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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-10-19 22:22:35 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-10-19 22:22:35 +0000
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parent82f6f2a2d389acca8659d6e6d74fbccbfea3a055 (diff)
latexmk 4.27a (18oct11)
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@24326 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/CHANGES10
-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL2
-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/README23
-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.pdfbin100945 -> 102763 bytes
-rw-r--r--Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.txt2001
5 files changed, 1077 insertions, 959 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/CHANGES b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/CHANGES
index 0d4660bf493..8c299b861b2 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/CHANGES
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/CHANGES
@@ -267,3 +267,13 @@ From v. 4.25 to v. 4.26
Make compatible with biber 0.9.4.
Fix some bugs in error reporting.
+From v. 4.26 to v. 4.27a
+ Deal with problem that making of ps or pdf file via a temporary
+ file fails if the command making it has no %D placeholder
+ Add png to list of graphics extensions for pdflatex
+ Add -norc option that prevents auto reading of rc files.
+ Options -aux-directory -output-directory like those of (pdf)latex,
+ to set the output directories of (pdf)latex. (-aux-directory
+ is MiKTeX only). Corresponding configuration variables, and
+ placeholders for command specification.
+
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL
index 23328a15393..79090f85597 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
INSTALLING latexmk
==================
- (Version 4.26, 9 August 2011)
+ (Version 4.27a, 10 October 2011)
John Collins
Physics Department
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/README
index 5e6492c1941..5024ca9d37c 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/README
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Latexmk, version 4.26, 9 August 2011
-------------------------------------
+Latexmk, version 4.27a, 10 October 2011
+---------------------------------------
Latexmk completely automates the process of generating a LaTeX
document. Essentially, it is a highly specialized cousin of the
@@ -92,15 +92,17 @@ NOTES:-
John Collins
---------------------------- "latexmk -h" ----------------------------
-===========I am /usr/local/lib/latexmk/LatexMk
-Latexmk 4.26: Automatic LaTeX document generation routine
+Latexmk 4.27a: Automatic LaTeX document generation routine
Usage: latexmk [latexmk_options] [filename ...]
Latexmk_options:
- -bibtex - use bibtex when needed (default)
- -bibtex- - never use bibtex
- -bibtex-cond - use bibtex when needed, but only if the bib files exist
+ -aux-directory=dir or -auxdir=dir
+ - set name of directory for auxiliary files (aux, log)
+ - Currently this only works with MiKTeX
+ -bibtex - use bibtex when needed (default)
+ -bibtex- - never use bibtex
+ -bibtex-cond - use bibtex when needed, but only if the bib files exist
-bm <message> - Print message across the page when converting to postscript
-bi <intensity> - Set contrast or intensity of banner
-bs <scale> - Set scale for banner
@@ -145,6 +147,9 @@ Usage: latexmk [latexmk_options] [filename ...]
-new-viewer- - in -pvc mode, start a new viewer only if needed
-nobibtex - never use bibtex
-nodependents - Do not show list of dependent files after processing
+ -norc - omit automatic reading of system, user and project rc files
+ -output-directory=dir or -outdir=dir
+ - set name of directory for output files
-pdf - generate pdf by pdflatex
-pdfdvi - generate pdf by dvipdf
-pdflatex=<program> - set program used for pdflatex.
@@ -166,6 +171,8 @@ Usage: latexmk [latexmk_options] [filename ...]
(Side effect: turn off ordinary preview mode.)
-pvc- - turn off -pvc
-r <file> - Read custom RC file
+ (N.B. This file could override options specified earlier
+ on the command line.)
-recorder - Use -recorder option for (pdf)latex
(to give list of input and output files)
-recorder- - Do not use -recorder option for (pdf)latex
@@ -190,5 +197,3 @@ Usage: latexmk [latexmk_options] [filename ...]
-h, -c and -C override all other options.
-pv and -pvc require one and only one filename specified
All options can be introduced by '-' or '--'. (E.g., --help or -help.)
-Contents of RC file specified by -r overrides options specified
- before the -r option on the command line
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.pdf
index b2d327eb1a1..d8ecbeb19d5 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.pdf
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.pdf
Binary files differ
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.txt b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.txt
index fb45ee11931..4a558531332 100644
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.txt
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/latexmk.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-
-
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-
-
NAME
latexmk - generate LaTeX document
@@ -58,23 +53,22 @@ DESCRIPTION
ply edit a file and, when the changes are written to disk, latexmk com-
pletely automates the cycle of updating the .dvi (and possibly the .ps
and .pdf) file, and refreshing the previewer's display. It's not quite
+ WYSIWYG, but usefully close.
+ For other previewers, the user may have to manually make the previewer
+ update its display, which can be (some versions of xdvi and gsview) as
+ simple as forcing a redraw of its display.
- 9 August 2011 1
+ 1
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- WYSIWYG, but usefully close.
-
- For other previewers, the user may have to manually make the previewer
- update its display, which can be (some versions of xdvi and gsview) as
- simple as forcing a redraw of its display.
Latexmk has the ability to print a banner in gray diagonally across
each page when making the postscript file. It can also, if needed,
@@ -121,13 +115,19 @@ LATEXMK OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS ON COMMAND LINE
then latexmk will operate on the file "foo.tex".
- -bibtex
- When the source file uses bbl files for bibliography, run bibtex
- or biber as needed to regenerate the bbl files.
+ -auxdir=FOO or -aux-directory=FOO
+ Sets the directory for auxiliary output files of (pdf)latex
+ (.aux, .log etc). This achieves its effect by the -aux-direc-
+ tory option of (pdf)latex, which currently is only implemented
+ on the MiKTeX version of (pdf)latex.
- 9 August 2011 2
+ See also the -outdir/-output-directory options, and the $aux_dir
+
+
+
+ 10 October 2011 2
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ LATEXMK OPTIONS AND ARGUMENTS ON COMMAND LINE
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ and $out_dir configuration variables of latexmk.
+
+
+
+ -bibtex
+ When the source file uses bbl files for bibliography, run bibtex
+ or biber as needed to regenerate the bbl files.
+
This property can also be configured by setting the $bibtex_use
variable to 2 in a configuration file
@@ -170,8 +178,8 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-bm <message>
A banner message to print diagonally across each page when con-
verting the dvi file to postscript. The message must be a sin-
- gle argument on the command line so be careful with quoting spa-
- ces and such.
+ gle argument on the command line so be careful with quoting
+ spaces and such.
Note that if the -bm option is specified, the -ps option is
assumed.
@@ -184,16 +192,10 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-bs <scale>
A decimal number that specifies how large the banner message
will be printed. Experimentation is necessary to get the right
- scale for your message, as a rule of thumb the scale should be
- about equal to 1100 divided by the number of characters in the
- message. The default is 220.0 which is just right for 5 charac-
- ter messages.
-
-
- 9 August 2011 3
+ 10 October 2011 3
@@ -202,6 +204,11 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ 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 220.0 which is just right for 5 charac-
+ ter messages.
+
-commands
List the commands used by latexmk for processing files, and then
exit.
@@ -253,13 +260,10 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
option will override this option as this is really just a short
way of specifying:
- latexmk -bm DRAFT
- Note that if the -d option is specified, the -ps option is
-
- 9 August 2011 4
+ 10 October 2011 4
@@ -268,6 +272,9 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ latexmk -bm DRAFT
+
+ Note that if the -d option is specified, the -ps option is
assumed.
-deps Show a list of dependent files after processing. This is in the
@@ -321,11 +328,10 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
debugging problems or to understand latexmk's behavior in diffi-
cult situations.
- -dvi Generate dvi version of document.
- 9 August 2011 5
+ 10 October 2011 5
@@ -334,6 +340,8 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ -dvi Generate dvi version of document.
+
-dvi- Turn off generation of dvi version of document. (This may get
overridden, if some other file is made (e.g., a .ps file) that
is generated from the dvi file, or if no generated file at all
@@ -388,10 +396,11 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
no further processing is carried out.
-f- Turn off the forced processing-past-errors such as is set by the
+ -f option. This could be used to override a setting in a
- 9 August 2011 6
+ 10 October 2011 6
@@ -400,8 +409,7 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- -f option. This could be used to override a setting in a con-
- figuration file.
+ configuration file.
-g Force latexmk to process document fully, even under situations
where latexmk would normally decide that no changes in the
@@ -424,56 +432,97 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-l- Turn off -l.
+ -latex='command'
+ This sets the string specifying the command to run latex, and is
+ typically used to add desired options. Since the string nor-
+ mally contains spaces, it should be quoted, e.g.,
+
+ latex -latex='latex --shell-escape %O %S' foo.tex
+
+ The specification of the contents of the string are the same as
+ for the $latex configuration variable. Depending on your oper-
+ ating system and the command-line shell you are using, you may
+ need to change the single quotes to double quotes (or something
+ else).
+
+ To set the command for running pdflatex (rather than the command
+ for latex) see the -pdflatex option.
+
+ Note that the effect of this option can also be achieved by
+ using the -e option with a suitable line of Perl code to set the
+ $latex variable. See the explanation of the -e option.
+
-new-viewer
- When in continuous-preview mode, always start a new viewer to
- view the generated file. By default, latexmk will, in continu-
- ous-preview mode, test for a previously running previewer for
+ When in continuous-preview mode, always start a new viewer to
+ view the generated file. By default, latexmk will, in continu-
+ ous-preview mode, test for a previously running previewer for
the same file and not start a new one if a previous previewer is
running. However, its test sometimes fails (notably if there is
- an already-running previewer that is viewing a file of the same
- name as the current file, but in a different directory). This
+ an already-running previewer that is viewing a file of the same
+ name as the current file, but in a different directory). This
option turns off the default behavior.
-new-viewer-
- The inverse of the -new-viewer option. It puts latexmk in its
+ The inverse of the -new-viewer option. It puts latexmk in its
normal behavior that in preview-continuous mode it checks for an
already-running previewer.
+
+
+ 10 October 2011 7
+
+
+
+
+
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+
+
-nobibtex
Never run bibtex or biber.
- A common use for this option is when a document comes from an
- external source, complete with its bbl file(s), and the user
- does not have the corresponding bib files available. In this
- situation use of the -nobibtex option will prevent latexmk from
+ A common use for this option is when a document comes from an
+ external source, complete with its bbl file(s), and the user
+ does not have the corresponding bib files available. In this
+ situation use of the -nobibtex option will prevent latexmk from
trying to run bibtex or biber, which would result in overwriting
of the bbl files.
- -p Print out the document. By default it is the generated post-
- script file that is printed. But you can use the -print=...
- option to print the dvi or pdf files instead, and you can con-
- figure this in a start up file (by setting the $print_type vari-
- able).
+ -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
+ encountered. Then -norc is an exception to this rule: it is
+ acted on first, no matter where is occurs on the command line.
- 9 August 2011 7
+ -outdir=FOO or -output-directory=FOO
+ Sets the directory for the output files of (pdf)latex. This
+ achieves its effect by the -output-directory option of
+ (pdf)latex, which currently (Oct. 2011) is implemented on the
+ common versions of (pdf)latex, i.e., MiKTeX and TeXLive. It may
+ not be present in other versions.
+ See also the -auxdir/-aux-directory options, and the $aux_dir
+ and $out_dir configuration variables of latexmk.
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-
+ -p Print out the document. By default it is the generated
+ postscript file that is printed. But you can use the -print=...
+ option to print the dvi or pdf files instead, and you can con-
+ figure this in a start up file (by setting the $print_type vari-
+ able).
- However, printing is enabled by default only under UNIX/LINUX
- systems, where the default is to use the lpr command. In gen-
- eral, the correct behavior for printing very much depends on
- your system's software. In particular, under MS-Windows you
- must have suitable program(s) available, and you must have con-
- figured the print commands used by latexmk. This can be non-
- trivial. See the documentation on the $lpr, $lpr_dvi, and
- $lpr_pdf configuration variables to see how to set the commands
+ However, printing is enabled by default only under UNIX/LINUX
+ systems, where the default is to use the lpr command. In gen-
+ eral, the correct behavior for printing very much depends on
+ your system's software. In particular, under MS-Windows you
+ must have suitable program(s) available, and you must have con-
+ figured the print commands used by latexmk. This can be non-
+ trivial. See the documentation on the $lpr, $lpr_dvi, and
+ $lpr_pdf configuration variables to see how to set the commands
for printing.
This option is incompatible with the -pv and -pvc options, so it
@@ -482,31 +531,63 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-pdf Generate pdf version of document using pdflatex.
-pdfdvi
- Generate pdf version of document from the dvi file, by default
+ Generate pdf version of document from the dvi file, by default
using dvipdf.
- -pdfps Generate pdf version of document from the ps file, by default
+ -pdfps Generate pdf version of document from the ps file, by default
using ps2pdf.
- -pdf- Turn off generation of pdf version of document. (This can be
- used to override a setting in a configuration file. It may get
+
+
+ 10 October 2011 8
+
+
+
+
+
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+
+
+ -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
file.)
+ -pdflatex='command'
+ This sets the string specifying the command to run pdflatex, and
+ is typically used to add desired options. Since the string nor-
+ mally contains spaces, it should be quoted, e.g.,
+
+ latex -pdf -pdflatex='pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S'
+ foo.tex
+
+ The specification of the contents of the string are the same as
+ for the $pdflatex configuration variable. Depending on your
+ operating system and the command-line shell you are using, you
+ may need to change the single quotes to double quotes (or some-
+ thing else).
+
+ To set the command for running latex (rather than the command
+ for pdflatex) see the -latex option.
+
+ Note that the effect of this option can also be achieved by
+ using the -e option with a suitable line of Perl code to set the
+ $pdflatex variable. See the explanation of the -e option.
+
-print=dvi, -print=ps, -print=pdf
- Define which kind of file is printed. This option also ensures
- that the requisite file is made, and turns on printing. The
+ Define which kind of file is printed. This option also ensures
+ that the requisite file is made, and turns on printing. The
default is to print a postscript file.
-ps Generate postscript version of document.
-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
+ be used to override a setting in a configuration file. (It may
+ get overridden by some other option that requires a postscript
file, for example a request for printing.)
- -pF Postscript file filtering. The argument to this option is a
- filter which will generate a filtered postscript file with the
+ -pF Postscript file filtering. The argument to this option is a
+ filter which will generate a filtered postscript file with the
extension ".psF". All extra processing (e.g. preview, printing)
will then be performed on this filtered postscript file.
@@ -519,116 +600,116 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
latexmk -ps -pF "psnup -2" foo.tex
Whether to use single or double quotes round the "psnup -2" will
- depend on your command interpreter, as used by the particular
+ depend on your command interpreter, as used by the particular
+ version of perl and the operating system on your computer.
+ -pv Run file previewer. If the -view option is used, this will
+ select the kind of file to be previewed (dvi, ps or pdf). Oth-
+ erwise the viewer views the "highest" kind of file selected, by
- 9 August 2011 8
+ 10 October 2011 9
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- version of perl and the operating system on your computer.
- -pv Run file previewer. If the -view option is used, this will
- select the kind of file to be previewed (dvi, ps or pdf). Oth-
- erwise the viewer views the "highest" kind of file selected, by
- the -dvi, -ps, -pdf, -pdfps options, in the order dvi, ps, pdf
- (low to high). If no file type has been selected, the dvi pre-
- viewer will be used. This option is incompatible with the -p
+ the -dvi, -ps, -pdf, -pdfps options, in the order dvi, ps, pdf
+ (low to high). If no file type has been selected, the dvi pre-
+ viewer will be used. This option is incompatible with the -p
and -pvc options, so it turns them off.
-pv- Turn off -pv.
- -pvc Run a file previewer and continually update the .dvi, .ps,
+ -pvc Run a file previewer and continually update the .dvi, .ps,
and/or .pdf files whenever changes are made to source files (see
- the Description above). Which of these files is generated and
- which is viewed is governed by the other options, and is the
- same as for the -pv option. The preview-continuous option -pvc
- can only work with one file. So in this case you will normally
- only specify one filename on the command line. It is also
- incompatible with the -p and -pv options, so it turns these
+ the Description above). Which of these files is generated and
+ which is viewed is governed by the other options, and is the
+ same as for the -pv option. The preview-continuous option -pvc
+ can only work with one file. So in this case you will normally
+ only specify one filename on the command line. It is also
+ incompatible with the -p and -pv options, so it turns these
options off.
- The -pvc option also turns off force mode (-f), as is normally
- best for continuous preview mode. If you really want force
+ The -pvc option also turns off force mode (-f), as is normally
+ best for continuous preview mode. If you really want force
mode, use the options in the order -pvc -f.
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
- apparent bug in gv that causes an error when the newly updated
- pdf file is read.) Many other previewers will need a manual
+ (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
+ apparent 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 dvi or ps viewer, as set by one of
+ 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 dvi or ps viewer, as set by one of
the -view=dvi and -view=ps options.
- There are some other methods for arranging an update, notably
- useful for many versions of xdvi and xpdf. These are best set
+ 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
+ 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-
+ 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.)
-pvc- Turn off -pvc.
+ -quiet Same as -silent
+ -r <rcfile>
+ 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
- 9 August 2011 9
+ 10 October 2011 10
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- -quiet Same as -silent
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- -r <rcfile>
- 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
executed in the order they appear on the command line.
-recorder
- Use the -recorder option with latex and pdflatex. In (most)
- modern versions of these programs, this results in a file of
- extension .fls containing a list of the files that these pro-
+ Use the -recorder option with latex and pdflatex. In (most)
+ modern versions of these programs, this results in a file of
+ extension .fls containing a list of the files that these pro-
grams have read and written. Latexmk will then use this file to
- improve its detection of source files and generated files after
+ improve its detection of source files and generated files after
a run of latex or pdflatex.
For further information, see the documentation for the $recorder
@@ -640,56 +721,56 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-rules Show a list of latemk's rules and dependencies after processing.
-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.)
-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.
- Also reduce the number of informational messages that latexmk
+ Also reduce the number of informational messages that latexmk
generates.
+ 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, $dvips_silent_switch,
+ $latex_silent_switch, and $pdflatex_silent_switch.
+ -use-make
+ When after a run of latex or pdflatex, there are warnings about
+ missing files (e.g., as requested by the LaTeX \input, \include,
+ and \includgraphics), latexmk tries to make them by a custom
+ dependency. If no relevant custom dependency with an appropriate
+ source file is found, and if the -use-make option is set, then
+ latexmk will try as a resort using the make program to try to
- 9 August 2011 10
+ 10 October 2011 11
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- 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, $dvips_silent_switch,
- $latex_silent_switch, and $pdflatex_silent_switch.
- -use-make
- When after a run of latex or pdflatex, there are warnings about
- missing files (e.g., as requested by the LaTeX \input, \include,
- and \includgraphics), latexmk tries to make them by a custom
- dependency. If no relevant custom dependency with an appropriate
- source file is found, and if the -use-make option is set, then
- latexmk will try as a resort using 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
+ 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
appropriate pdflatex).
- See also the documentation for the $use_make_for_missing_files
+ See also the documentation for the $use_make_for_missing_files
configuration variable.
-use-make-
- Do not use the make program to try to make missing files.
+ Do not use the make program to try to make missing files.
(Default.)
-v, -version
@@ -703,11 +784,11 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
the -pv or -pvc switches). The default is to view the "highest"
kind of requested file (in the order dvi, ps, pdf).
- The preview-continuous option -pvc can only work with one file. So in
- this case you will normally only specify one filename on the command
+ The preview-continuous option -pvc can only work with one file. So in
+ this case you will normally only specify one filename on the command
line.
- Options -p, -pv and -pvc are mutually exclusive. So each of these
+ Options -p, -pv and -pvc are mutually exclusive. So each of these
options turns the others off.
@@ -718,18 +799,6 @@ EXAMPLES
% latexmk -pvc -ps thesis# run latex enough times to resolve
cross-references, make a postscript
file, start a previewer. Then
-
-
-
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-
-
-
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-
-
watch for changes in the source
file thesis.tex and any files it
uses. After any changes rerun latex
@@ -748,6 +817,17 @@ CONFIGURATION/INITIALIZATION (RC) FILES
Latexmk can be customized using initialization files, which are read at
startup in the following order:
+
+
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+
+
+
+
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+
+
1) The system RC file, if it exists.
On a UNIX system, latexmk searches for following places for its sys-
tem RC file, in the following order, and reads the first it finds:
@@ -763,45 +843,33 @@ CONFIGURATION/INITIALIZATION (RC) FILES
"/usr/local/lib/latexmk/LatexMk".
2) The user's RC file, "$HOME/.latexmkrc", if it exists. Here $HOME is
- the value of the environment variable HOME. On UNIX and clones
- (including LINUX), this variable is set by the system; on MS-Windows,
+ the value of the environment variable HOME. On UNIX and clones
+ (including LINUX), this variable is set by the system; on MS-Windows,
the user may choose to set it.
- 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
- sequence of assignment statements that override some of the built-in
- settings of Latexmk. Straightforward cases can be handled without
- knowledge of the Perl language by using the examples in this document
+ this in creative ways. But for most purposes, one simply uses a
+ sequence of assignment statements that override some of the built-in
+ settings of Latexmk. Straightforward cases can be handled without
+ knowledge 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
-
-
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-
-
+ 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.
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
+ The important variables that can be configured are described in the
+ section "List of configuration variables usable in initialization
files". Syntax for setting these variables is of the following forms:
$bibtex = 'bibtex %O %B';
@@ -814,200 +882,210 @@ 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 $
+
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+
+
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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 features
of how the commands are specified.
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
+ 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 it would
+ replace %O by "-interaction=batchmode".)
+ The available placeholders are:
+ %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.
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+ %D destination file (e.g., the name of the postscript file when
+ converting a dvi file to postscript).
+ %O options
+ %R root filename. This is the base name for the main tex file.
+ %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. %Y Name of directory for aux-
+ iliary output files (see the configuration variable $aux_dir).
+ A directory separation character ('/') is appended if $aux_dir
+ is non-empty and does not end in a suitable character, with
+ suitable characters being those appropriate to UNIX and MS-Win-
+ dows, i.e., ':', '/' and '\'. %Z Name of directory for output
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- %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 it would
- replace %O by "-interaction=batchmode".)
+ 10 October 2011 14
- The available placeholders are:
- %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
- converting a dvi file to postscript).
- %O options
- %R root filename. This is the base name for the main tex file.
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- %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.
+ files (see the configuration variable $out_dir). A directory
+ separation character ('/') is appended if $out_dir is non-empty
+ and does not end in a suitable character, with suitable charac-
+ ters being those appropriate to UNIX and MS-Windows, i.e., ':',
+ '/' and '\'.
- If for some reason you need a literal % character in your string not
- subject to the above rules, use a pair of these characters. Thus with
- the command specification $ps_previewer = 'latex -ad=%%Sfile.ad %S',
+ If for some reason you need a literal % character in your string not
+ subject to the above rules, use a pair of these characters. Thus with
+ the command specification $ps_previewer = 'latex -ad=%%Sfile.ad %S',
the %%S will become %S when the command is executed, but the %S will be
- replaced by the source filename, which in this case would be the name
+ replaced by the source filename, which in this case would be the name
of a postscript file to be viewed.
- Appropriate quoting will be applied to the filename substitutions, so
- you mustn't supply them yourself even if you the names of your have
+ Appropriate quoting will be applied to the filename substitutions, so
+ you mustn't supply them yourself even if you the names of your have
spaces in them. (But if your TeX filenames have spaces in them, beware
that many 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
+ 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.
- The distinction between %B and %R needs a bit of care, since they are
- often the same, but not always. For example on a simple document, the
+ The distinction between %B and %R needs a bit of care, since they are
+ often the same, but not always. For example on a simple document, the
basename of a bibtex run is the same as for the texfile. But in a doc-
- ument with several bibliographies, the bibliography files will have a
- variety of names. Since bibtex is invoked with the basename of the
- bibliography file, the setting for the bibtex command should therefore
+ ument with several bibliographies, the bibliography files will have a
+ variety of names. Since bibtex is invoked with the basename of the
+ bibliography file, the setting for the bibtex command should therefore
be
$bibtex = 'bibtex %O %B';
- Generally, you should use %B rather than %R. Similarly for most pur-
- poses, the name %T of the primary texfile is not a useful placeholder.
+ Generally, you should use %B rather than %R. Similarly for most pur-
+ poses, the name %T of the primary texfile is not a useful placeholder.
- 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.
-
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-
-
If you omit to supply any placeholders whatever in the specification of
- a command, latexmk will supply what its author thinks are appropriate
+ a command, latexmk will supply what its author thinks are appropriate
defaults. This gives compatibility with configuration files for previ-
ous versions of latexmk, which didn't use placeholders.
- "Detaching" a command: Normally when latexmk runs a command, it waits
+ "Detaching" a command: Normally when latexmk runs a command, it waits
for the command to run to completion. This is appropriate for commands
like latex, of course. But for previewers, the command should normally
- run detached, so that latexmk gets the previewer running and then
+ run detached, so that latexmk gets the previewer running and then
returns 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
+ 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, latex will always run a command
+ Notes: (1) In some circumstances, latex will always run a command
detached. This is the case for a previewer in preview continuous mode,
- since otherwise previewing continuously makes no sense. (2) This pre-
- cludes the possibility of running a command named start. (3) If the
- word start occurs more than once at the beginning of the command
- string, that is equivalent to having just one. (4) Under cygwin, some
- complications happen, since cygwin amounts to a complicated merging of
- UNIX and MS-Windows. See the source code for how I've handled the
+
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+
+
+ 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
name of a command includes spaces, since software is often installed in
- a subdirectory of "C:\Program Files". Such command names should be
+ a subdirectory of "C:\Program Files". Such command names should be
enclosed in double quotes, as in
$lpr_pdf = '"c:/Program Files/Ghostgum/gsview/gsview32.exe" /p
%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: Forward slashes are equivalent to back-
- slashes in filenames under MS-Windows, 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 strings in the Perl lan-
+ (Note about the above example: Forward slashes are equivalent to back-
+ slashes in filenames under MS-Windows, 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 strings in the Perl lan-
guage.)
- Command names under Cygwin: If latexmk is executed by Cygwin's perl,
+ Command names under Cygwin: If latexmk is executed by Cygwin's perl,
be particularly certain that pathnames in commands have forward slashes
- not the usual backslashes for the separator of pathname components.
- See the above examples. Backslashes often get misinterpreted by the
+ not the usual backslashes for the separator of pathname components.
+ See the above examples. Backslashes often get misinterpreted by the
Unix shell used by Cygwin's Perl to execute external commands. Forward
slashes don't suffer from this problem, and (when quoted, as above) are
-
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-
equally acceptable to MS-Windows.
- Using MS-Windows file associations: A useful trick under modern ver-
+ Using MS-Windows file associations: A useful trick under modern ver-
sions of MS-Windows (e.g., WinXP) is to use just the command 'start' by
itself:
$dvi_previewer = 'start %S';
Under recent versions of MS-Windows, this will cause to be run whatever
- program the system has associated with dvi files. (The same applies
+ program the system has associated with dvi files. (The same applies
for a postscript viewer and a pdf viewer.) But note that this trick is
- not always suitable for the pdf previwer, if your system has acroread
+ not always suitable 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
+ Windows does not work well with latex and latexmk, because acroread
locks the pdf file.
Not using a certain command: If a command is not to be run, the command
@@ -1015,77 +1093,111 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$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.
+
+
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+
+
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';
- Advanced tricks: Normally one specifies a single command for the com-
- mands invoked by latexmk. Naturally, if there is some complicated
+ Advanced tricks: Normally one specifies a single command for the com-
+ mands invoked by latexmk. Naturally, if there is some complicated
additional 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.
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
+ 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
extra processing, you could do something like:
- $pdflatex = 'pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S; pst2pdf_for_latexmk
+ $pdflatex = 'pdflatex --shell-escape %O %S; pst2pdf_for_latexmk
%B';
- This definition assumes you are using a UNIX-like system, so that the
- two commands to be run are separated by the semicolon in the middle of
+ This definition assumes you are using a UNIX-like system, so that the
+ two commands to be run are separated by the semicolon in the middle of
the string.
-
-
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LIST OF CONFIGURATION VARIABLES USABLE IN INITIALIZATION FILES
Default values are indicated in brackets.
$always_view_file_via_temporary [0]
Whether ps and pdf files are initially to be made in a temporary
- directory and then moved to the final location. (This applies
+ directory and then moved to the final location. (This applies
to dvips, dvipdf, and ps2pdf operations, and the filtering oper-
- ators on dvi and ps files. It does not apply to pdflatex,
+ ators on dvi and ps files. It does not apply to pdflatex,
unfortunately.)
This use of a temporary file solves a problem that the making of
- these files can occupy a substantial time. If a viewer sees
- that the file has changed, it reads the new file, and this can
+ these files can occupy a substantial time. If a viewer sees
+ that the file has changed, it reads the new file, and this can
cause havoc if the program writing the file has not yet finished
its work.
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.
+ $auto_rc_use [1]
+ Whether to automatically read the standard initialization (rc)
+ files, which are the system RC file, the user's RC file, and the
+ RC file in the current directory. The command line option -norc
+ can be used to turn this setting off. Each RC file could also
+ turn this setting off, i.e., it could set $auto_rc_use to zero
+ to prevent automatic reading of the later RC files.
+
+
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+
+
+ This variable does not affect the reading of RC files specified
+ on the command line by the -r option.
+
+
+ $aux_dir ['']
+ The directory in which auxiliary files (aux, log, etc) are to be
+ written by a run of (pdf)latex. If this variable is not set,
+ but $out_dir is set, then $aux_dir is set to $out_dir, which is
+ 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 given (pdf)latex the -aux-directory.
+ Currently (Oct. 2011) this only works on the MiKTeX version of
+ (pdf)latex.
+
+
$banner [0]
- If nonzero, the banner message is printed across each page when
- converting the dvi file to postscript. Without modifying the
- variable $banner_message, this is equivalent to specifying the
+ If nonzero, the banner message is printed across each page when
+ converting the dvi file to postscript. Without modifying the
+ variable $banner_message, this is equivalent to specifying the
-d option.
Note that if $banner is nonzero, the $postscript_mode is assumed
@@ -1094,7 +1206,7 @@ LIST OF CONFIGURATION VARIABLES USABLE IN INITIALIZATION FILES
$banner_intensity [0.95]
Equivalent to the -bi option, this is a decimal number between 0
- and 1 that specifies how dark to print the banner message. 0 is
+ and 1 that specifies how dark to print the banner message. 0 is
black, 1 is white. The default is just right if your toner car-
tridge isn't running too low.
@@ -1103,47 +1215,46 @@ LIST OF CONFIGURATION VARIABLES USABLE IN INITIALIZATION FILES
dvi file to postscript. This is equivalent to the -bm option.
$banner_scale [220.0]
- A decimal number that specifies how large the banner message
- will be printed. Experimentation is necessary to get the right
- scale for your message, as a rule of thumb the scale should be
- about equal to 1100 divided by the number of characters in the
- message. The Default is just right for 5 character messages.
+ A decimal number that specifies how large the banner message
+ will be printed. Experimentation is necessary to get the right
+ scale for your message, as a rule of thumb the scale should be
+ about equal to 1100 divided by the number of characters in the
+ message. The Default is just right for 5 character messages.
This is equivalent to the -bs option.
@BIBINPUTS
- This is an array variable, now mostly obsolete, that specifies
- directories where latexmk should look for .bib files. By
+ This is an array variable, now mostly obsolete, that specifies
+ directories where latexmk should look for .bib files. By
default 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" );
+ @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "//server/bibfiles" );
+ @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "/usr/local/texmf/bibtex/bib" );
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- 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:
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "C:\bibfiles" );
- @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "\\server\bibfiles" );
- @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "C:/bibfiles" );
- @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "//server/bibfiles" );
- @BIBINPUTS = ( ".", "/usr/local/texmf/bibtex/bib" );
- Note that under MS Windows, either a forward slash "/" or a
- backward slash "\" can be used to separate pathname components,
- so the first two and the second two examples are equivalent.
- Each backward slash should be doubled to avoid running afoul of
+ Note that under MS Windows, either a forward slash "/" or a
+ backward slash "\" can be used to separate pathname components,
+ so the first two and the second two examples are equivalent.
+ Each backward slash should be doubled to avoid running afoul of
Perl's rules for writing strings.
- Important note: This variable is now mostly obsolete in the current
+ Important note: This variable is now mostly obsolete in the current
version of latexmk, since it has a better method of searching for files
using the kpsewhich command. However, if your system is an unusual one
without the kpsewhich command, you may need to set the variable @BIBIN-
@@ -1153,7 +1264,7 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
The biber processing program.
$biber_silent_switch ["--onlylog"]
- Switch(es) for the biber processing program when silent mode is
+ Switch(es) for the biber processing program when silent mode is
on.
$bibtex ["bibtex %O %S"]
@@ -1165,305 +1276,292 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$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
+ covers from the log file that one (or more) BibTeX/biber-gener-
+ ated bibliographies are used, it can run BibTeX or biber when-
+ ever it appears necessary to regenerate the bbl file(s) from
their source bib database file(s).
- But sometimes, the bib file(s) are not available (e.g., for a
- document obtained from an external archive), but the bbl files
- are provided. In that case use of BibTeX or biber will result
- in incorrect overwriting of the precious bbl files. The vari-
- able $bibtex_use controls whether this happens. Its possible
+ But sometimes, the bib file(s) are not available (e.g., for a
+ document obtained from an external archive), but the bbl files
+ are provided. In that case use of BibTeX or biber will result
+ in incorrect overwriting of the precious bbl files. The vari-
+ able $bibtex_use controls whether this happens. Its possible
values are: 0: never use BibTeX or biber. 1: only use BibTeX or
- biber if the bib files exist. 2: run BibTeX or biber whenever
- it appears necessary to update the bbl files, without testing
+ biber if the bib files exist. 2: run BibTeX or biber whenever
+ it appears necessary to update the bbl files, without testing
for the existence of the bib files.
+ $cleanup_includes_cusdep_generated [0]
+ If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
+ generated by custom dependencies. (When doing a clean up, e.g.,
+ by use of the -C option, custom dependencies are those listed in
+ the .fdb_latexmk file from a previous run.)
+ $cleanup_includes_generated [0]
+ If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
+ detected in log file as being generated (see the \openout lines
+ in the log file). It will also include files made from these
+ first generation generated 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 except
- 9 August 2011 18
+ 10 October 2011 19
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- $cleanup_includes_cusdep_generated [0]
- If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
- generated by custom dependencies. (When doing a clean up, e.g.,
- by use of the -C option, custom dependencies are those listed in
- the .fdb_latexmk file from a previous run.)
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- $cleanup_includes_generated [0]
- If nonzero, specifies that cleanup also deletes files that are
- detected in log file as being generated (see the \openout lines
- in the log file). It will also include files made from these
- first generation generated 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 except
- for dep and aux files. (There is also extra cleaning as speci-
- fied by the $clean_ext, $clean_full_ext and @generated_exts
+ for dep and aux files. (There is also extra cleaning as speci-
+ fied by the $clean_ext, $clean_full_ext and @generated_exts
variables.)
- This variable is equivalent to specifying one of the -c or -C options.
+ This variable is equivalent to specifying one of the -c or -C options.
But there should be no need to set this variable from an RC file.
$clean_ext [""]
- Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when any of the
- clean-up options (-c or -C) is selected. The value of this
- variable is a string containing the extensions separated by spa-
- ces.
+ Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when any of the
+ clean-up options (-c or -C) is selected. The value of this
+ variable is a string containing the extensions separated by
+ spaces.
It is also possible to specify a more general pattern of file to
- be deleted, by using the place holder %R, as in commands. Thus
+ be deleted, by using the place holder %R, as in commands. Thus
setting
$clean_ext = "out %R-blx.bib";
in an initialization file will imply that when a clean-up opera-
- tion is specified, not only is the standard set of files
- deleted, but also files of the form FOO.out and FOO-blx.bib,
- where FOO stands for the basename of the file being processed
+ tion is specified, not only is the standard set of files
+ deleted, but also files of the form FOO.out and FOO-blx.bib,
+ where FOO stands for the basename of the file being processed
(as in FOO.tex).
$clean_full_ext [""]
- Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when the -C
+ Extra extensions of files for latexmk to remove when the -C
option is selected, i.e., extensions of files to remove when the
.dvi, etc files are to be cleaned-up.
@cus_dep_list [()]
- Custom dependency list -- see section on "Custom Dependencies".
+ Custom dependency list -- see section on "Custom Dependencies".
@default_files [("*.tex")]
Default list of files to be processed.
- Normally, if no filenames are specified on the command line,
- latexmk processes all tex files specified in the @default_files
+ Normally, if no filenames are specified on the command line,
+ latexmk processes all tex files specified in the @default_files
+ variable, 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 set the @default_files in an initialization file (e.g., the
+ file "latexmkrc" in the current 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");
- 9 August 2011 19
+ @default_files = ("paper1", "paper2.tex");
+ @default_files = ("*.tex", "*.dtx");
+ Note that more than file may be given, and that the default
+ extension is ".tex". Wild cards are allowed. The parentheses
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ 10 October 2011 20
- variable, 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 set the @default_files in an initialization file (e.g., the
- file "latexmkrc" in the current directory). Then if no files
- are specified on the command line then the files you specify by
- setting @default_files are processed.
- Three examples:
- @default_files = ("paper_current");
- @default_files = ("paper1", "paper2.tex");
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- @default_files = ("*.tex", "*.dtx");
- Note that more than file may be given, and that the default
- extension is ".tex". Wild cards are allowed. The parentheses
are because @default_files is an array variable, i.e., a
sequence of filename specifications is possible.
$dependents_list [0]
- Whether to display a list(s) of dependencies at the end of a
+ Whether to display a list(s) of dependencies at the end of a
run.
$dvi_filter [empty]
- The dvi file filter to be run on the newly produced dvi file
- before other processing. Equivalent to specifying the -dF
+ The dvi file filter to be run on the newly produced dvi file
+ before other processing. Equivalent to specifying the -dF
option.
$dvi_mode [See below for default]
- If nonzero, generate a dvi version of the document. Equivalent
+ 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 requests 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
+ The variable $dvi_mode defaults to 0, but if no explicit requests 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. [Default is "start"
- under MS-WINDOWS; under more recent versions of Windows, this
- will cause to be run whatever command the system has associated
+ The command to invoke a dvi-previewer. [Default is "start"
+ under MS-WINDOWS; under more recent versions of Windows, this
+ will cause to be run whatever command the system has associated
with .dvi files.]
$dvi_previewer_landscape ["start xdvi %O %S"]
The command to invoke a dvi-previewer in landscape mode.
[Default is "start" under MS-WINDOWS; under more recent versions
- of Windows, this will cause to be run whatever command the sys-
+ of Windows, this will cause to be run whatever command the sys-
tem has associated with .dvi files.]
$dvipdf ["dvipdf %O %S %D"]
Command to convert dvi to pdf file. A common reconfiguration is
-
-
-
- 9 August 2011 20
-
-
-
-
-
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-
-
- to use the dvipdfm command, which needs its arguments in a dif-
+ to use the dvipdfm command, which needs its arguments in a dif-
ferent 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.
$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
+ 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 -- see below -- will be included 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
+ 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.
+
+
+ 10 October 2011 21
+
+
+
+
+
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+
+
$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
+ How the dvi viewer updates its display when the dvi file has
+ changed. The values here apply equally to the
$pdf_update_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]
-
-
-
- 9 August 2011 21
-
-
-
-
-
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-
-
- 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
+ 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
appropriate for xdvi on a UNIX system.
$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.
$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 ,
+ @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,
+ 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 has two uses: (a) to set the kinds of file to be
+ This list has two uses: (a) to set the kinds of file to be
deleted in a cleanup operation (with the -c, -C, -CA, -g and -gg
- options), and (b) in the determination of whether a rerun of
+ options), and (b) in the determination of whether a rerun of
(pdf)LaTeX is needed after a run that gives an error.
(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 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 automatically generated files; it
- determines the automatically generated files as those with
- extensions in the list in @generated_exts.)
+ a rerun. This includes a file generated by LaTeX, e.g., an aux
- 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
- extensions. (This extension is used by the RevTeX package, for
- example.)
+ 10 October 2011 22
- $go_mode [0]
- 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
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- 9 August 2011 22
+ file, that is read in on subsequent runs. But after a run that
+ results in an error, a new run should 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 automatically generated files; it
+ determines the automatically generated files as those with
+ extensions in the list in @generated_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
+ extensions. (This extension is used by the RevTeX package, for
+ example.)
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $go_mode [0]
+ 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!!!
- 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 becaues 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 becaues 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.
@@ -1472,124 +1570,124 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$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
+ 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
+ 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
extension .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
- expression. The simplest method is separate the different sim-
- ple patterns by a vertical bar character (indicating "alterna-
+ 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
+ expression. The simplest method is separate the different sim-
+ ple patterns by a vertical bar character (indicating "alterna-
tion" in the jargon of regular expressions). For example,
- $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'} = '^%%CreationDate:
- |^%%Title: ';
- causes lines starting with either "^%%CreationDate: " or
- "^%%Title: " 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 read later. To do this, you use perl's
- delete function, e.g.,
- delete $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'};
+ 10 October 2011 23
- $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-
- cient path information to be found directly. But sometimes,
- notably when .bib files are found from the log file of a bibtex
- or biber run, the name of the file, but not its path is known.
- The program specified by $kpsewhich is used to find it.
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- 9 August 2011 23
+ $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'} = '^%%CreationDate:
+ |^%%Title: ';
+ causes lines starting with either "^%%CreationDate: " or
+ "^%%Title: " 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 read later. To do this, you use perl's
+ delete function, e.g.,
+ delete $hash_calc_ignore_pattern{'eps'};
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $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-
+ cient path information to be found directly. But sometimes,
+ notably when .bib files are found from the log file of a bibtex
+ or biber run, the name of the file, but not its path is known.
+ The program specified by $kpsewhich is used to find it.
- 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.
$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"]
The LaTeX processing program. Note that as with other programs,
- you can use this variable not just to change the name of the
+ 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";
%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
+ 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
+ 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_input_ext. They are used as in the following examples
+ (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_input_ext. They are used as in the following examples
are possible lines in an initialization file:
- remove_input_ext( 'latex', 'tex' );
- removes the extension 'tex' from latex_input_extensions
- add_input_ext( 'latex', 'asdf' );
- 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
- its graphics/graphicx packages.
+ 10 October 2011 24
- $latex_silent_switch ["-interaction=batchmode"]
- Switch(es) for the LaTeX processing program when silent mode is
- on.
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- 9 August 2011 24
+ remove_input_ext( 'latex', 'tex' );
+ removes the extension 'tex' from latex_input_extensions
+ add_input_ext( 'latex', 'asdf' );
+ 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
+ its graphics/graphicx packages.
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $latex_silent_switch ["-interaction=batchmode"]
+ 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-
@@ -1599,19 +1697,19 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$lpr ["lpr %O %S" under UNIX/LINUX, "NONE lpr" under MS-WINDOWS]
The command to print postscript files.
- 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.
@@ -1621,121 +1719,134 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$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
+ Under MS-Windows you could set this to use gsview, if it is
installed, e.g.,
$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
- the name: this is necessary because one part of the command name
- ("Program Files") contains a space which would otherwise be mis-
- interpreted.
+ If gsview is installed in a different directory, you will need
+ to make the appropriate change. Note the double quotes around
- $make ["make"]
- The make processing program.
+ 10 October 2011 25
- $makeindex ["makeindex %O -o %D %S"]
- The index processing program.
- $max_repeat [5]
- The maximum number of times latexmk will run latex/pdflatex
- 9 August 2011 25
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ the name: this is necessary because one part of the command name
+ ("Program Files") contains a space which would otherwise be mis-
+ interpreted.
+ $make ["make"]
+ The make processing program.
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $makeindex ["makeindex %O -o %D %S"]
+ The index processing program.
- before deciding that there may be an infinite loop and that it
+ $max_repeat [5]
+ The maximum number of times latexmk will run latex/pdflatex
+ before deciding that there may be an infinite loop and that it
needs to bail out, rather than rerunning latex/pdflatex again to
- resolve cross-references, etc. The default value covers all
+ resolve cross-references, etc. The default value covers all
normal cases.
- (Note that the "etc" covers a lot of cases where one run of
+ (Note that the "etc" covers a lot of cases where one run of
latex/pdflatex generates files to be read in on a later run.)
$new_viewer_always [0]
- This variable applies to latexmk only in continuous-preview
+ 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
+ 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.
+
+ $out_dir ['']
+ The directory in which output files are to be written by a run
+ of (pdf)latex. See also the variable $aux_dir.
+
+ The effect of this variable is achieved by using the -output-
+ directory option of (pdf)latex. This exists in the usual cur-
+ rent (Oct. 2011) implementations, i.e., MiKTeX and TeXLive. But
+ it may not be present in other versions.
+
+
+
$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-
+ 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. If equal to 2, generate a pdf version of the document from
the ps file, by using the command specified by the $ps2pdf vari-
- able. If equal to 3, generate a pdf version of the document
+ able. If equal to 3, generate a pdf version of the document
from the dvi file, by using the command specified by the $dvipdf
variable.
Equivalent to the -pdf-, -pdf, -pdfdvi, -pdfps options.
$pdflatex ["pdflatex %O %S"]
- The LaTeX processing program in the version that makes a pdf
+ The LaTeX processing program in the version that makes a pdf
file instead of a dvi file.
%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
- \input{file} or \includegraphics{figure}, when the relevant
- source file does not exist.
+ This variable specifies the extensions tried by latexmk when it
+ finds that a pdfLaTeX run resulted in an error that a file has
- 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
- default extensions are 'tex', 'pdf', 'jpg, and 'png'.
- (For Perl experts: %pdflatex_input_extensions is a hash whose
- keys are the extensions. The values are irrelevant.) Two sub-
- routines are provided for manipulating this and the related
- variable %latex_input_extensions, add_input_ext and
- remove_input_ext. They are used as in the following examples
- are possible lines in an initialization file:
- remove_input_ext( 'pdflatex', 'tex' );
+ 10 October 2011 26
- removes the extension 'tex' from pdflatex_input_extensions
- 9 August 2011 26
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ 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 %pdflatex_input_extensions. The
+ default extensions are 'tex', 'pdf', 'jpg, and 'png'.
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ (For Perl experts: %pdflatex_input_extensions is a hash whose
+ keys are the extensions. The values are irrelevant.) Two sub-
+ routines are provided for manipulating this and the related
+ variable %latex_input_extensions, add_input_ext and
+ remove_input_ext. They are used as in the following examples
+ are possible lines in an initialization file:
+
+ remove_input_ext( 'pdflatex', 'tex' );
+ removes the extension 'tex' from pdflatex_input_extensions
add_input_ext( 'pdflatex', 'asdf' );
- add the extension 'asdf to pdflatex_input_extensions. (Natu-
- rally with such an extension, you should have made an appropri-
+ add the extension 'asdf to pdflatex_input_extensions. (Natu-
+ rally with such an extension, you should have made an appropri-
ate custom dependency for latexmk, and should also have done the
- appropriate programming in the LaTeX source file to enable the
- file to be read. The standard extensions are handled by pdfla-
+ appropriate programming in the LaTeX source file to enable the
+ file to be read. The standard extensions are handled by pdfla-
tex and its graphics/graphicx packages.)
$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.
- 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-
@@ -1743,173 +1854,171 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$pdf_previewer ["start acroread %O %S"]
- The command to invoke a pdf-previewer. [Default is changed to
- "start" on MS-WINDOWS; under more recent versions of Windows,
- this will cause to be run whatever command the system has asso-
+ The command to invoke a pdf-previewer. [Default is changed to
+ "start" on MS-WINDOWS; under more recent versions of Windows,
+ this will cause to be run whatever command the system has asso-
ciated with .pdf files.]
WARNING: Potential 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
+ previewer if you use latexmk's previous-continuous mode (option
+ -pvc) under MS-windows. This problem does not occur if
ghostview, gv or gsview is used to view pdf files.
$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
- 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
- specified by $pdf_update_signal.)
- Note that acroread under MS-Windows (but not UNIX) locks the pdf
- file, so the default value is then 3.
- Arranging to use a command to get a previewer explicitly updated
- requires three variables to be set. For example:
+ 10 October 2011 27
- 9 August 2011 27
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $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
+ 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
+ specified by $pdf_update_signal.)
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ Note that acroread under MS-Windows (but not UNIX) locks the pdf
+ file, so the default value is then 3.
+ Arranging to use a command to get a previewer explicitly updated
+ requires three variables to be set. For example:
$pdf_previewer = "start xpdf -remote %R %O %S";
$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
+ 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
updating 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
+ $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
+ 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
appropriate 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
+ 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 and Linux. Set-
- ting the variable to -1 is used to indicate that $pscmd is not
+ ting 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 needed,
+ If some other request is made for which a postscript file is needed,
then $postscript_mode will be set to 1.
$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.
$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 lpr. Equivalent to the -p
- option. This is recommended not to be set from an RC file, oth-
- erwise you could waste lots of paper.
- $print_type = ["ps"]
- Type of file to printout: possibilities are "dvi", "none",
- "pdf", or "ps".
+ 10 October 2011 28
- 9 August 2011 28
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $printout_mode [0]
+ If nonzero, print the document using lpr. Equivalent to the -p
+ option. This is recommended not to be set from an RC file, oth-
+ erwise you could waste lots of paper.
+ $print_type = ["ps"]
+ Type of file to printout: possibilities are "dvi", "none",
+ "pdf", or "ps".
$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
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
- process number is determined.
+ to one process. See the $pid_position variable for how the pro-
+ cess number is determined.
- The default for pscmd is "NONE" under MS-Windows and cygwin
+ The default for pscmd is "NONE" under MS-Windows and cygwin
(i.e., the command is not used), "ps --width 200 -f -u
- $ENV{USER}" under linux, "ps -ww -u $ENV{USER}" under darwin
- (Macintosh OS-X), and "ps -f -u $ENV{USER}" under other operat-
- ing systems (including other flavors of UNIX). In these speci-
+ $ENV{USER}" under linux, "ps -ww -u $ENV{USER}" under darwin
+ (Macintosh OS-X), and "ps -f -u $ENV{USER}" under other operat-
+ ing systems (including other flavors of UNIX). In these speci-
fications "$ENV{USER}" is substituted by the username.
$ps2pdf ["ps2pdf %O %S %D"]
Command to convert ps to pdf file.
$ps_filter [empty]
- The postscript file filter to be run on the newly produced post-
- script file before other processing. Equivalent to specifying
- the -pF option.
+ The postscript file filter to be run on the newly produced
+ postscript file before other processing. Equivalent to specify-
+ ing 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-
- WINDOWS will cause to be run whatever command the system has
+ The command to invoke a ps-previewer. (The default under MS-
+ WINDOWS will cause to be run whatever command the system has
associated 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 apppropriately.
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 called gv.
- $ps_previewer_landscape ["start gv -swap %O %S", but "start %O %S"
+ $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
+ 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_update_method for the codes. (Note that information needs
- be changed slightly so that for the value 4, to run a command to
+ How the postscript viewer updates its display when the ps file
+ has changed. See the information on the variable
- 9 August 2011 29
+ 10 October 2011 29
@@ -1918,15 +2027,17 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ $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
- $ps_update_command, and for the value 2, to specify update by
+ $ps_update_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.
@@ -1938,44 +2049,49 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
$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
+ 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 spa-
- ces. (But note that many versions of LaTeX and PdfLaTeX cannot cor-
+ 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 and PdfLaTeX cannot cor-
rectly deal with TeX files whose names contain spaces. Latexmk's quot-
ing only ensures that such filenames are correctly treated by the oper-
ating system in passing arguments to programs.)
$recorder [0]
- Whether to use the -recorder option to latex and pdflatex. 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 or pdfla-
+ Whether to use the -recorder option to latex and pdflatex. 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 or pdfla-
tex.
- It is generally recommended to use this option (or to configure
- the $recorder variable to be on.) But it only works if
+ It is generally recommended to use this option (or to configure
+ the $recorder variable to be on.) But it only works if
(pdf)latex supports the -recorder option, which is true for most
current implementations
- Note about the name of the .fls file: Most implementations of
- (pdf)latex produce an .fls file with the same basename as the
- main document's LaTeX, e.g., for Document.tex, the .fls file is
- Document.fls. However, some implementations instead produce
- files named for the program, i.e., latex.fls or pdflatex.fls.
- In this second case, latexmk copies the latex.fls or pdfla-
- tex.fls to a file with the basename of the main LaTeX document,
+ Note about the name of the .fls file: Most implementations of
+ (pdf)latex produce an .fls file with the same basename as the
+ main document's LaTeX, e.g., for Document.tex, the .fls file is
+ Document.fls. However, some implementations instead produce
+ files named for the program, i.e., latex.fls or pdflatex.fls.
+ In this second case, latexmk copies the latex.fls or pdfla-
+ tex.fls to a file with the basename of the main LaTeX document,
e.g., Document.fls.
+ $sleep_time [2]
+ The time to sleep (in seconds) between checking for source file
+ changes when running with the -pvc option. This is subject to a
+ minimum of one second delay, except that zero delay is also
+ allowed.
- 9 August 2011 30
+ 10 October 2011 30
@@ -1984,174 +2100,168 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- $sleep_time [2]
- The time to sleep (in seconds) between checking for source file
- changes when running with the -pvc option. This is subject to a
- minimum of one second delay, except that zero delay is also
- allowed.
-
- A value of exactly 0 gives no delay, and typically results in
+ A value of exactly 0 gives no delay, and typically results in
100% CPU usage, which may not be desirable.
$texfile_search [""]
- This is an obsolete variable, replaced by the @default_files
+ This is an obsolete variable, replaced by the @default_files
variable.
- For backward compatibility, if you choose to set $tex-
- file_search, it is a string of space-separated filenames, and
+ For backward compatibility, if you choose to set $tex-
+ file_search, it is a string of space-separated filenames, and
then latexmk replaces @default_files with the filenames in $tex-
file_search to which is added "*.tex".
$tmpdir [See below for default]
- Directory to store temporary files that latexmk may generate
+ Directory to store temporary files that latexmk may generate
while running.
- The default under MSWindows (including cygwin), is to set
- $tmpdir to the value of the first of whichever of the system
- environment variables TMPDIR or TEMP exists, otherwise to the
- current 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
+ The default under MSWindows (including cygwin), is to set
+ $tmpdir to the value of the first of whichever of the system
+ environment variables TMPDIR or TEMP exists, otherwise to the
+ current 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
"/tmp".
$use_make_for_missing_files [0]
Whether to use make to try and make files that are missing after
- a run of latex or pdflatex, and for which a custom dependency
- has not been found. This is generally useful only when latexmk
- is used as part of a bigger project which is built by using the
+ a run of latex or pdflatex, and for which a custom dependency
+ has not been found. This is generally useful only when latexmk
+ is used as part of a bigger project which is built by using the
make program.
Note that once a missing file has been made, no further calls to
- make will be made on a subsequent run of latexmk to update the
- file. Handling this problem is the job of a suitably defined
- Makefile. See the section "USING latexmk WITH make" for how to
- do this. The intent of calling make from latexmk is merely to
+ make will be made on a subsequent run of latexmk to update the
+ file. Handling this problem is the job of a suitably defined
+ Makefile. See the section "USING latexmk WITH make" for how to
+ do this. The intent of calling make from latexmk is merely to
detect dependencies.
$view ["default"]
- Which kind of file is to be previewed if a previewer is used.
- The possible values are "default", "dvi", "ps", "pdf". The
+ Which kind of file is to be previewed if a previewer is used.
+ The possible values are "default", "dvi", "ps", "pdf". The
value of "default" means that the "highest" of the kinds of file
generated is to be used (among dvi, ps and pdf).
CUSTOM DEPENDENCIES
- In any RC file a set of custom dependencies can be set up to convert a
+ In any RC file a set of custom dependencies can be set up to convert a
file with one extension to a file with another. An example use of this
+ would be to allow latexmk to convert a .fig file to .eps to be included
+ in the .tex file.
+ The old method of configuring latexmk was to directly manipulate the
+ @cus_dep_list array that contains information defining the custom
+ dependencies. This method still works. But now there are subroutines
+ that allow convenient manipulations of the custom dependency list.
+ These are
+ add_cus_dep( fromextension, toextension, must, subroutine )
+ remove_cus_dep( fromextension, toextension )
+ show_cus_dep()
- 9 August 2011 31
+ 10 October 2011 31
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- would be to allow latexmk to convert a .fig file to .eps to be included
- in the .tex file.
- The old method of configuring latexmk was to directly manipulate the
- @cus_dep_list array that contains information defining the custom
- dependencies. This method still works. But now there are subroutines
- that allow convenient manipulations of the custom dependency list.
- These are
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- add_cus_dep( fromextension, toextension, must, subroutine )
- remove_cus_dep( fromextension, toextension )
- show_cus_dep()
The custom dependency is a list of rules, each of which is specified as
follow:
from extension:
- The extension of the file we are converting from (e.g. "fig").
+ The extension of the file we are converting from (e.g. "fig").
It is specified without a period.
to extension:
The extension of the file we are converting to (e.g. "eps"). It
is specified without a period.
- must: If non-zero, the file from which we are converting must exist,
- if it doesn't exist latexmk will give an error message and exit
+ must: If non-zero, the file from which we are converting must exist,
+ if it doesn't exist latexmk will give an error message and exit
unless the -f option is specified. If must is zero and the file
we are converting from doesn't exist, then no action is taken.
function:
- The name of the subroutine that latexmk should call to perform
- the file conversion. The first argument to the subroutine is
+ The name of the subroutine that latexmk should call to perform
+ 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-
- tion should return 0 if it was successful and a nonzero number
+ The subroutines are declared in the syntax of Perl. The func-
+ tion should return 0 if it was successful and a nonzero number
if it failed.
- It is invoked whenever latexmk detects that a run of latex/pdflatex
- needs to read a file, like a graphics file, whose extension is the to-
+ It is invoked whenever latexmk detects that a run of latex/pdflatex
+ needs to read a file, like a graphics file, whose extension is the to-
extension of a custom dependency. Then latexmk examines whether a file
- exists with the same name, but with the corresponding from-extension,
- as specified in the custom-dependency rule. If it does, then whenever
- the destination file (the one with the to-extension) is out-of-date
+ exists with the same name, but with the corresponding from-extension,
+ as specified in the custom-dependency rule. If it does, then whenever
+ the destination file (the one with the to-extension) is out-of-date
with respect to the corresponding source file.
- To make the new destination file, the Perl subroutine specified in the
+ To make the new destination file, the Perl subroutine specified in the
rule is invoked, with an argument that is the base name of the files in
- question. Simple cases just involve a subroutine invoking an external
- program; this can be done by following the templates below, even by
- those without knowledge of the Perl programming language. Of course,
+ question. Simple cases just involve a subroutine invoking an external
+ program; this can be done by following the templates below, even by
+ those without knowledge of the Perl programming language. Of course,
experts could do something much more elaborate.
- One other item in each custom-dependency rule labelled "must" above
- specifies how the rule should be applied when the source file fails to
+ One other item in each custom-dependency rule labelled "must" above
+ specifies how the rule should be applied when the source file fails to
+ exist.
+ A simple and typical example of code in an initialization rcfile is
+ add_cus_dep( 'fig', 'eps', 0, 'fig2eps' );
+ sub fig2eps {
+ system("fig2dev -Leps $_[0].fig $_[0].eps");
+ }
- 9 August 2011 32
+ The first line adds a custom dependency that converts a file with
+ extension "fig", as created by the xfig program, to an encapsulated
+ postscript file, with extension "eps". The remaining lines define a
+ subroutine that carries out the conversion. If a rule for converting
+ "fig" to "eps" files already exists (e.g., from a previously read-in
+ initialization file), the latexmk will delete this rule before making
+ the new one.
+ 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
+ 10 October 2011 32
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- exist.
- A simple and typical example of code in an initialization rcfile is
- add_cus_dep( 'fig', 'eps', 0, 'fig2eps' );
- sub fig2eps {
- system("fig2dev -Leps $_[0].fig $_[0].eps");
- }
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- The first line adds a custom dependency that converts a file with
- extension "fig", as created by the xfig program, to an encapsulated
- postscript file, with extension "eps". The remaining lines define a
- subroutine that carries out the conversion. If a rule for converting
- "fig" to "eps" files already exists (e.g., from a previously read-in
- initialization file), the latexmk will delete this rule before making
- the new one.
- 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
- of each of the files (possibly with a path component). This argument
- is referred to by Perl as $_[0]. In the example above, the subroutine
+ of each of the files (possibly with a path component). This argument
+ is referred to by Perl as $_[0]. In the example above, the subroutine
uses the Perl command system to invoke the program fig2dev. The double
quotes around the string are a Perl idiom that signify that each string
- of the form of a variable name, $_[0] in this case, is to be substi-
+ of the form of a variable name, $_[0] in this case, is to be substi-
tuted by its value.
- If the return value of the subroutine is non-zero, then latexmk will
- assume an error occurred during the execution of the subroutine. In
- the above example, no explicit return value is given, and instead the
- return value is the value returned by the last (and only) statement,
+ If the return value of the subroutine is non-zero, then latexmk will
+ assume an error occurred during the execution of the subroutine. In
+ the above example, no explicit return value is given, and instead the
+ return value is the value returned by the last (and only) statement,
i.e., the invocation of system, which returns the value 0 on success.
- If you use filenames with spaces in them, and if your LaTeX system and
- all other relevant software correctly handle such filenames, then you
- could put single quotes around filenames in the command line that is
+ If you use filenames with spaces in them, and if your LaTeX system and
+ all other relevant software correctly handle such filenames, then you
+ could put single quotes around filenames in the command line that is
executed:
add_cus_dep( 'fig', 'eps', 0, 'fig2eps' );
@@ -2159,59 +2269,59 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
system("fig2dev -Lps '$_[0].fig' '$_[0].eps'");
}
- This causes the invocation of the fig2dev program to have quoted file-
+ This causes the invocation of the fig2dev program to have quoted file-
names; it should therefore work with filenames containing spaces. How-
- ever, not all software deals correctly with filenames that contain spa-
- ces. Moreover, the rules, if any, for quoting filenames vary between
- operating systems, command shells and individual pieces of software, so
- this code may not always work.
+ ever, not all software deals correctly with filenames that contain
+ spaces. Moreover, the rules, if any, for quoting filenames vary
+ between operating systems, command shells and individual pieces of
+ software, so this code may not always work.
- If you use pdflatex instead of latex, then you will probably prefer to
- convert your graphics files to pdf format, in which case you would
+ If you use pdflatex instead of latex, then you will probably prefer to
+ convert your graphics files to pdf format, in which case you would
replace the above code in an initialization file by
-
-
-
- 9 August 2011 33
-
-
-
-
-
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-
-
add_cus_dep( 'fig', 'pdf, 0, 'fig2pdf' );
sub fig2pdf {
system("fig2dev -Lpdf $_[0].fig $_[0].pdf");
}
- If you have some general custom dependencies defined in the system or
- user initialization file, you may find that for a particular project
- they are undesirable. So you might want to delete the unneeded ones.
+ If you have some general custom dependencies defined in the system or
+ user initialization file, you may find that for a particular project
+ they are undesirable. So you might want to delete the unneeded ones.
For example, you remove any "fig" to "eps" rule by the line
remove_cus_dep( 'fig', 'eps' );
- If you have complicated sets of custom dependencies, you may want to
- get a listing of the custom dependencies. This is done by using the
+ If you have complicated sets of custom dependencies, you may want to
+ get a listing of the custom dependencies. This is done by using the
line
show_cus_dep();
in an initialization file.
- Another example of a custom dependency overcomes a limitation of
- latexmk concerning index files. The only index-file conversion built-
+ Another example of a custom dependency overcomes a limitation of
+ latexmk concerning index files. The only index-file conversion built-
in to latexmk is from an ".idx" file written on one run of latex/pdfla-
- tex to an ".ind" file to be read in on a subsequent run. But with the
+ tex to an ".ind" file to be read in on a subsequent run. But with the
index.sty package you can create extra indexes with extensions that you
configure. Latexmk does not know how to deduce the extensions from the
information it has. But you can easily write a custom dependency. For
- example if your latex file uses the command "\newindex{spe-
+
+
+
+ 10 October 2011 33
+
+
+
+
+
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+
+
+ example if your latex file uses the command "\newindex{spe-
cial}{ndx}{nnd}{Special index}" you will need to convert files with the
- extension .ndx to .nnd. The following lines in an initialization RC
+ extension .ndx to .nnd. The following lines in an initialization RC
file will cause this to happen:
add_cus_dep('ndx', 'nnd', 0, 'makendx2nnd');
@@ -2219,49 +2329,37 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
system("makeindex -o $_[0].nnd $_[0].ndx");
}
- (You will need to modify this code if you use filenames with spaces in
+ (You will need to modify this code if you use filenames with spaces in
them, to provide correct quoting of the filenames.)
- Those of you with experience with Makefiles, will undoubtedly be con-
+ Those of you with experience with Makefiles, will undoubtedly be con-
cerned that the .ndx file is written during a run of latex/pdflatex and
- is always later than the .nnd last read in. Thus the .nnd appears to
- be perpetually out-of-date. This situation, of circular dependencies,
+ is always later than the .nnd last read in. Thus the .nnd appears to
+ be perpetually out-of-date. This situation, of circular dependencies,
is endemic to latex, and latexmk in its current version works correctly
- with circular dependencies. It examines the contents of the files (by
- use of an md5 checksum), and only does a remake when the file contents
+ with circular dependencies. It examines the contents of the files (by
+ use of an md5 checksum), and only does a remake when the file contents
have actually changed.
- Of course if you choose to write random data to the .nnd (or and .aux
- file, etc) that changes on each new run, then you will have a problem.
- For real experts: See the %hash_cal_ignore_pattern if you have to deal
+ Of course if you choose to write random data to the .nnd (or and .aux
+ file, etc) that changes on each new run, then you will have a problem.
+ For real experts: See the %hash_cal_ignore_pattern if you have to deal
with such problems.
-
-
-
- 9 August 2011 34
-
-
-
-
-
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-
-
Glossaries can be dealt with similarly.
OLD METHOD OF DEFINING CUSTOM DEPENDENCIES
- In previous versions of latexmk, the only method of defining custom
- dependencies was to directly manipulate the table of custom dependen-
+ In previous versions of latexmk, the only method of defining custom
+ dependencies was to directly manipulate the table of custom dependen-
cies. This is contained in the @cus_dep_list array. It is an array of
- strings, and each string in the array has four items in it, each sepa-
- rated by a space, the from-extension, the to-extension, the "must"
- item, and the name of the subroutine for the custom dependency. These
+ strings, and each string in the array has four items in it, each sepa-
+ rated by a space, the from-extension, the to-extension, the "must"
+ item, and the name of the subroutine for the custom dependency. These
were all defined above.
An example of the old method of defining custom dependencies is as fol-
- lows. It is the code in an RC file to ensure automatic conversion of
+ lows. It is the code in an RC file to ensure automatic conversion of
.fig files to .eps files:
push @cus_dep_list, "fig eps 0 fig2eps";
@@ -2269,62 +2367,62 @@ OLD METHOD OF DEFINING CUSTOM DEPENDENCIES
system("fig2dev -Lps $_[0].fig $_[0].eps");
}
- This method still works, and is equivalent to the earlier code using
- the add_cus_dep subroutine, except that it doesn't delete any previous
- custom-dependency for the same conversion. So the new method is
+ This method still works, and is equivalent to the earlier code using
+ the add_cus_dep subroutine, except that it doesn't delete any previous
+ custom-dependency for the same conversion. So the new method is
preferable.
USING latexmk WITH make
- This section is targeted only at advanced users who use the make pro-
+ This section is targeted only at advanced users who use the make pro-
gram for complex projects, as for software development, with the depen-
dencies specified by a Makefile.
- Now the basic task of latexmk is to run the appropriate programs to
- make a viewable version of a LaTeX document. However, the usual make
- program is not suited to this purpose for at least two reasons. First
- is that the use of LaTeX involves circular dependencies (e.g., via .aux
- files), and these cannot be handled by the standard make program. Sec-
- ond is that in a large document the set of source files can change
- quite frequently, particularly with included graphics files; in this
- situation keeping a Makefile manually updated is inappropriate and
- error-prone, especially when the depedencies can be determined automat-
- ically. Latexmk solves both of these problems robustly.
- Thus for many standard LaTeX documents latexmk can be used by itself
- without the make program. In a complex project it simply needs to be
- suitably configured. A standard configuration would be to define cus-
- tom dependencies to make graphics files from their source files (e.g.,
- as created by the xfig program). Custom dependencies are latexmk's
- equivalent of pattern rules in Makefiles.
- Nevertheless there are projects for which a Makefile is appropriate,
- and it is useful to know how to use latexmk from a Makefile. A typical
+ 10 October 2011 34
- 9 August 2011 35
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ Now the basic task of latexmk is to run the appropriate programs to
+ make a viewable version of a LaTeX document. However, the usual make
+ program is not suited to this purpose for at least two reasons. First
+ is that the use of LaTeX involves circular dependencies (e.g., via .aux
+ files), and these cannot be handled by the standard make program. Sec-
+ ond is that in a large document the set of source files can change
+ quite frequently, particularly with included graphics files; in this
+ situation keeping a Makefile manually updated is inappropriate and
+ error-prone, especially when the depedencies can be determined automat-
+ ically. Latexmk solves both of these problems robustly.
+ Thus for many standard LaTeX documents latexmk can be used by itself
+ without the make program. In a complex project it simply needs to be
+ suitably configured. A standard configuration would be to define cus-
+ tom dependencies to make graphics files from their source files (e.g.,
+ as created by the xfig program). Custom dependencies are latexmk's
+ equivalent of pattern rules in Makefiles.
- example would be to generate documentation for a software project.
- Potentially the interaction with the rest of the rules in the Makefile
+ Nevertheless there are projects for which a Makefile is appropriate,
+ and it is useful to know how to use latexmk from a Makefile. A typical
+ example would be to generate documentation for a software project.
+ Potentially the interaction with the rest of the rules in the Makefile
could be quite complicated, for example if some of the source files for
a LaTeX document are generated by the project's software.
In this section, I give a couple of examples of how latexmk can be use-
- fully invoked from a Makefile. The examples use specific features of
- current versions of GNU make, which is the default on both linux and
- OS-X systems. They may need modifications for other versions of make.
+ fully invoked from a Makefile. The examples use specific features of
+ current versions of GNU make, which is the default on both linux and
+ OS-X systems. They may need modifications for other versions of make.
- The simplest method is simply to delegate all the relevant tasks to
+ The simplest method is simply to delegate all the relevant tasks to
latexmk, as is suitable for a straightforward LaTeX document. For this
a suitable Makefile is like
@@ -2333,53 +2431,53 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
%.pdf : %.tex FORCE_MAKE
latexmk -pdf -dvi- -ps- $<
- (Note: the last line must be introduced by a tab for the Makefile to
- function correctly!) Naturally, if making try.pdf from its associated
- LaTeX file try.tex were the only task to be performed, a direct use of
- latexmk without a Makefile would normally be better. The benefit of
- using a Makefile for a LaTeX document would be in a larger project,
+ (Note: the last line must be introduced by a tab for the Makefile to
+ function correctly!) Naturally, if making try.pdf from its associated
+ LaTeX file try.tex were the only task to be performed, a direct use of
+ latexmk without a Makefile would normally be better. The benefit of
+ using a Makefile for a LaTeX document would be in a larger project,
where lines such as the above would be only be a small part of a larger
Makefile.
The above example has a pattern rule for making a .pdf file from a .tex
- file, and it is defined to use latexmk in the obvious way. There is a
+ file, and it is defined to use latexmk in the obvious way. There is a
conventional default target named "all", with a prerequisite of
- try.pdf. So when make is invoked, by default it makes try.pdf. The
- only complication is that there may be many source files beyond
+ try.pdf. So when make is invoked, by default it makes try.pdf. The
+ only complication is that there may be many source files beyond
try.tex, but these aren't specified in the Makefile, so changes in them
- will not by themselves cause latexmk to be invoked. Instead, the pat-
- tern rule is equipped with a "phony" prerequisite FORCE_MAKE; this has
- the effect of causing the rule to be always out-of-date, so that
- latexmk is always run. It is latexmk that decides whether any action
- is needed, e.g., a rerun of pdflatex. Effectively the Makefile dele-
+ will not by themselves cause latexmk to be invoked. Instead, the pat-
+ tern rule is equipped with a "phony" prerequisite FORCE_MAKE; this has
+ the effect of causing the rule to be always out-of-date, so that
+ latexmk is always run. It is latexmk that decides whether any action
+ is needed, e.g., a rerun of pdflatex. Effectively the Makefile dele-
gates all decisions to latexmk, while make has no knowledge of the list
- of source files except for primary LaTeX file for the document. If
- there are, for example, graphics files to be made, these must be made
- by custom dependencies configured in latexmk.
+ of source files except for primary LaTeX file for the document. If
+ there are, for example, graphics files to be made, these must be made
- But something better is needed in more complicated situations, for
- example, when the making of graphics files needs to be specified by
- rules in the Makefile. To do this, one can use a Makefile like the
- following:
- TARGETS = document1.pdf document2.pdf
- DEPS_DIR = .deps
- LATEXMK = latexmk -recorder -use-make -deps \
- -e 'warn qq(In Makefile, turn off custom dependencies0;' \
- -e '@cus_dep_list = ();' \
- -e 'show_cus_dep();'
+ 10 October 2011 35
- 9 August 2011 36
+LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
-LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
+ by custom dependencies configured in latexmk.
+ But something better is needed in more complicated situations, for
+ example, when the making of graphics files needs to be specified by
+ rules in the Makefile. To do this, one can use a Makefile like the
+ following:
+ TARGETS = document1.pdf document2.pdf
+ DEPS_DIR = .deps
+ LATEXMK = latexmk -recorder -use-make -deps \
+ -e 'warn qq(In Makefile, turn off custom dependencies0;' \
+ -e '@cus_dep_list = ();' \
+ -e 'show_cus_dep();'
all : $(TARGETS)
$(foreach file,$(TARGETS),$(eval -include $(DEPS_DIR)/$(file)P))
$(DEPS_DIR) :
@@ -2390,37 +2488,37 @@ LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
%.pdf : %.fig
fig2dev -Lpdf $< $@
- (Again, the lines containing the commands for the rules should be
+ (Again, the lines containing the commands for the rules should be
started with tabs.) This example was inspired by how GNU automake han-
dles automatic dependency tracking of C source files.
- After each run of latexmk, dependency information is put in a file in
- the .deps subdirectory. The Makefile causes these dependency files to
+ After each run of latexmk, dependency information is put in a file in
+ the .deps subdirectory. The Makefile causes these dependency files to
be read by make, which now has the full dependency information for each
- target .pdf file. To make things less trivial it is specificed that
- two files document1.pdf and document2.pdf are the targets. The depen-
+ target .pdf file. To make things less trivial it is specificed that
+ two files document1.pdf and document2.pdf are the targets. The depen-
dency files are .deps/document1.pdfP and .deps/document2.pdfP.
- There is now no need for the phony prerequisite for the rule to make
+ There is now no need for the phony prerequisite for the rule to make
.pdf files from .tex files. But I have added a rule to make .pdf files
- from .fig files produced by the xfig program; these are commonly used
- for graphics insertions in LaTeX documents. Latexmk is arranged to
- output a dependency file after each run. It is given the -recorder
+ from .fig files produced by the xfig program; these are commonly used
+ for graphics insertions in LaTeX documents. Latexmk is arranged to
+ output a dependency file after each run. It is given the -recorder
option, which improves its detection of files generated during a run of
- pdflatex; such files should not be in the dependency list. The -e
- options are used to turn off all custom dependencies, and to document
- this. Instead the -use-make is used to delegate the making of missing
+ pdflatex; such files should not be in the dependency list. The -e
+ options are used to turn off all custom dependencies, and to document
+ this. Instead the -use-make is used to delegate the making of missing
files to make itself.
- Suppose in the LaTeX file there is a command \includegraphics{graph},
- and an xfig file "graph.fig" exists. On a first run, pdflatex reports
- a missing file, named "graph". Latexmk succeeds in making "graph.pdf"
+ Suppose in the LaTeX file there is a command \includegraphics{graph},
+ and an xfig file "graph.fig" exists. On a first run, pdflatex reports
+ a missing file, named "graph". Latexmk succeeds in making "graph.pdf"
by calling "make graph.pdf", and after completion of its work, it lists
"fig.pdf" among the dependents of the file latexmk is making. Then let
- "fig.fig" be updated, and then let make be run. Make first remakes
+ "fig.fig" be updated, and then let make be run. Make first remakes
"fig.pdf", and only then reruns latexmk.
- Thus we now have a method by which all the subsidiary processing is
+ Thus we now have a method by which all the subsidiary processing is
delegated to make.
@@ -2429,15 +2527,11 @@ SEE ALSO
BUGS
Sometimes a viewer (gv) tries to read an updated .ps or .pdf file after
- its creation is started but before the file is complete. Work around:
- manually refresh (or reopen) display. Or use one of the other preview-
- ers and update methods.
+ its creation is started but before the file is complete. Work around:
- (The following isn't really a bug, but concerns features of
-
- 9 August 2011 37
+ 10 October 2011 36
@@ -2446,30 +2540,34 @@ BUGS
LATEXMK(1L) LATEXMK(1L)
- previewers.) Preview continuous mode only works perfectly with certain
- previewers: Xdvi on UNIX/LINUX works for dvi files. Gv on UNIX/LINUX
- works for both postscript and pdf. Ghostview on UNIX/LINUX needs a
- manual update (reopen); it views postscript and pdf. Gsview under MS-
- Windows works for both postscript and pdf, but only reads the updated
- file when its screen is refreshed. Acroread under UNIX/LINUX views
- pdf, but the file needs to be closed and reopened to view an updated
- version. Under MS-Windows, acroread locks its input file and so the
- pdf file cannot be updated. (Remedy: configure latexmk to use gsview
+ manually refresh (or reopen) display. Or use one of the other preview-
+ ers and update methods.
+
+ (The following isn't really a bug, but concerns features of preview-
+ ers.) Preview continuous mode only works perfectly with certain pre-
+ viewers: Xdvi on UNIX/LINUX works for dvi files. Gv on UNIX/LINUX
+ works for both postscript and pdf. Ghostview on UNIX/LINUX needs a
+ manual update (reopen); it views postscript and pdf. Gsview under MS-
+ Windows works for both postscript and pdf, but only reads the updated
+ file when its screen is refreshed. Acroread under UNIX/LINUX views
+ pdf, but the file needs to be closed and reopened to view an updated
+ version. Under MS-Windows, acroread locks its input file and so the
+ pdf file cannot be updated. (Remedy: configure latexmk to use gsview
instead.)
THANKS TO
- Authors of previous versions. Many users with their feedback, and
- especially David Coppit (username david at node coppit.org) who made
- many useful suggestions that contributed to version 3, and Herbert
- Schulz. (Please note that the e-mail addresses are not written in
+ Authors of previous versions. Many users with their feedback, and
+ especially David Coppit (username david at node coppit.org) who made
+ many useful suggestions that contributed to version 3, and Herbert
+ Schulz. (Please note that the e-mail addresses are not written in
their standard form to avoid being harvested by worms and viruses.)
AUTHOR
- Current version, by John Collins (username collins at node
- phys.psu.edu). (Version 4.26).
+ Current version, by John Collins (username collins at node
+ phys.psu.edu). (Version 4.27).
- Released version can be obtained from CTAN: <http://www.tug.org/tex-ar-
- chive/support/latexmk/>, and from the author's website
+ Released version can be obtained from CTAN: <http://www.tug.org/tex-
+ archive/support/latexmk/>, and from the author's website
<http://www.phys.psu.edu/~collins/software/latexmk/>.
Modifications and enhancements by Evan McLean (Version 2.0)
Original script called "go" by David J. Musliner (RCS Version 3.2)
@@ -2503,6 +2601,11 @@ AUTHOR
- 9 August 2011 38
+
+
+
+
+
+ 10 October 2011 37