will treat as implying
- that the file bar.baz was read. (At present I don't know a way of do-
- ing this automatically.) Of course, if the file has a different name,
+ This puts a line in the log file that latexmk will treat as implying
+ that the file bar.baz was read. (At present I don't know a way of do-
+ ing this automatically.) Of course, if the file has a different name,
change bar.baz to the name of your file.
g. See also the section "Advanced Configuration: Some extra resources".
- h. Look on tex.stackexchange, i.e., at http://tex.stackex-
- change.com/questions/tagged/latexmk Someone may have already solved
+ h. Look on tex.stackexchange, i.e., at http://tex.stackex-
+ change.com/questions/tagged/latexmk Someone may have already solved
your problem.
i. Ask a question at tex.stackexchange.com.
- j. Or ask me (the author of latexmk). My e-mail is at the end of this
+ j. Or ask me (the author of latexmk). My e-mail is at the end of this
documentation.
ALLOWING FOR CHANGE OF OUTPUT FILE TYPE
When one of the latex engines is run, the usual situation is that latex
- produces a .dvi file, while pdflatex and lualatex produce a .pdf file.
- For xelatex the default is to produce a .pdf file, but to optimize
+ produces a .dvi file, while pdflatex and lualatex produce a .pdf file.
+ For xelatex the default is to produce a .pdf file, but to optimize pro-
+ cessing time latexmk runs xelatex its -no-pdf option so that it pro-
+ duces an .xdv file. Further processing by latexmk takes this as a
+ starting point.
+
+ However, the actual output file may differ from the normal expectation;
+ and then latexmk can adjust its processing to accommodate this situa-
+ 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,
+ or misconfiguration, such that the program that latexmk invokes to
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@@ -1654,88 +1720,78 @@ ALLOWING FOR CHANGE OF OUTPUT FILE TYPE
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- processing time latexmk runs xelatex its -no-pdf option so that it pro-
- duces an .xdv file. Further processing by latexmk takes this as a
- starting point.
+ compile the document is not the expected one, or is given options in-
+ compatible with what latexmk initially expects.
- However, the actual output file may differ from the normal expectation;
- and then latexmk can adjust its processing to accommodate this situa-
- 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,
- 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.
-
- Under latex and pdflatex, control of the output format by the document
- is done by setting the \pdfoutput macro. Under lualatex, the \output-
+ Under latex and pdflatex, control of the output format by the document
+ is done by setting the \pdfoutput macro. Under lualatex, the \output-
mode macro is used instead.
One example of an important use-case for document control of the output
- format is a document that uses the psfrag package to insert graphical
+ format is a document that uses the psfrag package to insert graphical
elements in the output file. The psfrag package achieves its effects by
inserting postscript code in the output of the compilation of the docu-
- ment. This entails the use of compilation to a .dvi file, followed by
- the use of conversion to a postscript file (either directly, as by
- dvips or implicitly, as an intermediate step by dvipdf). Then it is
- useful to force output to be of the .dvi format by inserting \pdfout-
+ ment. This entails the use of compilation to a .dvi file, followed by
+ the use of conversion to a postscript file (either directly, as by
+ dvips or implicitly, as an intermediate step by dvipdf). Then it is
+ useful to force output to be of the .dvi format by inserting \pdfout-
put=0 in the preamble of the document.
- Another example is where the document uses graphics file of the .pdf,
- .jpg, and png types. With the default setting for the graphicx pack-
- age, these can be processed in compilation to .pdf but not with compi-
- lation to .dvi. In this case, it is useful to insert \pdfoutput=1 in
- the preamble of the document to force compilation to .pdf output for-
+ Another example is where the document uses graphics file of the .pdf,
+ .jpg, and png types. With the default setting for the graphicx pack-
+ age, these can be processed in compilation to .pdf but not with compi-
+ lation to .dvi. In this case, it is useful to insert \pdfoutput=1 in
+ the preamble of the document to force compilation to .pdf output for-
mat.
In all of these cases, it is needed that latexmk has to adjust its pro-
- cessing to deal with a mismatch between the actual output format (out
- of .pdf, .dvi, .xdv) and the initially expected output, if possible.
+ cessing to deal with a mismatch between the actual output format (out
+ of .pdf, .dvi, .xdv) and the initially expected output, if possible.
Latexmk does this provided the following conditions are met.
The first is that latexmk's $allow_switch configuration variable is set
- to a non-zero value as it is by default. If this variable is zero, a
+ to a non-zero value as it is by default. If this variable is zero, a
mismatch of filetypes in the compilation results in an erro.
- The second condition for latexmk to be able to handle a change of out-
- put type is that no explicit requests for .dvi or .ps output files are
- made. Explicit requests are by the -dvi and -ps, -print=dvi,
- -print=ps, -view=dvi, and -view=ps options, and by corresponding set-
- tings of the $dvi_mode, $postscript_mode, $print_type, and $view con-
- figuration variables. The print-type and view-type restrictions only
+ The second condition for latexmk to be able to handle a change of out-
+ put type is that no explicit requests for .dvi or .ps output files are
+ made. Explicit requests are by the -dvi and -ps, -print=dvi,
+ -print=ps, -view=dvi, and -view=ps options, and by corresponding set-
+ tings of the $dvi_mode, $postscript_mode, $print_type, and $view con-
+ figuration variables. The print-type and view-type restrictions only
apply when printing and viewing are explicitly requested, respectively.
- For this purpose, the use of the -pdfdvi and -pdfps options (and the
- corresponding setting of the $pdf_mode variable) does not count as an
- explicit request for the .dvi and .ps files; they are merely regarded
- as a request for making a .pdf file together with an initial proposal
+ For this purpose, the use of the -pdfdvi and -pdfps options (and the
+ corresponding setting of the $pdf_mode variable) does not count as an
+ explicit request for the .dvi and .ps files; they are merely regarded
+ as a request for making a .pdf file together with an initial proposal
+ for the processing route to make it.
+ Note that when accommodating a change in output file type, there is in-
+ volved a substantial change in the network of rules that latexmk uses
+ in its actions. The second condition applied to accommodate a change
+ is to avoid situations where the change in the rule network is too rad-
+ ical to be readily handled automatically.
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- for the processing route to make it.
- Note that when accommodating a change in output file type, there is in-
- volved a substantial change in the network of rules that latexmk uses
- in its actions. The second condition applied to accommodate a change
- is to avoid situations where the change in the rule network is too rad-
- ical to be readily handled automatically.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
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
- Files", "Format of Command Specifications", "List of Configuration
- Variables Usable in Initialization Files", "Custom Dependencies", and
- "Advanced Configuration" give details on what can be configured and
+ In this section is explained which configuration files are read by la-
+ texmk. Subsequent sections "How to Set Variables in Initialization
+ Files", "Format of Command Specifications", "List of Configuration
+ Variables Usable in Initialization Files", "Custom Dependencies", and
+ "Advanced Configuration" give details on what can be configured and
how.
Latexmk can be customized using initialization files, which are read at
@@ -1748,7 +1804,7 @@ CONFIGURATION/INITIALIZATION (RC) FILES
"/usr/local/share/latexmk/LatexMk",
"/usr/local/lib/latexmk/LatexMk".
On a MS-Windows system it looks for "C:\latexmk\LatexMk".
- On a cygwin system (i.e., a MS-Windows system in which Perl is that
+ On a cygwin system (i.e., a MS-Windows system in which Perl is that
of cygwin), latexmk reads the first it finds of
"/cygdrive/c/latexmk/LatexMk",
"/opt/local/share/latexmk/LatexMk",
@@ -1758,73 +1814,73 @@ CONFIGURATION/INITIALIZATION (RC) FILES
In addition, it then tries the same set of locations, but with the file
name replaced "LatexMk" replaced by "latexmkrc".
- If the environment variable LATEXMKRCSYS is set, its value is used as
+ If the environment variable LATEXMKRCSYS is set, its value is used as
the name of the system RC file, instead of any of the above.
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
- other possibility is "latexmk/latexmkrc" in the user's XDG configura-
- tion home directory. The actual file read is the first of "$XDG_CON-
- FIG_HOME/latexmk/latexmkrc" or "$HOME/.latexmkrc" which exists. (See
+ The traditional one is ".latexmkrc" in the user's home directory. The
+ other possibility is "latexmk/latexmkrc" in the user's XDG configura-
+ tion home directory. The actual file read is the first of "$XDG_CON-
+ FIG_HOME/latexmk/latexmkrc" or "$HOME/.latexmkrc" which exists. (See
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-lat-
est.html for details on the XDG Base Directory Specification.)
- Here $HOME is the user's home directory. [Latexmk determines the
- user's home directory as follows: It is the value of the environment
- variable HOME, if this variable exists, which normally is the case on
- UNIX-like systems (including Linux and OS-X). Otherwise the environ-
- ment variable USERPROFILE is used, if it exists, which normally is the
+ Here $HOME is the user's home directory. [Latexmk determines the
+ user's home directory as follows: It is the value of the environment
+ variable HOME, if this variable exists, which normally is the case on
+ UNIX-like systems (including Linux and OS-X). Otherwise the environ-
+ ment variable USERPROFILE is used, if it exists, which normally is the
+ case on MS-Windows systems. Otherwise a blank string is used instead of
+ $HOME, in which case latexmk does not look for an RC file in it.]
+ $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is the value of the environment variable XDG_CON-
+ FIG_HOME if it exists. If this environment variable does not exist,
+ but $HOME is non-blank, then $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set to the default
+ value of $HOME/.config. Otherwise $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is blank, and la-
+ texmk does not look for an RC file under it.
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- case on MS-Windows systems. Otherwise a blank string is used instead of
- $HOME, in which case latexmk does not look for an RC file in it.]
- $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is the value of the environment variable XDG_CON-
- FIG_HOME if it exists. If this environment variable does not exist,
- but $HOME is non-blank, then $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is set to the default
- value of $HOME/.config. Otherwise $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is blank, and la-
- texmk does not look for an RC file under it.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- 3) The RC file in the current working directory. This file can be
- named either "latexmkrc" or ".latexmkrc", and the first of these to be
+ 3) The RC file in the current working directory. This file can be
+ named either "latexmkrc" or ".latexmkrc", and the first of these to be
found is used, if any.
4) Any RC file(s) specified on the command line with the -r option.
Each RC file is a sequence of Perl commands. Naturally, a user can use
- this in creative ways. But for most purposes, one simply uses a se-
+ this in creative ways. But for most purposes, one simply uses a se-
quence of assignment statements that override some of the built-in set-
- tings of Latexmk. Straightforward cases can be handled without knowl-
- edge of the Perl language by using the examples in this document as
+ tings of Latexmk. Straightforward cases can be handled without knowl-
+ edge of the Perl language by using the examples in this document as
templates. Comment lines are introduced by the "#" character.
- Note that command line options are obeyed in the order in which they
+ Note that command line options are obeyed in the order in which they
are written; thus any RC file specified on the command line with the -r
- option can override previous options but can be itself overridden by
- later options on the command line. There is also the -e option, which
+ option can override previous options but can be itself overridden by
+ later options on the command line. There is also the -e option, which
allows initialization code to be specified in latexmk's command line.
For possible examples of code for in an RC file, see the directory ex-
- ample_rcfiles in the distribution of latexmk (e.g., at http://mir-
+ ample_rcfiles in the distribution of latexmk (e.g., at http://mir-
ror.ctan.org/support/latexmk/example_rcfiles).
HOW TO SET VARIABLES IN INITIALIZATION FILES
- The important variables that can be configured are described in the
- section "List of configuration variables usable in initialization
- files". (See the earlier section "Configuration/Initialization (rc)
- Files" for the files where the configurations are done.) Syntax for
+ The important variables that can be configured are described in the
+ section "List of configuration variables usable in initialization
+ files". (See the earlier section "Configuration/Initialization (rc)
+ Files" for the files where the configurations are done.) Syntax for
setting these variables is of the following forms:
$bibtex = 'bibtex %O %S';
@@ -1837,60 +1893,60 @@ HOW TO SET VARIABLES IN INITIALIZATION FILES
@default_files = ('paper', 'paper1');
- for the setting of an array of strings. It is possible to append an
+ for the setting of an array of strings. It is possible to append an
item to an array variable as follows:
+ push @default_files, 'paper2';
+ Note that simple "scalar" variables have names that begin with a $
+ character and array variables have names that begin with a @ character.
+ Each statement ends with a semicolon.
+ Strings should be enclosed in single quotes. (You could use double
+ 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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- push @default_files, 'paper2';
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- Note that simple "scalar" variables have names that begin with a $
- character and array variables have names that begin with a @ character.
- Each statement ends with a semicolon.
- Strings should be enclosed in single quotes. (You could use double
- 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
these complications.)
- You can do much more complicated things, but for this you will need to
+ You can do much more complicated things, but for this you will need to
consult a manual for the Perl programming language.
FORMAT OF COMMAND SPECIFICATIONS
- Some of the variables set the commands that latexmk uses for carrying
- out its work, for example to generate a .dvi file from a .tex file or
- to view a postscript file. This section describes some important fea-
+ Some of the variables set the commands that latexmk uses for carrying
+ out its work, for example to generate a .dvi file from a .tex file or
+ to view a postscript file. This section describes some important fea-
tures of how the commands are specified. (Note that some of the possi-
- bilities listed here do not apply to the $kpsewhich variable; see its
+ bilities listed here do not apply to the $kpsewhich variable; see its
documentation.)
Placeholders: Supposed you wanted latexmk to use the command elatex in
- place of the regular latex command, and suppose moreover that you
- wanted to give it the option "--shell-escape". You could do this by
+ place of the regular latex command, and suppose moreover that you
+ wanted to give it the option "--shell-escape". You could do this by
the following setting:
$latex = 'elatex --shell-escape %O %S';
- The two items starting with the % character are placeholders. These
- are substituted by appropriate values before the command is run. Thus
- %S will be replaced by the source file that elatex will be applied to,
- and %O will be replaced by any options that latexmk has decided to use
+ The two items starting with the % character are placeholders. These
+ are substituted by appropriate values before the command is run. Thus
+ %S will be replaced by the source file that elatex will be applied to,
+ and %O will be replaced by any options that latexmk has decided to use
for this command. (E.g., if you used the -silent option in the invoca-
- tion of latexmk, it results in the replacement of %O by "-interac-
+ tion of latexmk, it results in the replacement of %O by "-interac-
tion=batchmode".)
The available placeholders are:
@@ -1899,120 +1955,120 @@ FORMAT OF COMMAND SPECIFICATIONS
the setting of a jobname by the -jobname option or the $jobname
configuration value.
- %B base of filename for current command. E.g., if a postscript
- file document.ps is being made from the dvi file document.dvi,
+ %B base of filename for current command. E.g., if a postscript
+ file document.ps is being made from the dvi file document.dvi,
then the basename is document.
- %D destination file (e.g., the name of the postscript file when
+ %D destination file (e.g., the name of the postscript file when
converting a dvi file to postscript).
+ %O options
+ %P If the variable $pre_tex_code is non-empty, then %P is substi-
+ tuted by the contents of $pre_tex_code followed by \in-
+ put{SOURCE}, where SOURCE stands for the name of the source
+ file. Appropriate quoting is done. This enables TeX code to be
+ passed to one of the *latex engines to be executed before the
+ source file is read.
+ If the variable $pre_tex_code is the empty string, then %P is
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- %O options
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- %P If the variable $pre_tex_code is non-empty, then %P is substi-
- tuted by the contents of $pre_tex_code followed by \in-
- put{SOURCE}, where SOURCE stands for the name of the source
- file. Appropriate quoting is done. This enables TeX code to be
- passed to one of the *latex engines to be executed before the
- source file is read.
- If the variable $pre_tex_code is the empty string, then %P is
equivalent to %S.
%R root filename. This is the base name for the main tex file.
- By default this is the basename of the main tex file. However
- the value can be changed by the use of the -jobname option or
+ By default this is the basename of the main tex file. However
+ the value can be changed by the use of the -jobname option or
the $jobname configuration variable.
- %S source file (e.g., the name of the dvi file when converting a
+ %S source file (e.g., the name of the dvi file when converting a
.dvi file to ps).
%T The name of the primary tex file.
- %U If the variable $pre_tex_code is non-empty, then its value is
- substituted for %U (appropriately quoted). Otherwise it is re-
+ %U If the variable $pre_tex_code is non-empty, then its value is
+ substituted for %U (appropriately quoted). Otherwise it is re-
placed by a null string.
%Y Name of directory for auxiliary output files (see the configura-
tion variable $aux_dir). A directory separation character ('/')
is appended if $aux_dir is non-empty and does not end in a suit-
able character, with suitable characters being those appropriate
- to UNIX and MS-Windows, i.e., ':', '/' and '\'. Note that if
- after initialization, $out_dir is set, but $aux_dir is not set
- (i.e., it is blank), then latexmk sets $aux_dir to the same
+ to UNIX and MS-Windows, i.e., ':', '/' and '\'. Note that if
+ after initialization, $out_dir is set, but $aux_dir is not set
+ (i.e., it is blank), then latexmk sets $aux_dir to the same
value $out_dir.
- %Z Name of directory for output files (see the configuration vari-
- able $out_dir). A directory separation character ('/') is ap-
- pended if $out_dir is non-empty and does not end in a suitable
- character, with suitable characters being those appropriate to
+ %Z Name of directory for output files (see the configuration vari-
+ able $out_dir). A directory separation character ('/') is ap-
+ pended if $out_dir is non-empty and does not end in a suitable
+ character, with suitable characters being those appropriate to
UNIX and MS-Windows, i.e., ':', '/' and '\'.
- If for some reason you need a literal % character in your string not
+ If for some reason you need a literal % character in your string not
subject to the above rules, use "%%".
- Appropriate quoting will be applied to the filename substitutions, so
- you mustn't supply them yourself even if the names of your files have
+ Appropriate quoting will be applied to the filename substitutions, so
+ you mustn't supply them yourself even if the names of your files have
spaces in them. (But if your TeX filenames have spaces in them, beware
- that some older versions of the TeX program cannot correctly handle
- filenames containing spaces.) In case latexmk's quoting does not work
- correctly on your system, you can turn it off -- see the documentation
+ that some older versions of the TeX program cannot correctly handle
+ filenames containing spaces.) In case latexmk's quoting does not work
+ correctly on your system, you can turn it off -- see the documentation
for the variable $quote_filenames.
- 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
+ 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
+ for the command to run to completion. This is appropriate for commands
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- usable in initialization files" for what is normally the most appropri-
- ate usage.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- If you omit to supply any placeholders whatever in the specification of
- 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
- 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
problem.
Command names containing spaces: Under MS-Windows it is common that the
@@ -2024,47 +2080,46 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
%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.)
- 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.
+ 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-
+ sions of MS-Windows (e.g., WinXP) is to use just the command 'start' by
+ itself:
+ $dvi_previewer = 'start %S';
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- 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-
- sions of MS-Windows (e.g., WinXP) is to use just the command 'start' by
- itself:
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- $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.
@@ -2073,18 +2128,18 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$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-
+ Running a subroutine instead of an external command: Use a specifica-
tion starting with "internal", as in
$latex = 'internal mylatex %O %S';
@@ -2094,41 +2149,41 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
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-
+ 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.
- 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
+ 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.
+ 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
+ file you need to run another program after pdflatex to perform some ex-
+ tra processing, you could do something like:
- 16 May 2021 32
+ $pdflatex = 'pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S; pst2pdf_for_latexmk
+ %B';
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- 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
- file you need to run another program after pdflatex to perform some ex-
- tra processing, you could do something like:
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- $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
@@ -2136,110 +2191,121 @@ 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,
+ 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.
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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.
See the section ALLOWING FOR CHANGE OF OUTPUT EXTENSION.
+ $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-
+ 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
+ chosen name for the output file.)
- 16 May 2021 33
+ This use of a temporary file solves a problem that the making of
+ 29 May 2021 34
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- $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-
- 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
- chosen name for the output file.)
- This use of a temporary file solves a problem that the making of
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+
+
these files can occupy a substantial time. If a viewer (notably
gv) sees that the file has changed, it may read the new file be-
fore the program writing the file has not yet finished its work,
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
+ 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.)
- To keep backward compatibility with older versions of latexmk,
+ 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)
+ 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
+ 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 *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 *latex the -aux-directory. Cur-
+ rently (Dec. 2011 and later) this only works on the MiKTeX
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+ 29 May 2021 35
@@ -2248,24 +2314,34 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- $aux_dir [""]
- The directory in which auxiliary files (aux, log, etc) are to be
- written by a run of *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 *latex the -aux-directory. Cur-
- rently (Dec. 2011 and later) this only works on the MiKTeX ver-
- sion of *latex.
+ version of *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.
+
+ $aux_out_dir_report [0]
+ For each .tex file processed, list the settings for aux and out
+ directories, after they have been normalized from the settings
+ specified during initialization.
+
+ This report gives a reminder of where to look for output.
+
+ The report has to be done per file, because of possible direc-
+ tory changes for each file. In the simplest cases, the result
+ is the same as originally specified. In general, e.g., with an
+ absolute directory specified, the normalization helps perfor-
+ mance and cleans up output to the screen. It also avoids situa-
+ tions where a file in the current directory is refered to by
+ different names, e.g., "file.aux" and "./file.aux", which can be
+ annoying.
+
+
+
$banner [0]
If nonzero, the banner message is printed across each page when
converting the dvi file to postscript. Without modifying the
@@ -2292,20 +2368,10 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
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
- 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:
- 16 May 2021 35
+ 29 May 2021 36
@@ -2314,6 +2380,17 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ This is equivalent to the -bs option.
+
+ @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:
+
@BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "C:\\bibfiles" );
@BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "\\server\bibfiles" );
@BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "C:/bibfiles" );
@@ -2357,31 +2434,31 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
refuse to write its bbl and blg files, for security reasons, for
certain cases of the path component of the filename given to it.
- However, there are also rare cases where the change-directory
- method prevents bibtex from finding certain bib or bst files.
- Then $bibtex_fudge needs to be set to 0.
- $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
+ 29 May 2021 37
- 16 May 2021 36
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ However, there are also rare cases where the change-directory
+ method prevents bibtex from finding certain bib or bst files.
+ Then $bibtex_fudge needs to be set to 0.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $bibtex_silent_switch ["-terse"]
+ Switch(es) for the BibTeX processing program when silent mode is
+ on.
- discovers from the log file that one (or more) bibtex/biber-gen-
- erated bibliographies are used, it can run bibtex or biber when-
+ $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
@@ -2423,21 +2500,10 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
consequences, since the files to be deleted are determined from
a file created by *latex, which can contain erroneous informa-
tion. Therefore this variable is turned off by default, and then
- files to be deleted are restricted to those explictly specified
- 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).
-
- $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
- 16 May 2021 37
+ 29 May 2021 38
@@ -2446,6 +2512,17 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ files to be deleted are restricted to those explictly specified
+ 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).
+
+ $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
@@ -2489,27 +2566,27 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
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.
+ 29 May 2021 39
- 16 May 2021 38
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+ $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.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ The files specified by $clean_full_ext to be deleted are rela-
+ tive to the directory specified by $out_dir.
$compiling_cmd [""], $failure_cmd [""], $warning_cmd [""], $success_cmd
@@ -2554,30 +2631,30 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
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".
+ an appropriate string being appended to the filename in the
- 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
+ 29 May 2021 40
- 16 May 2021 39
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-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ window title: " compiling", " OK", or " FAILURE".
+ 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.)
@@ -2620,22 +2697,11 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
@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.
-
+ If no filenames are specified on the command line, latexmk
- 16 May 2021 40
+ 29 May 2021 41
@@ -2644,6 +2710,17 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ processes all tex files specified in the @default_files vari-
+ able, which by default is set to all tex files ("*.tex") in the
+ current 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");
@@ -2677,6 +2754,7 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
"-", 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-
@@ -2685,323 +2763,352 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
tions 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
- $dvi_mode [See below for default]
- If nonzero, generate a dvi version of the document. Equivalent
- to the -dvi option.
- The variable $dvi_mode defaults to 0, but if no explicit re-
- quests are made for other types of file (postscript, pdf), then
- $dvi_mode will be set to 1. In addition, if a request for a
- file for which a .dvi file is a prerequisite, then $dvi_mode
- will be set to 1.
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+ before other processing. Equivalent to specifying the -dF op-
+ tion.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ $dvi_mode [See below for default]
+ If nonzero, generate a dvi version of the document. Equivalent
+ to the -dvi option.
+ The variable $dvi_mode defaults to 0, but if no explicit re-
+ quests are made for other types of file (postscript, pdf), then
+ $dvi_mode will be set to 1. In addition, if a request for a
+ file for which a .dvi file is a prerequisite, then $dvi_mode
+ will be set to 1.
$dvi_previewer ["start xdvi %O %S" under UNIX]
- The command to invoke a dvi-previewer. [Under MS-Windows the
- default is "start"; then latexmk arranges to use the MS-Windows
- start program, which will cause to be run whatever command the
+ The command to invoke a dvi-previewer. [Under MS-Windows the
+ default is "start"; then latexmk arranges to use the MS-Windows
+ start program, which will cause to be run whatever command the
system has associated with .dvi files.]
- Important note: Normally you will want to have a previewer run
+ 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-
- fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
- should do the detaching of the previewer itself (by whatever
- method is appropriate to the operating system). But sometimes
+ minate before continuing its work. So normally you should pre-
+ fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
+ should do the detaching of the previewer itself (by whatever
+ method is appropriate to the operating system). But sometimes
letting latexmk do the detaching is not appropriate (for a vari-
- ety of non-trivial reasons), so you should put the "start " bit
+ ety of non-trivial reasons), so you should put the "start " bit
in yourself, whenever it is needed.
$dvi_previewer_landscape ["start xdvi %O %S"]
The command to invoke a dvi-previewer in landscape mode. [Under
- MS-Windows the default is "start"; then latexmk arranges to use
- the MS-Windows start program, which will cause to be run what-
+ MS-Windows the default is "start"; then latexmk arranges to use
+ the MS-Windows start program, which will cause to be run what-
ever command the system has associated with .dvi files.]
$dvipdf ["dvipdf -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY %O %S %D"]
- Command to convert .dvi to .pdf file. A common reconfiguration
- is to use the dvipdfm command, which needs its arguments in a
+ Command to convert .dvi to .pdf file. A common reconfiguration
+ is to use the dvipdfm command, which needs its arguments in a
different order:
$dvipdf = "dvipdfm %O -o %D %S";
- WARNING: The default dvipdf script generates pdf files with
+ WARNING: The default dvipdf script generates pdf files with
bitmapped fonts, which do not look good when viewed by acroread.
- That script should be modified to give dvips the options "-P
+ That script should be modified to give dvips the options "-P
pdf" to ensure that type 1 fonts are used in the pdf file.
$dvipdf_silent_switch ["-q"]
Switch(es) for dvipdf program when silent mode is on.
- N.B. The standard dvipdf program runs silently, so adding the
- 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
- dvipdfm and dvipdfmx.
-
- $dvips ["dvips %O -o %D %S"]
- The program to used as a filter to convert a .dvi file to a .ps
- file. If pdf is going to be generated from pdf, then the value
- of the $dvips_pdf_switch variable -- see below -- will be in-
- cluded in the options substituted for "%O".
+ N.B. The standard dvipdf program runs silently, so adding the
+ 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
- $dvips_landscape ["dvips -tlandscape %O -o %D %S"]
- The program to used as a filter to convert a .dvi file to a .ps
- file in landscape mode.
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+ dvipdfm and dvipdfmx.
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+ $dvips ["dvips %O -o %D %S"]
+ The program to used as a filter to convert a .dvi file to a .ps
+ file. If pdf is going to be generated from pdf, then the value
+ of the $dvips_pdf_switch variable -- see below -- will be in-
+ cluded in the options substituted for "%O".
+ $dvips_landscape ["dvips -tlandscape %O -o %D %S"]
+ The program to used as a filter to convert a .dvi file to a .ps
+ file in landscape mode.
$dvips_pdf_switch ["-P pdf"]
- Switch(es) for dvips program when pdf file is to be generated
+ Switch(es) for dvips program when pdf file is to be generated
from .ps file.
$dvips_silent_switch ["-q"]
Switch(es) for dvips program when silent mode is on.
$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
+ 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
the variable $dvi_update_method for further information, and see
- information on the variable $pdf_update_method for an example
+ information on the variable $pdf_update_method for an example
for the analogous case of a pdf previewer.
$dvi_update_method [2 under UNIX, 1 under MS-Windows]
- How the dvi viewer updates its display when the dvi file has
- changed. The values here apply equally to the $pdf_up-
+ How the dvi viewer updates its display when the dvi file has
+ changed. The values here apply equally to the $pdf_up-
date_method and to the $ps_update_method variables.
0 => update is automatic,
1=> manual update by user, which may only mean a mouse click
on the viewer's window or may mean a more serious action.
- 2 => Send the signal, whose number is in the variable
- $dvi_update_signal. The default value under UNIX is suitable
+ 2 => Send the signal, whose number is in the variable
+ $dvi_update_signal. The default value under UNIX is suitable
for xdvi.
- 3 => Viewer cannot do an update, because it locks the file.
+ 3 => Viewer cannot do an update, because it locks the file.
(As with acroread under MS-Windows.)
- 4 => run a command to do the update. The command is speci-
+ 4 => run a command to do the update. The command is speci-
fied by the variable $dvi_update_command.
- See information on the variable $pdf_update_method for an exam-
+ See information on the variable $pdf_update_method for an exam-
ple of updating by command.
- $dvi_update_signal [Under UNIX: SIGUSR1, which is a system-dependent
+ $dvi_update_signal [Under UNIX: SIGUSR1, which is a system-dependent
value]
- The number of the signal that is sent to the dvi viewer when it
- is updated by sending a signal -- see the information on the
- variable $dvi_update_method. The default value is the one ap-
+ The number of the signal that is sent to the dvi viewer when it
+ is updated by sending a signal -- see the information on the
+ variable $dvi_update_method. The default value is the one ap-
propriate for xdvi on a UNIX system.
+ $emulate_aux [0]
+ Whether to emulate the use of aux_dir when $aux_dir and $out_dir
+ are different, rather than using the -aux-directory option for
+
+
+
+ 29 May 2021 44
+
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+ the *latex programs. (MiKTeX supports -aux-directory, but
+ TeXLive doesn't.)
+
+ If you use a version of *latex that doesn't support -aux-direc-
+ tory, e.g., TeXLive, latexmk will automatically switch aux_dir
+ emulation on after the first run of *latex, because it will find
+ the .log file in the wrong place.
+
+ Aux_directory emulation means that when *latex is invoked, the
+ output directory provided to *latex is set to be the aux_dir.
+ After that, any files that need to be in the output directory
+ will be moved there. (These are the files with extensions .dvi,
+ .ps, .pdf, .fls, .synctex, .synctex.gz.)
+
+
$failure_cmd [undefined]
See the documentation for $compiling_cmd.
$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
+ The extension of the file which latexmk generates to contain a
+ database of information on source files. You will not normally
need to change this.
- $filetime_causality_threshold [5]; $filetime_offset_report_threshold
+ $filetime_causality_threshold [5]; $filetime_offset_report_threshold
[30]. (Units of seconds.)
These variables control how latexmk deals with the following is-
- sue, which can affect the use of files that are on a remote
+ sue, which can affect the use of files that are on a remote
filesystem (network share) instead of being on a file system lo-
cal to the computer running latexmk. Almost users will not have
+ to worry about these settings, and can ignore the following ex-
+ planation.
+ In almost all situations, latexmk does not need to use the time
+ 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., *latex) or is a
+ leftover file from a previous run. It does this by comparing the
+ modification time of the file with the system time just before
+ the program was started. If the modification time is earlier
+ than when the program was started, the file is a leftover file,
+ which latexmk treats as if it were not created. If the filetime
+ is at least the program start time, then it can be assumed that
+ the file was created in the current run.
+ Unfortunately, this test can fail if the file is on a remote
+ system, since its system time is not necessarily synchronized
+ with that of the local system; the timestamps on the remote
+ files are set by the remote system, not the local system. Gen-
+ erally, modern operating systems regularly synchronize their
+ time with a server, so the non-synchronization is mostly small
+ (a second or so, or a few seconds). But even a small difference
+ can mess up latexmk's test.
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- to worry about these settings, and can ignore the following ex-
- planation.
- In almost all situations, latexmk does not need to use the time
- 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., *latex) or is a
- leftover file from a previous run. It does this by comparing the
- modification time of the file with the system time just before
- the program was started. If the modification time is earlier
- than when the program was started, the file is a leftover file,
- which latexmk treats as if it were not created. If the filetime
- is at least the program start time, then it can be assumed that
- the file was created in the current run.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- Unfortunately, this test can fail if the file is on a remote
- system, since its system time is not necessarily synchronized
- with that of the local system; the timestamps on the remote
- files are set by the remote system, not the local system. Gen-
- erally, modern operating systems regularly synchronize their
- time with a server, so the non-synchronization is mostly small
- (a second or so, or a few seconds). But even a small difference
- can mess up latexmk's test.
Latexmk measures the time difference between the time on the two
- systems and compensates for this. But the measurement (in a
+ systems and compensates for this. But the measurement (in a
system-independent way) is only accurate to a second or two. So
- latexmk allows for a threshold on the difference between file
- and system time before it concludes that a file is a leftover
- file from a previous run. The configuration variable $file-
- time_causality_theshhold, which in units of seconds, specifies
+ latexmk allows for a threshold on the difference between file
+ and system time before it concludes that a file is a leftover
+ file from a previous run. The configuration variable $file-
+ time_causality_theshhold, which in units of seconds, specifies
this threshold. Luckily high precision is not needed. The pre-
- vious run is normally the previous run in a human run-edit-run
- cycle, and is at least many seconds back. A few seconds is
- therefore appropriate for the threshold, $filetime_causal-
- ity_theshhold; it should be non-negative always, and should be
+ vious run is normally the previous run in a human run-edit-run
+ cycle, and is at least many seconds back. A few seconds is
+ therefore appropriate for the threshold, $filetime_causal-
+ ity_theshhold; it should be non-negative always, and should be
bigger than 2 if a remote filesystem or network share is used.
- If the difference in system times on the two systems is large,
- 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
- 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
+ If the difference in system times on the two systems is large,
+ 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
+ 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
is made if silent mode is used and diagnostic mode is not on.
$force_mode [0]
- If nonzero, continue processing past minor latex errors includ-
+ If nonzero, continue processing past minor latex errors includ-
ing unrecognized cross references. Equivalent to specifying the
-f option.
+ @generated_exts [( aux , bbl , idx , ind , lof , lot , out , toc ,
+ $fdb_ext )]
+ This contains a list of extensions for files that are generated
+ during a LaTeX run and that are read in by LaTeX in later runs,
+ either directly or indirectly.
+ This list specifies files known to be generated by *latex. It
+ is used in two ways: (a) The specified files 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 *la-
+ tex is needed after a run that gives an error.
+ (Concerning item (b): Normally, a change of a source file during
+ a run should provoke a rerun. This includes a file generated by
+ LaTeX, e.g., an aux file, that is read in on subsequent runs.
+ But after a run that results in an error, a new run should not
+ occur until the user has made a change in the files. But the
+ user may have corrected an error in a source .tex file during
+ the run. So latexmk needs to distinguish user-generated and au-
+ tomatically generated files; it determines the automatically
+ generated files as those with extensions in the list in @gener-
+ ated_exts.)
-
- 16 May 2021 44
+ A convenient way to add an extra extension to the list, without
+ losing the already defined ones is to use a push command in the
+ 29 May 2021 46
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- @generated_exts [( aux , bbl , idx , ind , lof , lot , out , toc ,
- $fdb_ext )]
- This contains a list of extensions for files that are generated
- during a LaTeX run and that are read in by LaTeX in later runs,
- either directly or indirectly.
- This list specifies files known to be generated by *latex. It
- is used in two ways: (a) The specified files 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 *la-
- tex is needed after a run that gives an error.
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- (Concerning item (b): Normally, a change of a source file during
- a run should provoke a rerun. This includes a file generated by
- LaTeX, e.g., an aux file, that is read in on subsequent runs.
- But after a run that results in an error, a new run should not
- occur until the user has made a change in the files. But the
- user may have corrected an error in a source .tex file during
- the run. So latexmk needs to distinguish user-generated and au-
- tomatically generated files; it determines the automatically
- generated files as those with extensions in the list in @gener-
- ated_exts.)
- A convenient way to add an extra extension to the list, without
- losing the already defined ones is to use a push command in the
line in an RC file. E.g.,
push @generated_exts, "end";
adds the extension "end" to the list of predefined generated ex-
- tensions. (This extension is used by the RevTeX package, for
+ tensions. (This extension is used by the RevTeX package, for
example.)
$go_mode [0]
- If nonzero, process files regardless of timestamps, and is then
+ If nonzero, process files regardless of timestamps, and is then
equivalent to the -g option.
%hash_calc_ignore_pattern
!!!This variable is for experts only!!!
- 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
- 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
- time changes, latex sees that the eps file has changed, and
- therefore reruns latex. This causes an infinite loop, that is
- only terminated because latexmk has a limit on the number of
+ 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
+ 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
+ time changes, latex sees that the eps file has changed, and
+ therefore reruns latex. This causes an infinite loop, that is
+ only terminated because latexmk has a limit on the number of
runs to guard against pathological situations.
But the changing line has no real effect, since it is a comment.
You can instruct latex to ignore the offending line as follows:
+ $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'} = '^%%CreationDate: ';
+ This creates a rule for files with extension .eps about lines to
+ ignore. The left-hand side is a Perl idiom for setting an item
+ in a hash. Note that the file extension is specified without a
+ 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
+ expression specifies that lines beginning with "%%CreationDate:
+ " are to be ignored in deciding whether a file of the given ex-
+ tension .eps has changed.
+ There is only one regular expression available for each exten-
+ sion. If you need more one pattern to specify lines to ignore,
+ then you need to combine the patterns into a single regular ex-
+ pression. The simplest method is separate the different simple
+ patterns by a vertical bar character (indicating "alternation"
+ in the jargon of regular expressions). For example,
- 16 May 2021 45
+ $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'} = '^%%CreationDate: |^%%Ti-
+ tle: ';
+ causes lines starting with either "^%%CreationDate: " or "^%%Ti-
+ tle: " to be ignored.
-LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
+ 29 May 2021 47
- $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'} = '^%%CreationDate: ';
- This creates a rule for files with extension .eps about lines to
- ignore. The left-hand side is a Perl idiom for setting an item
- in a hash. Note that the file extension is specified without a
- 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
- expression specifies that lines beginning with "%%CreationDate:
- " are to be ignored in deciding whether a file of the given ex-
- tension .eps has changed.
- There is only one regular expression available for each exten-
- sion. If you need more one pattern to specify lines to ignore,
- then you need to combine the patterns into a single regular ex-
- pression. The simplest method is separate the different simple
- patterns by a vertical bar character (indicating "alternation"
- in the jargon of regular expressions). For example,
- $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'} = '^%%CreationDate: |^%%Ti-
- tle: ';
+LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
- causes lines starting with either "^%%CreationDate: " or "^%%Ti-
- tle: " to be ignored.
- It may happen that a pattern to be ignored is specified in, for
- example, in a system or user initialization file, and you wish
- to remove this in a file that is read later. To do this, you
+ It may happen that a pattern to be ignored is specified in, for
+ example, in a system or user initialization file, and you wish
+ to remove this in a file that is read later. To do this, you
use Perl's delete function, e.g.,
delete $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'};
@@ -3009,128 +3116,129 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$jobname [""]
- This specifies the jobname, i.e., the basename that is used for
- generated files (.aux, .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf, etc). If this
- variable is a null string, then the basename is the basename of
- the main tex file. (At present, the string in $jobname should
+ This specifies the jobname, i.e., the basename that is used for
+ generated files (.aux, .log, .dvi, .ps, .pdf, etc). If this
+ variable is a null string, then the basename is the basename of
+ the main tex file. (At present, the string in $jobname should
not contain spaces.)
- The placeholder '%A' is permitted. This will be substituted by
+ 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
- different jobname for each but one that is distinct for each.
- Thus if you wanted to compare compilations of a set of files on
+ riety 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
cases, you could set
$jobname = "%A-$^O";
- in an initialization file. (Here $^O is a variable provided by
+ in an initialization file. (Here $^O is a variable provided by
perl that contains perl's name for the operating system.)
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- Suppose you had .tex files test1.tex and test2.tex. Then when
+ Suppose you had .tex files test1.tex and test2.tex. Then when
you run
latexmk -pdf *.tex
- both files will be compiled. The .aux, .log, and .pdf files
- will have basenames test1-MSWin32 ante test2-MSWin32 on a MS-
+ 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,
and a variety of similar cases on linux systems.
$kpsewhich ["kpsewhich %S"]
- The program called to locate a source file when the name alone
- is not sufficient. Most filenames used by latexmk have suffi-
+ The program called to locate a source file when the name alone
+ is not sufficient. Most filenames used by latexmk have suffi-
cient path information to be found directly. But sometimes, no-
tably when a .bib or a .bst file is found from the log file of a
- bibtex or biber run, only the base name of the file is known,
+ bibtex or biber run, only the base name of the file is known,
but not its path. The program specified by $kpsewhich is used to
find it.
- (For advanced users: Because of the different way in which la-
+ (For advanced users: Because of the different way in which la-
texmk uses the command specified in $kpsewhich, some of the pos-
sibilities listed in the FORMAT OF COMMAND SPECIFICATIONS do not
- apply. The internal and start keywords are not available. A
+ apply. The internal and start keywords are not available. A
simple command specification with possible options and then "%S"
- is all that is guaranteed to work. Note that for other com-
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+ is all that is guaranteed to work. Note that for other com-
mands, "%S" is substituted by a single source file. In contrast,
for $kpsewhich, "%S" may be substituted by a long list of space-
- separated filenames, each of which is quoted. The result on
+ separated filenames, each of which is quoted. The result on
STDOUT of running the command is then piped to latexmk.)
- See also the @BIBINPUTS variable for another way that latexmk
+ See also the @BIBINPUTS variable for another way that latexmk
also uses to try to locate files; it applies only in the case of
.bib files.
$kpsewhich_show [0]
- Whether to show diagnostics about invocations of kpsewhich: the
- command line use to invoke it and the results. These diagnos-
- tics are shown if $kpsewhich_show is non-zero or if diagnostics
- mode is on. (But in the second case, lots of other diagnostics
- are also shown.) Without these diagnostics there is nothing
- visible in latexmk's screen output about invocations of kpse-
+ Whether to show diagnostics about invocations of kpsewhich: the
+ command line use to invoke it and the results. These diagnos-
+ tics are shown if $kpsewhich_show is non-zero or if diagnostics
+ mode is on. (But in the second case, lots of other diagnostics
+ are also shown.) Without these diagnostics there is nothing
+ visible in latexmk's screen output about invocations of kpse-
which.
$landscape_mode [0]
If nonzero, run in landscape mode, using the landscape mode pre-
- viewers and dvi to postscript converters. Equivalent to the -l
+ viewers and dvi to postscript converters. Equivalent to the -l
option. Normally not needed with current previewers.
$latex ["latex %O %S"]
- Specifies the command line for the LaTeX processing program.
- Note that as with other programs, you can use this variable not
- just to change the name of the program used, but also specify
+ Specifies the command line for the LaTeX processing program.
+ Note that as with other programs, you can use this variable not
+ just to change the name of the program used, but also specify
options to the program. E.g.,
+ $latex = "latex --src-specials %O %S";
+ To do a coordinated setting of all of $latex, $pdflatex, $luala-
+ 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
+ been found, and the file is given without an extension. This
+ typically happens when LaTeX commands of the form \input{file}
+ or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant source file does
+ not exist.
+ In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
+ make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
+ specified by the variable %latex_input_extensions. The default
+ extensions are 'tex' and 'eps'.
+ (For Perl experts: %latex_input_extensions is a hash whose keys
+ are the extensions. The values are irrelevant.) Two subrou-
+ tines are provided for manipulating this and the related vari-
+ able %pdflatex_input_extensions, add_input_ext and remove_in-
+ put_ext. They are used as in the following examples are
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- $latex = "latex --src-specials %O %S";
- To do a coordinated setting of all of $latex, $pdflatex, $luala-
- tex, and $xelatex, see the section "Advanced Configuration".
- %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
- been found, and the file is given without an extension. This
- typically happens when LaTeX commands of the form \input{file}
- or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant source file does
- not exist.
- In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
- make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
- specified by the variable %latex_input_extensions. The default
- extensions are 'tex' and 'eps'.
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+
- (For Perl experts: %latex_input_extensions is a hash whose keys
- are the extensions. The values are irrelevant.) Two subrou-
- tines are provided for manipulating this and the related vari-
- able %pdflatex_input_extensions, add_input_ext and remove_in-
- put_ext. They are used as in the following examples are possi-
- ble lines in an initialization file:
+ possible lines in an initialization file:
remove_input_ext( 'latex', 'tex' );
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add_input_ext( 'latex', 'asdf' );
- add the extension 'asdf to latex_input_extensions. (Naturally
+ add the extension 'asdf to latex_input_extensions. (Naturally
with such an extension, you should have made an appropriate cus-
tom dependency for latexmk, and should also have done the appro-
- priate programming in the LaTeX source file to enable the file
- to be read. The standard extensions are handled by LaTeX and
+ priate programming in the LaTeX source file to enable the file
+ to be read. The standard extensions are handled by LaTeX and
its graphics/graphicx packages.)
$latex_silent_switch ["-interaction=batchmode"]
- Switch(es) for the LaTeX processing program when silent mode is
+ Switch(es) for the LaTeX processing program when silent mode is
on.
- If you use MikTeX, you may prefer the results if you configure
- the options to include -c-style-errors, e.g., by the following
+ 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
$latex_silent_switch = "-interaction=batchmode -c-style-er-
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$lpr ["lpr %O %S" under UNIX/Linux, "NONE lpr" under MS-Windows]
The command to print postscript files.
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- Under MS-Windows (unlike UNIX/Linux), there is no standard pro-
+ Under MS-Windows (unlike UNIX/Linux), there is no standard pro-
gram for printing files. But there are ways you can do it. For
example, if you have gsview installed, you could use it with the
option "/p":
$lpr = '"c:/Program Files/Ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe" /p';
- 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
- that this is a string to be assigned to the configuration vari-
- able $lpr. The double quotes are part of the string passed to
- the operating system to get the command obeyed; this is neces-
+ 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
+ that this is a string to be assigned to the configuration vari-
+ able $lpr. The double quotes are part of the string passed to
+ the operating system to get the command obeyed; this is neces-
sary because one part of the command name ("Program Files") con-
tains a space which would otherwise be misinterpreted.
@@ -3194,20 +3290,31 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$lpr_pdf ["NONE lpr_pdf"]
The printing program to print pdf files.
- Under MS-Windows you could set this to use gsview, if it is in-
+ Under MS-Windows you could set this to use gsview, if it is in-
stalled, e.g.,
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$lpr = '"c:/Program Files/Ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe" /p';
- If gsview is installed in a different directory, you will need
- to make the appropriate change. Note the double quotes around
+ If gsview is installed in a different directory, you will need
+ to make the appropriate change. Note the double quotes around
the name: this is necessary because one part of the command name
("Program Files") contains a space which would otherwise be mis-
interpreted.
$lualatex ["lualatex %O %S"]
Specifies the command line for the LaTeX processing program that
- is to be used when the lualatex program is called for (e.g., by
+ is to be used when the lualatex program is called for (e.g., by
the option -lualatex.
To do a coordinated setting of all of $latex, $pdflatex, $luala-
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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
- not been found, and the file is given without an extension.
- This typically happens when LaTeX commands of the form \in-
- put{file} or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant source
+ This variable specifies the extensions tried by latexmk when it
+ finds that a lualatex run resulted in an error that a file has
+ not been found, and the file is given without an extension.
+ This typically happens when LaTeX commands of the form \in-
+ put{file} or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant source
file does not exist.
- In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
- make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
- specified by the variable %pdflatex_input_extensions. The de-
+ In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
+ make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
+ specified by the variable %pdflatex_input_extensions. The de-
fault extensions are 'tex', 'pdf', 'jpg, and 'png'.
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See details of the %latex_input_extensions for other information
that equally applies to %lualatex_input_extensions.
$lualatex_silent_switch ["-interaction=batchmode"]
- Switch(es) for the lualatex program (specified in the variable
+ Switch(es) for the lualatex program (specified in the variable
$lualatex) when silent mode is on.
- See details of the $latex_silent_switch for other information
+ See details of the $latex_silent_switch for other information
that equally applies to $lualatex_silent_switch.
$make ["make"]
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The index processing program.
$makeindex_fudge [0]
- When using makeindex, whether to change directory to $aux_dir
- before running makeindex. Set to 1 if $aux_dir is not an ex-
- plicit subdirectory of current directory, otherwise makeindex
+ When using makeindex, whether to change directory to $aux_dir
+ before running makeindex. Set to 1 if $aux_dir is not an ex-
+ plicit subdirectory of current directory, otherwise makeindex
will refuse to write its output and log files, for security rea-
sons.
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$makeindex_silent_switch ["-q"]
- Switch(es) for the index processing program when silent mode is
+ Switch(es) for the index processing program when silent mode is
on.
$max_repeat [5]
- The maximum number of times latexmk will run *latex before de-
- ciding that there may be an infinite loop and that it needs to
- bail out, rather than rerunning *latex again to resolve cross-
+ The maximum number of times latexmk will run *latex before de-
+ ciding that there may be an infinite loop and that it needs to
+ bail out, rather than rerunning *latex again to resolve cross-
references, etc. The default value covers all normal cases.
(Note that the "etc" covers a lot of cases where one run of *la-
tex generates files to be read in on a later run.)
$MSWin_back_slash [1]
- This configuration variable only has an effect when latexmk is
- 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
+ This configuration variable only has an effect when latexmk is
+ 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 sepa-
- rator character, provided at least that filenames are properly
+ For almost all programs and for almost all filenames under MS-
+ Windows, both "\" and "/" are acceptable as the directory sepa-
+ rator character, provided at least that filenames are properly
quoted. But it is possible that programs exist that only accept
- "\" on the command line, since that is the standard directory
- separator for MS-Windows. So for safety latexmk makes the sub-
+ "\" on the command line, since that is the standard directory
+ separator for MS-Windows. So for safety latexmk makes the sub-
stitution from "/" to "\", by default.
- However there are also programs on MS-Windows for which a back
+ 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
+ mode. If $new_viewer_always is 0, latexmk will check for a pre-
+ viously running previewer on the same file, and if one is run-
+ ning will not start a new one. If $new_viewer_always is non-
+ zero, this check will be skipped, and latexmk will behave as if
+ no viewer is running.
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+ $out_dir [""]
+ If non-blank, this variable specifies the directory in which
+ output files are to be written by a run of *latex. See also the
+ variable $aux_dir.
+ The effect of this variable (when non-blank) is achieved by us-
+ ing the -output-directory option of *latex. This exists in the
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- 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
- mode. If $new_viewer_always is 0, latexmk will check for a pre-
- viously running previewer on the same file, and if one is run-
- ning will not start a new one. If $new_viewer_always is non-
- zero, this check will be skipped, and latexmk will behave as if
- no viewer is running.
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- $out_dir [""]
- If non-blank, this variable specifies the directory in which
- output files are to be written by a run of *latex. See also the
- variable $aux_dir.
- The effect of this variable (when non-blank) is achieved by us-
- ing the -output-directory option of *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
+ 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
+ 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.
- Commonly, the directory specified for output files is a subdi-
+ Commonly, the directory specified for output files is a subdi-
rectory of the current working directory. However, if you spec-
- ify some other directory, e.g., "/tmp/foo" or "../output", be
- aware that this could cause problems, e.g., with makeindex or
- bibtex. This is because modern versions of these programs, by
- default, will refuse to work when they find that they are asked
- to write to a file in a directory that appears not to be the
+ ify some other directory, e.g., "/tmp/foo" or "../output", be
+ aware that this could cause problems, e.g., with makeindex or
+ bibtex. This is because modern versions of these programs, by
+ default, will refuse to work when they find that they are asked
+ to write to a file in a directory that appears not to be the
current working directory or one of its subdirectories. This is
- part of security measures by the whole TeX system that try to
+ part of security measures by the whole TeX system that try to
prevent malicious or errant TeX documents from incorrectly mess-
ing with a user's files. If for $out_dir or $aux_dir you really
- do need to specify an absolute pathname (e.g., "/tmp/foo") or a
+ do need to specify an absolute pathname (e.g., "/tmp/foo") or a
path (e.g., "../output") that includes a higher-level directory,
- and you need to use makeindex or bibtex, then you need to dis-
- able the security measures (and assume any risks). One way of
+ 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
- variable openout_any to "a" (as in "all"), to override the de-
+ variable openout_any to "a" (as in "all"), to override the de-
fault "paranoid" setting.
$pdf_mode [0]
- If zero, do NOT generate a pdf version of the document. If
- equal to 1, generate a pdf version of the document using pdfla-
- tex, using the command specified by the $pdflatex variable. If
-
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- equal to 2, generate a pdf version of the document from the ps
- file, by using the command specified by the $ps2pdf variable.
- If equal to 3, generate a pdf version of the document from the
- dvi file, by using the command specified by the $dvipdf vari-
+ If zero, do NOT generate a pdf version of the document. If
+ equal to 1, generate a pdf version of the document using pdfla-
+ tex, using the command specified by the $pdflatex variable. If
+ equal to 2, generate a pdf version of the document from the ps
+ file, by using the command specified by the $ps2pdf variable.
+ If equal to 3, generate a pdf version of the document from the
+ dvi file, by using the command specified by the $dvipdf vari-
able. If equal to 4, generate a pdf version of the document us-
ing lualatex, using the command specified by the $lualatex vari-
- able. If equal to 5, generate a pdf version (and an xdv ver-
- sion) of the document using xelatex, using the commands speci-
+ able. If equal to 5, generate a pdf version (and an xdv ver-
+ sion) of the document using xelatex, using the commands speci-
fied by the $xelatex and xdvipdfmx variables.
- In $pdf_mode=2, it is ensured that .dvi and .ps files are also
- made. In $pdf_mode=3, it is ensured that a .dvi file is also
+ In $pdf_mode=2, it is ensured that .dvi and .ps files are also
+ made. In $pdf_mode=3, it is ensured that a .dvi file is also
made. But this may be overridden by the document.
$pdflatex ["pdflatex %O %S"]
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$pdflatex = "pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S";
- (In some earlier versions of latexmk, you needed to use an as-
- signment to $pdflatex to allow the use of lualatex or xelatex
+
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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-
- ables for the use of lualatex or xelatex. See $lualatex and
+ ables for the use of lualatex or xelatex. See $lualatex and
$xelatex.)
To do a coordinated setting of all of $latex, $pdflatex, $luala-
tex, and $xelatex, see the section "Advanced Configuration".
%pdflatex_input_extensions
- This variable specifies the extensions tried by latexmk when it
- finds that a pdflatex run resulted in an error that a file has
- not been found, and the file is given without an extension.
- This typically happens when LaTeX commands of the form \in-
- put{file} or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant source
+ This variable specifies the extensions tried by latexmk when it
+ finds that a pdflatex run resulted in an error that a file has
+ not been found, and the file is given without an extension.
+ This typically happens when LaTeX commands of the form \in-
+ put{file} or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant source
file does not exist.
- In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
- make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
- specified by the variable %pdflatex_input_extensions. The de-
+ In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
+ make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
+ specified by the variable %pdflatex_input_extensions. The de-
fault extensions are 'tex', 'pdf', 'jpg, and 'png'.
See details of the %latex_input_extensions for other information
that equally applies to %pdflatex_input_extensions.
$pdflatex_silent_switch ["-interaction=batchmode"]
- Switch(es) for the pdflatex program (specified in the variable
+ Switch(es) for the pdflatex program (specified in the variable
$pdflatex) when silent mode is on.
- See details of the $latex_silent_switch for other information
+ See details of the $latex_silent_switch for other information
that equally applies to $pdflatex_silent_switch.
+ $pdf_previewer ["start acroread %O %S"]
+ The command to invoke a pdf-previewer.
+ On MS-Windows, the default is changed to "cmd /c start """; un-
+ der more recent versions of Windows, this will cause to be run
+ whatever command the system has associated with .pdf files. But
+ this may be undesirable if this association is to acroread --
+ see the notes in the explanation of the -pvc option.]
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+ On OS-X the default is changed to "open %S", which results in
+ OS-X starting up (and detaching) the viewer associated with the
+ file. By default, for pdf files this association is to OS-X's
+ preview, which is quite satisfactory.
+ WARNING: Problem under MS-Windows: if acroread is used as the
+ pdf previewer, and it is actually viewing a pdf file, the pdf
+ file cannot be updated. Thus makes acroread a bad choice of
+ previewer if you use latexmk's previous-continuous mode (option
+ -pvc) under MS-windows. This problem does not occur if, for ex-
+ ample, SumatraPDF or gsview is used to view pdf files.
+ Important note: Normally you will want to have a previewer run
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- $pdf_previewer ["start acroread %O %S"]
- The command to invoke a pdf-previewer.
- On MS-Windows, the default is changed to "cmd /c start """; un-
- der more recent versions of Windows, this will cause to be run
- whatever command the system has associated with .pdf files. But
- this may be undesirable if this association is to acroread --
- see the notes in the explanation of the -pvc option.]
- On OS-X the default is changed to "open %S", which results in
- OS-X starting up (and detaching) the viewer associated with the
- file. By default, for pdf files this association is to OS-X's
- preview, which is quite satisfactory.
- WARNING: Problem under MS-Windows: if acroread is used as the
- pdf previewer, and it is actually viewing a pdf file, the pdf
- file cannot be updated. Thus makes acroread a bad choice of
- previewer if you use latexmk's previous-continuous mode (option
- -pvc) under MS-windows. This problem does not occur if, for ex-
- ample, SumatraPDF or gsview is used to view pdf 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-
- fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
- should do the detaching of the previewer itself (by whatever
- method is appropriate to the operating system). But sometimes
+ minate before continuing its work. So normally you should pre-
+ fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
+ should do the detaching of the previewer itself (by whatever
+ method is appropriate to the operating system). But sometimes
letting latexmk do the detaching is not appropriate (for a vari-
- ety of non-trivial reasons), so you should put the "start " bit
+ ety of non-trivial reasons), so you should put the "start " bit
in yourself, whenever it is needed.
$pdf_update_command [""]
- When the pdf previewer is set to be updated by running a com-
- mand, this is the command that is run. See the information for
+ When the pdf previewer is set to be updated by running a com-
+ mand, this is the command that is run. See the information for
the variable $pdf_update_method.
$pdf_update_method [1 under UNIX, 3 under MS-Windows]
- How the pdf viewer updates its display when the pdf file has
- changed. See the information on the variable $dvi_update_method
+ How the pdf viewer updates its display when the pdf file has
+ changed. See the information on the variable $dvi_update_method
for the codes. (Note that information needs be changed slightly
- so that for the value 4, to run a command to do the update, the
- command is specified by the variable $pdf_update_command, and
- for the value 2, to specify update by signal, the signal is
+ so that for the value 4, to run a command to do the update, the
+ command is specified by the variable $pdf_update_command, and
+ for the value 2, to specify update by signal, the signal is
specified by $pdf_update_signal.)
Note that acroread under MS-Windows (but not UNIX) locks the pdf
@@ -3491,58 +3601,59 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
$pdf_update_method = 4;
$pdf_update_command = "xpdf -remote %R -reload";
+ The first setting arranges for the xpdf program to be used in
+ its "remote server mode", with the server name specified as the
+ rootname of the TeX file. The second setting arranges for up-
+ dating to be done in response to a command, and the third set-
+ ting sets the update command.
+ $pdf_update_signal [Under UNIX: SIGHUP, which is a system-dependent
+ value]
+ The number of the signal that is sent to the pdf viewer when it
+ is updated by sending a signal -- see the information on the
+ variable $pdf_update_method. The default value is the one ap-
+ propriate for gv on a UNIX system.
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+ $pid_position[1 under UNIX, -1 under MS-Windows]
+ The variable $pid_position is used to specify which word in
+ lines of the output from $pscmd corresponds to the process ID.
+ The first word in the line is numbered 0. The default value of
+ 1 (2nd word in line) is correct for Solaris 2.6, Linux, and OS-X
+ with their default settings of $pscmd.
+ Setting the variable to -1 is used to indicate that $pscmd is
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- The first setting arranges for the xpdf program to be used in
- its "remote server mode", with the server name specified as the
- rootname of the TeX file. The second setting arranges for up-
- dating to be done in response to a command, and the third set-
- ting sets the update command.
- $pdf_update_signal [Under UNIX: SIGHUP, which is a system-dependent
- value]
- The number of the signal that is sent to the pdf viewer when it
- is updated by sending a signal -- see the information on the
- variable $pdf_update_method. The default value is the one ap-
- propriate for gv on a UNIX system.
- $pid_position[1 under UNIX, -1 under MS-Windows]
- The variable $pid_position is used to specify which word in
- lines of the output from $pscmd corresponds to the process ID.
- The first word in the line is numbered 0. The default value of
- 1 (2nd word in line) is correct for Solaris 2.6, Linux, and OS-X
- with their default settings of $pscmd.
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- Setting the variable to -1 is used to indicate that $pscmd is
not to be used.
$postscript_mode [0]
- If nonzero, generate a postscript version of the document.
+ If nonzero, generate a postscript version of the document.
Equivalent to the -ps option.
- If some other request is made for which a postscript file is
+ If some other request is made for which a postscript file is
needed, then $postscript_mode will be set to 1.
$pre_tex_code ['']
- Sets TeX code to be executed before inputting the source file.
- This works if the relevant one of $latex, etc contains a suit-
+ Sets TeX code to be executed before inputting the source file.
+ This works if the relevant one of $latex, etc contains a suit-
able command line with a %P or %U substitution. For example you
could do
$latex = 'latex %O %P';
$pre_tex_code = '\AtBeginDocument{An initial message\par}';
- To set all of $latex, $pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex you
+ To set all of $latex, $pdflatex, $lualatex, and $xelatex you
could use the subroutine alt_tex_cmds:
&alt_tex_cmds;
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$preview_continuous_mode [0]
- If nonzero, run a previewer to view the document, and continue
+ If nonzero, run a previewer to view the document, and continue
running latexmk to keep .dvi up-to-date. Equivalent to the -pvc
- option. Which previewer is run depends on the other settings,
+ option. Which previewer is run depends on the other settings,
see the command line options -view=, and the variable $view.
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$preview_mode [0]
If nonzero, run a previewer to preview the document. Equivalent
- to the -pv option. Which previewer is run depends on the other
- settings, see the command line options -view=, and the variable
+ to the -pv option. Which previewer is run depends on the other
+ settings, see the command line options -view=, and the variable
$view.
$printout_mode [0]
- If nonzero, print the document using the command specified in
+ If nonzero, print the document using the command specified in
the $lpr variable. Equivalent to the -p option. This is recom-
- mended not to be set from an RC file, otherwise you could waste
+ mended not to be set from an RC file, otherwise you could waste
lots of paper.
$print_type = ["auto"]
- Type of file to printout: possibilities are "auto", "dvi",
+ Type of file to printout: possibilities are "auto", "dvi",
"none", "pdf", or "ps". See the option -print= for the meaning
of the "auto" value.
$pscmd Command used to get all the processes currently run by the user.
- 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
+ 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
- to one process. See the $pid_position variable for how the
+ to one process. See the $pid_position variable for how the
process number is determined.
- The default for pscmd is "NONE" under MS-Windows and cygwin
- (i.e., the command is not used), "ps -ww -u $ENV{USER}" under
- OS-X, and "ps -f -u $ENV{USER}" under other operating systems
+ The default for pscmd is "NONE" under MS-Windows and cygwin
+ (i.e., the command is not used), "ps -ww -u $ENV{USER}" under
+ OS-X, and "ps -f -u $ENV{USER}" under other operating systems
(including Linux). In these specifications "$ENV{USER}" is sub-
stituted by the username.
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$ps_filter [empty]
The postscript file filter to be run on the newly produced post-
- script file before other processing. Equivalent to specifying
+ script file before other processing. Equivalent to specifying
the -pF option.
$ps_previewer ["start gv %O %S", but start %O %S under MS-Windows]
- The command to invoke a ps-previewer. (The default under MS-
+ The command to invoke a ps-previewer. (The default under MS-
Windows will cause to be run whatever command the system has as-
sociated with .ps files.)
- Note that gv could be used with the -watch option updates its
- display whenever the postscript file changes, whereas ghostview
- does not. However, different versions of gv have slightly dif-
- ferent ways of writing this option. You can configure this
+ Note that gv could be used with the -watch option updates its
+ display whenever the postscript file changes, whereas ghostview
+ does not. However, different versions of gv have slightly dif-
+ ferent ways of writing this option. You can configure this
variable appropriately.
WARNING: Linux systems may have installed one (or more) versions
- of gv under different names, e.g., ggv, kghostview, etc, but
-
+ of gv under different names, e.g., ggv, kghostview, etc, but
+ perhaps not one actually called gv.
+ 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-
+ fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
+ should do the detaching of the previewer itself (by whatever
+ method is appropriate to the operating system). But sometimes
+ letting latexmk do the detaching is not appropriate (for a vari-
+ ety of non-trivial reasons), so you should put the "start " bit
+ in yourself, whenever it is needed.
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+ $ps_previewer_landscape ["start gv -swap %O %S", but start %O %S under
+ MS-Windows]
+ The command to invoke a ps-previewer in landscape mode.
+ $ps_update_command [""]
+ When the postscript previewer is set to be updated by running a
+ command, this is the command that is run. See the information
+ for the variable $ps_update_method.
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- perhaps not one actually called gv.
- 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-
- fix the command by "start ", which flags to latexmk that it
- should do the detaching of the previewer itself (by whatever
- method is appropriate to the operating system). But sometimes
- letting latexmk do the detaching is not appropriate (for a vari-
- ety of non-trivial reasons), so you should put the "start " bit
- in yourself, whenever it is needed.
- $ps_previewer_landscape ["start gv -swap %O %S", but start %O %S under
- MS-Windows]
- The command to invoke a ps-previewer in landscape mode.
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- $ps_update_command [""]
- When the postscript previewer is set to be updated by running a
- command, this is the command that is run. See the information
- for the variable $ps_update_method.
$ps_update_method [0 under UNIX, 1 under MS-Windows]
- How the postscript viewer updates its display when the .ps file
- has changed. See the information on the variable $dvi_up-
- date_method for the codes. (Note that information needs be
+ How the postscript viewer updates its display when the .ps file
+ has changed. See the information on the variable $dvi_up-
+ date_method for the codes. (Note that information needs be
changed slightly so that for the value 4, to run a command to do
- the update, the command is specified by the variable $ps_up-
- date_command, and for the value 2, to specify update by signal,
+ the update, the command is specified by the variable $ps_up-
+ date_command, and for the value 2, to specify update by signal,
the signal is specified by $ps_update_signal.)
- $ps_update_signal [Under UNIX: SIGHUP, which is a system-dependent
+ $ps_update_signal [Under UNIX: SIGHUP, which is a system-dependent
value]
- The number of the signal that is sent to the pdf viewer when it
- is updated by sending a signal -- see $ps_update_method. The
+ The number of the signal that is sent to the pdf viewer when it
+ is updated by sending a signal -- see $ps_update_method. The
default value is the one appropriate for gv on a UNIX system.
$pvc_timeout [0]
- If this variable is nonzero, there will be a timeout in pvc
- mode after a period of inactivity. Inactivity means a period
- when latexmk has detected no file changes and hence has not
+ If this variable is nonzero, there will be a timeout in pvc
+ mode after a period of inactivity. Inactivity means a period
+ when latexmk has detected no file changes and hence has not
taken any actions like compiling the document. The period of in-
activity is in the variable $pvc_timeout_mins.
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The same as $always_view_file_via_temporary, except that it only
applies in preview-continuous mode (-pvc option).
+ $quote_filenames [1]
+ This specifies whether substitutions for placeholders in command
+ specifications (as in $pdflatex) are surrounded by double
+ quotes. If this variable is 1 (or any other value Perl regards
+ as true), then quoting is done. Otherwise quoting is omitted.
+ The quoting method used by latexmk is tested to work correctly
+ under UNIX systems (including Linux and Mac OS-X) and under MS-
+ Windows. It allows the use of filenames containing special
+ characters, notably spaces. (But note that many versions of
+ *latex cannot correctly deal with TeX files whose names contain
+ spaces. Latexmk's quoting only ensures that such filenames are
+ correctly treated by the operating system in passing arguments
+ to programs.)
+ $rc_report [1]
+ After initialization, whether to give a list of the RC files
+ read.
+ $recorder [1]
+ Whether to use the -recorder option to (latex Use of this option
+ results in a file of extension .fls containing a list of the
+ files that these programs have read and written. Latexmk will
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- $quote_filenames [1]
- This specifies whether substitutions for placeholders in command
- specifications (as in $pdflatex) are surrounded by double
- quotes. If this variable is 1 (or any other value Perl regards
- as true), then quoting is done. Otherwise quoting is omitted.
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- The quoting method used by latexmk is tested to work correctly
- under UNIX systems (including Linux and Mac OS-X) and under MS-
- Windows. It allows the use of filenames containing special
- characters, notably spaces. (But note that many versions of
- *latex cannot correctly deal with TeX files whose names contain
- spaces. Latexmk's quoting only ensures that such filenames are
- correctly treated by the operating system in passing arguments
- to programs.)
- $recorder [1]
- Whether to use the -recorder option to (latex Use of this option
- results in a file of extension .fls containing a list of the
- files that these programs have read and written. Latexmk will
then use this file to improve its detection of source files and
generated files after a run of *latex.
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operating systems (including Linux and OS-X) is ':'. Normally
the defaults give correct behavior. But there can be difficul-
ties if your operating system is of one kind, but some of your
- software is running under an emulator for the other kind of
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- operating system; in that case you'll need to find out what is
+ software is running under an emulator for the other kind of op-
+ erating system; in that case you'll need to find out what is
needed, and set $search_path_separator explicitly. (The same
goes, of course, for unusual operating systems that are not in
the MSWin, Linux, OS-X, Unix collection.)
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lence_logfile_warning_list and -silence_logfile_warning_list-
also set this variable.
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the same page and same line will be compressed to a single warn-
ing.
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Directory to store temporary files that latexmk may generate
while running.
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- $tmpdir to the value of the first of whichever of the system en-
- vironment variables TMPDIR or TEMP exists, otherwise to the cur-
+ The default under MSWindows (including cygwin), is to set $tm-
+ pdir to the value of the first of whichever of the system envi-
+ ronment variables TMPDIR or TEMP exists, otherwise to the cur-
rent directory. Under other operating systems (expected to be
UNIX/Linux, including OS-X), the default is the value of the
system environment variable TMPDIR if it exists, otherwise
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do this. The intent of calling make from latexmk is merely to
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$view ["default"]
Which kind of file is to be previewed if a previewer is used.
The possible values are "default", "dvi", "ps", "pdf". The
@@ -3886,18 +3997,6 @@ LATEXMK(1) General Commands Manual LATEXMK(1)
Then it is often sensible to treat citation and reference warn-
ings as errors that require the overall build process to be
aborted. Of course, since multiple runs of *latex are generally
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needed to resolve references and citations, what matters is not
the warnings on the first run, but the warnings on the last run;
latexmk takes this into account appropriately.
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The program to make a pdf file from an xdv file (used in con-
junction with xelatex when $pdf_mode=5).
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$xdvipdfmx_silent_switch ["-q"]
Switch(es) for the xdvipdfmx program when silent mode is on.
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In this situation, latexmk searches for custom dependencies to
make the missing file(s), but restricts it to the extensions
- specified by the variable %xelatex_input_extensions. The
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- default extensions are 'tex', 'pdf', 'jpg, and 'png'.
+ specified by the variable %xelatex_input_extensions. The de-
+ fault extensions are 'tex', 'pdf', 'jpg, and 'png'.
See details of the %latex_input_extensions for other information
that equally applies to %xelatex_input_extensions.
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Defining a custom dependency:
The old method of configuring latexmk to use a custom dependency was to
directly manipulate the @cus_dep_list array that contains information
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function:
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the file conversion. The first argument to the subroutine is
the base name of the file to be converted without any extension.
The subroutines are declared in the syntax of Perl. The func-
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tects that a run of *latex needs to read a file, like a graphics file,
whose extension is the to-extension of a custom dependency. Then la-
texmk examines whether a file exists with the same name, but with the
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corresponding from-extension, as specified in the custom-dependency.
If it does, then a corresponding instance of the custom dependency is
created, after which the rule is invoked whenever the destination file
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The function that implements a custom dependency gets the information
on the files to be processed in two ways. The first is through its one
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initialization file), the latexmk will delete this rule before making
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Suppose latexmk is using this rule to convert a file "figure.fig" to
"figure.eps". Then it will invoke the fig2eps subroutine defined in
the above code with a single argument "figure", which is the basename
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the program against special characters in filenames. Very often these
quotes are not necessary, i.e., they can be omitted. But it is nor-
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software, the quotes in the above examples do not cause problems in the
cases I have tested.
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If you have some general custom dependencies defined in the system or
user initialization file, you may find that for a particular project
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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
ones, intended to be long-term stable, are listed below, under the
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push @generated_exts, 'ndx', 'nnd';
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gets the extensions "ndx" and "nnd" added to the list of extensions for
generated files; then the extra index files will be deleted by clean-up
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.ndx file is written during a run of *latex and is always later than
the .nnd last read in. Thus the .nnd appears to be perpetually out-of-
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item, and the name of the subroutine for the custom dependency. These
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lows. It is the code in an RC file to ensure automatic conversion of
.fig files to .eps files:
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A step in the processing is called a rule. One possibility to implement
the processing of a rule is by a Perl subroutine. This is always the
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This gives the name of the main output file if any. Note the
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Authors of previous versions. Many users with their feedback, and es-
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AUTHOR
- Current version, by John Collins (Version 4.74). Report bugs etc to
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Released version can be obtained from CTAN:
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