How to setup texliveonfly, on any LaTeX editor?

Question

I'm a novice in the world of LaTeX, and I'm struggling to find a simple tutorial on how to to setup texliveonfly as part of TeX Live 2011 in any LaTeX editor.

Is there anyone out there who's got texliveonfly setup on their computer, who could provide a simple step-by-step guide?

Answer 1

I don't use it normally, but I just tested the following successfully.

texliveonfly must be installed, which it was here. If it isn't installed, you can install it by opening a terminal and typing

sudo tlmgr install texliveonfly

TeXworks

To use this in TeXworks go to Edit --> Preferences, and look under the Typesetting tab. Click the plus-button next to the list of typesetting tools to create a new one. Give it a reasonable name, type texliveonfly in the Program box and add a new argument $fullname by (again) clicking the plus-button. See screenshot below.

To compile your document with this, select in the dropdown-menu and click the green arrow (or Ctrl + T). You can also set this as a default for the document by typing

% !TeX program = TeXliveonthefly

where TeXliveonthefly was the name you gave that typesetting tool.

As mentioned on the CTAN-page, lualatex is used as the default compiler. If you want to use e.g. pdflatex add another argument before $fullname saying --engine=pdflatex.

Answer 2

For TeXstudio, the answer is go to Options/Configure TeXstudio/Commands/pdflatex "/bin/texliveonfly" %.tex