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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Auxiliary scripts for latexmk
=============================
John Collins (collins at phys.psu.edu)
-20 Jan 2007
+19 Apr 2010
Latexmk can be configured to use different programs than the standard
ones to perform its tasks. If a user finds that the default behavior
@@ -110,31 +110,34 @@ needs you to do to make the script executable.
dvipdfm_call.bat
dvipdfmx_call.bat
- Scripts for using dvipdfm or dvipdfmx from latexmk. They solve
- the problem that when latexmk converts dvi files to pdf, it
- assumes that it is using dvipdf. If you reconfigure latexmk to
- use dvipdfm or dvipdfmx, the command line arguments are wrong, and
- you will get an error message. The scripts dvipdfm_call and
- dvipdfmx_call do the appropriate conversion of the command-line
- arguments.
+ Scripts for using dvipdfm or dvipdfmx with the same command-line
+ syntax as dvipdf.
- For Unix-like systems, including linux and Mac OS-X, use the
- scripts dvipdfm_call and dvipdfmx_call.
- For MS-Windows systems use the batch files dvipdfm_call.bat and
- dvipdfmx_call.bat.
+ To get latexmk to use dvipdfm or dvipdfmx to convert dvi files to
+ pdf files, it USED to be necessary to configure latexmk to use one
+ of these scripts. But since v. 4.01, latexmk has more flexible
+ configuration methods. Currently, to use dvipdfm, just put the
+ following in one of latexmk's initialization files (e.g.,
+ ~/.latexmkrc):
- To use these scripts: install the scripts/batch files as
- appropriate, and configure one of latexmk's initialization files
- to use the script you need. The correct configuration will have
- one of the lines
+ $dvipdf = "dvipdfm %O -o %D %S";
- $dvipdf = 'dvipdfm_call';
- or
- $dvipdf = 'dvipdfmx_call';
+ (To use dvipdfmx, just change the string dvipdfm to dvipdfmx.)
+ The command specified here is used when latexmk is requested to
+ make pdf files by conversion from dvi files, e.g., by the
+ latexmk's command-line option -pdfdvi.
- Then you will need to set to use the dvipdf method of making pdf
- files, either on latexmk's command line, or in a configuration
- file with the line
+ But I leave the scripts here. For OLD versions of latexmk, you
+ would have used the configuration line
- $pdf_mode = 3;
+ $dvipdf = 'dvipdfm_call'; #OBSOLETE
+ or
+ $dvipdf = 'dvipdfmx_call'; #OBSOLETE
+
+ These still work, but they are obsolete.
+
+ For Unix-like systems, including linux and Mac OS-X, use the
+ scripts dvipdfm_call and dvipdfmx_call.
+ For MS-Windows systems use the batch files dvipdfm_call.bat and
+ dvipdfmx_call.bat.