{arara} is a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives, written in Java.
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TEXINPUTS and arara and/or TeXworks
I was wondering how I could use TEXINPUTS combined with either arara or TeXworks. To understand my point, I just received an answer on the thread `How to run LaTeX and lilypond-book in one command?', ...
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Integration of arara in Texmaker
The documentation of arara has a chapter about IDE integration. However the often used editor Texmaker is missing. The installation of the tool itself is well described in the documentation of arara
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arara: making rules for a script that takes multiple flags and arguments
I'm working on an arara rule for indent.plx which can be called in a few different ways:
indent.plx myfile.tex (outputs to the terminal)
indent.plx -w myfile.tex (overwrites original file and ...
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Is Arara safe/secure
I have just begun playing around with arara and I am curious if there are safety/security concerns. For example, pdflatex from TeX Live has shell escape disabled by default. If the TeX Live team think ...
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arara: making a rule to compile the main file from a chapter file
I am really enjoying the arara tool for automating the compilations of my documents- thanks Paulo and the team :)
I work on a few projects that have a main file (say myfile.tex) that \includes its ...
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How to install arara with MiKTeX / Windows?
Arara is a tool to automate your LaTeX workflow. It comes pre-installed with TeXLive 2012. However, I could not find any reference on how to install it on MikTeX / Windows. In the documentation it ...
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How to get a 1-click compilation of XeLaTeX with Biber using arara?
I want to use XeLaTeX as typesetting engine and Biber for my references. I want to have a 1-click-compilation setup, preferably in a GUI editor. I work on Windows, thus a solution for TeXworks or ...
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How to use arara with TeXworks
I'm trying to use arara with TeXworks in Ubuntu 12.10 (TeX Live 2012). I've been searching all over the web but couldn't get it working.
First: I'm not sure how to correctly implement arara: Should ...
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How to open TeXworks' TeX root pdf result with arara?
Until now I've been using TeXworks to edit my .tex projects. When the project is divided in several subfiles I can use % TeX root=my_main_file.tex directive in order to compile the main file and not ...
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How do I specify two default options for an arara identifier?
(Apologies if I have the terminology incorrect.)
I want to write a directive for arara that can take an argument. The directive should set the name of the output file according to the following ...
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Arara problem with xelatexmk rule
After many tests in Mac OS X and Ubuntu, I haven't been able to run arara with Brent Longborough's xelatexmk.yalm rule. No matter what I do, arara seems to run latexmk with pdflatex, not with xelatex. ...
