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@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ reasons (for example, “get the table of contents stable”, “get
labels stable”, “add the bibliography”, “add the index”) is
actually rather difficult to express in the ‘ordinary’ sort of
dependency graph that one constructs for <i>make</i>.
-<p/>For this reason, the only <i>make</i>-like package on CTAN
-(for a long time) was <i>latexmk</i>, which is a <i>Perl</i>
+<p/>The <i>latex-make</i> package offers help with this task (far more
+sophisticated techniques than in the FAQ building script); it
+looks good, but reports of its use (other than by its author) are scarce.
+<p/>For a long time, the only <i>make</i>-like package on CTAN
+was <i>latexmk</i>, which is a <i>Perl</i>
script that analyses your LaTeX source for its dependencies, runs
BibTeX or <i>makeindex</i> as and when it notices that those
programs&rsquo; input (parts of the <code>.aux</code> file, or the
@@ -19,11 +22,14 @@ solution (and was used in generating printable versions of these
FAQs for a long time); it has recently been upgraded and has
many bells and whistles that allow it to operate as if it were a poor
man&rsquo;s WYSIWYG system.
-<p/>Apparently along the same lines, and currently (2007) under active
-development, is AutoLaTeX. The <i>README</i> of the distribution is
-actual a Unix-type man-page output, and shows great attention to the
-details of the document production process.
-<p/>Windows users of the MiKTeX system may use that systems
+<p/>Apparently along the same lines, is AutoLaTeX. The <i>README</i>
+of the distribution is actual a Unix-type man-page output, and shows
+great attention to the details of the document production process.
+<p/>The <i>mk</i> (also, apparently, known as <i>latex_maker</i>)
+is a Ruby script for the task in hand; it works well with another of
+the author&rsquo;s scripts script called <i>vpp</i> (View and Print
+PostScript/PDF).
+<p/>Windows users of the MiKTeX system may use that system&rsquo;s
<i>texify</i> application. <i>Texify</i> deals with basic
LaTeX features, including generating a bibliography and an index;
it makes no claim to deal with other things (such as multiple
@@ -40,11 +46,13 @@ as necessary.
FAQ through LaTeX: we don&rsquo;t present them as a complete
solution, but some of the tricks employed are surely re-usable.
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>AutoLaTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/autolatex.zip">support/autolatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/autolatex/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>FAQ distribution</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq.zip">help/uk-tex-faq</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>latexmake</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/latexmake.zip">support/latexmake</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/latexmake/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>latexmk</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/latexmk.zip">support/latexmk</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/support/latexmk/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>texi2dvi</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/texinfo/texinfo.zip">macros/texinfo/texinfo</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/macros/texinfo/texinfo/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>AutoLaTeX</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/autolatex.zip">support/autolatex</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/autolatex/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>FAQ distribution</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq.zip">help/uk-tex-faq</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/uk-tex-faq/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>latexmake</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmake.zip">support/latexmake</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmake/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>latex-make</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex-make.zip">support/latex-make</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex-make/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>latex_make</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex_maker.zip">support/latex_maker</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex_maker/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>latexmk</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmk.zip">support/latexmk</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmk/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>texi2dvi</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/texinfo/texinfo.zip">macros/texinfo/texinfo</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/texinfo/texinfo/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=make">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=make</a>
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