{latexmk} is a Perl script to automatically run latex and related commands as many times as needed to build the final document.
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latexmk pointing to a line of code with an error that I don't see [closed]
When trying to compile my code, latexmk keeps hitting me with an undefined control sequences. I have checked above, below, and the line it says is causing the issue, but I don't see anything wrong.
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Perl Interpreter could not be found
I downloaded MikTeX and got TeXworks. I try to follow the manual and create an example document. But I get an error message in the "Console output" window: "Latexmk.exe: The Perl intetpreter could not ...
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AUCTeX -output-directory + copy *.pdf to working directory
Part I:
Could someone please give me an example of how to configure AUCTeX to use the -output-directory option?
I've tried inserting -output-directory="/tmp" in a variety of ways at different ...
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How to run LaTeX and lilypond-book in one command?
I was wondering if there was any command which would let me create a PDF from a LyTeX source in one step. Currently, I am first executing lilypond-book:
lilypond-book --latex-program=pdflatex --pdf ...
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latexmk: generated tex file (via custom add_cus_dep) not found in first pass [duplicate]
I have a latexmk-based project that uses some generated tex files included via \input. I'm generating these files using a latexmkrc file.
# latexmkrc
$cleanup_includes_cusdep_generated=1; ...
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Problem with un-clear error messages (using LaTeXmk[fls file] and XeLaTeX[bad file descriptor])
More or less out of the blue, I've gotten the following:
xelatex: Bad file descriptor
Latexmk: fls file doesn't appear to have been made
I've no clue about the first and the second is confusing in ...
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xelatex vs. xelatexmk compilation – what’s the difference?
I'm using TeX Live 2012 in a Windows environment.
I used to compile with xelatexmk, which isn't included in TeX Live's "Processing tools". When I wanted to switch from LaTeX to XeLaTeX, I read ...
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pdflatexmk compiles \glossaries fine but neglects \glsaddall
I'm using TeXShop and the pdflatexmk script. When I link at least one entry of the glossary with \gls{label} the glossary compiles fine and all works well (working code example).
However I want to use ...
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exceltex dependencies in latexmk
I'm working on getting exceltex and latexmk communicating by adding custom dependencies to .latexmkrc.
As far as I understand, exceltex works by writing an entry for each \inctab/inccell command to ...
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gnuplot in LaTeX, without gnuplottex
I'm using the cairolatex terminal in gnuplot to create some surface plots (pgfplots is failing the task because of its hunger for memory). As the number of plots increase, I would like to include the ...
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latexmk and nomencl
I'm trying to implement the nomencl package in my Master's thesis, but I'm experiensing serious trouble when it comes to make latexmk/makeindex create or update the nls file. I ended up creating the ...
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Most efficient method to strip all of the LaTeX code from a document?
Can some people please give me some suggestions for the most efficient method to strip all of the LaTeX code from a document?
The best method that comes to my mind, which I have no clue about how to ...
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texlatexmk and mVersion problem
I've just run into a problem with mVersion and by extension latexmk. As users of mVersion know, it updates a file version.dat with each run of the pdf/xe/lua/whatever engine. Until I reached the point ...
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Command line equivalent of “$preview_mode = 1”?
I'm setting up variants of running the latexmk command, and need some help writing a command line that will be used whenever I do not want to use the .latexmkrc file (i.e., -norc). On Mac, it is ...
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Specify timezone for \today and \currenttime
Is there a way I can specify the timezone LaTeX should use when printing the \today and \currenttime (or the datetime package in general)?
I need this because travisCI does build my PDF automatically ...
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Continuously compile/watch source files in ConTEXt?
Is there an equivalent to latexmk in Context?
I want the script to watch my source files for changes and continuously recompile them.
Here is how I would do it with latexmk:
latexmk -bibtex -pdf ...
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latexmk separate build directory
I'm trying to use latexmk for the first time in Ubuntu. My project directory is the following:
Project
src
build
images
In the src directory are the .tex and .bib files. I want the .aux, .bbl, ...
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Latexmk missing in TeXlive 2012
I would like to use latexmk tools together with TeXlive 2012, but I can't found it. Is it extra tools, or TeXlive stop supported it. In my case, I have OS Ubuntu 12.10 (I do not know whether it plays ...
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TeXworks and pvc parameter of latexmk
When we use TeXworks as editor is there any point in using -pvc argument of latexmk?
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XeLaTeX - terminal output too verbose
Is it possible to reduce the amount of information you get from running:
xelatex texfile.tex
The oh so long output:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-0.9998 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
restricted ...
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What is the name of the bibfile when an extension is given in \bibliography?
When using bibtex, one supplies a command like \bibliography{test} in the document to indicate the use of a bibfile test.bib, and the extension is omitted. However, it is natural for a user also to ...
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Can I use latexmk -C for cleaning up only, and compile with another tool?
Can I compile my document with other tools and use latexmk -C only for cleaning up?
One application could be to use it then in the clean: section of a Makefile that uses pdflatex for make pdf.
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latexmk endless loop when non-PDF outputs are specified
My source file is based on the standalone package. The \documentclass command specifically looks like this:
\documentclass[preview, convert={density=300}]{standalone}
If the source file is named ...
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Sublime Text 2 and bibtex [closed]
I'm using Sublime Text 2 (ST2) with LaTeXTools to build my .tex-documents. But the .bib-file is not found or doesn't build (I believe the last one). The LaTeX log reports undefined citations, and the ...
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Clean .bbl files with latexmk -C
I use TeXLive 2012 and compile with run
latexmk -pvc -pdf -quiet test.tex
later I clean the directory with
latexmk -C
But test.bbl remains. How can I help latexmk to find bbl files?
test.bbl ...
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Make latexmk and pdfviewer robust against latex errors [closed]
Sometimes latexmk fails because the file was saved premature.
For example the user forgets to close a { bevore he saves the .tex file.
The user has to get latexmk back on the road again and usually ...
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latexmk and tikz externalize: eternal loop [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Too many compiles when using latexmk with mpgraphics
I'm trying to set up my TeX builds for optimal performance and would like to use latexmk for optimum ...
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ultrafast pdflatex with precompiling
I try to improve the time pdflatex needs to compile my book.
Really working example
book.tex
%&preamble
\begin{document}
Hi
\end{document}
and
preamble.tex
\documentclass{article}
I run ...
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Xindy error with latexmk [closed]
When I compile my documents with glossaries with latexmk, I frequently seem to be getting the following error:
Collected error summary (may duplicate other messages):
cusdep acn acr grammar: ...
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latexmk / imakeidx interoperational efficiency
imakeidx and latexmk are two of my favorite utilities of all TeX-time, especially in the face of book-size compilations (super thanks @egreg and @John Collins!). Apart from ease of producing multiple ...
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How to only output dependencies from latexmk?
I'd like to use latexmk in a Makefile, so I've read the manual section on that. However, the dependency generation step seems less than ideal. Specifically, it seems that latexmk can only show ...
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Errors in latexmk with use of auto-pst-pdf and hyperref
If we compile
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[pdftex]{hyperref}
\usepackage{pstricks,auto-pst-pdf}
\begin{document}
\tableofcontents
\section{Curves}
\begin{postscript}
\begin{pspicture}
...
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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. ...
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Check if pdf is up to date for git pre-commit hook?
It'd be really nice to do a git commit -m "some stupid broken commit" and get back a refusal from git, because the latest version of the document hasn't been successfully compiled yet (ie. changes ...
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latexmk precompiler options
Are there any precompiler options for latexmk I can use inside my LaTeX source files? (For instance, to tell latexmk to compile using XeLaTeX instead of PDFLaTeX.) I know how to do that with the ...
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Latexmk using -jobname and a command line \def
I am having a problem converting this pdflatex command to use latexmk:
pdflatex --file-line-error --shell-escape --synctex=1 \
-jobname=foobar "\def\MyCustomDef{} \input{file-name.tex}"
I ...
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Too many compiles when using latexmk with mpgraphics
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mpgraphics}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
.
\label{fig:a}
\caption{a}
\end{figure}
\begin{mpinline}
draw (20,20)--(0,0)--(0,30)--(30,0)--(0,0)
\end{mpinline}
...
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latexmk with external references
Is there a way to make latexmk aware of external references as they are imported via the xr package? My Problem is that I have several files for weekly exercise sheets. Sometimes I have references to ...
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Can my custom dependency for latexmk be improved?
In my answer to this question on how to make latexmk use makeglossaries for generating glossaries, I propose the following custom dependency:
add_cus_dep('glo', 'gls', 0, 'run_makeglossaries');
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pdflatex, latexmk, synctex: Adding an option to pdflatex causes synctex to fail
The user "Mike" kindly helped me on Latex, Emacs: automatically open TeX Help buffer on error and close it after correction of the error? to create the following function which makes error detection ...
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How to know that latexmk picks up my configuration file?
I've put .latexmkrc file into my working directory, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. Is there a way to check that latexmk picks up my configuration file?
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Latexmk with makeglossaries and auxdir and outdir?
How can I use glosseries with latexmk if I use outdir and auxdir parameters?
I keep getting the .gls not found...
Here is my latexmk build script:
latexmk -outdir=out -auxdir=out -g -f -bibtex -dvi- ...
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Override TikZ externalize “up-to-date” flag
I am currently using the TikZ external package in order to avoid recompiling all figures in my thesis. There are more than 50 figures, relying on large data, and a full build without externalizing ...
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How to run latexmk with LuaTeX on Windows?
This is a bit of a follow-up question to: Is there latexmk functionality for LuaTeX?
I am trying to setup latexmk on Windows 7 together with LuaTeX but it does not work for some unknown reason. ...
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Why doesn't latexmk handle errors in the preamble?
Today I discovered that if I have an error in the preamble of my tex file then Latexmk produce an error only once.
Precisely, for example if my file looks like this
\documentclass{article}
...
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AUCTeX write only region file
Since I'm used to use latexmk -pvc I'd like to do the following:
Run latexmk -pvc (externally) on the _region_.tex file
Use AUCTeX to just write the region file instead of compiling.
Is there a ...
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hyperref error when using XeLaTeX and fontspec with LaTeXmk
I have defined a compilation tool for TeXWorks as follows:
Program: latexmk
Arguments: -e
$xelatex=q/xelatex $synctexoption %0 %S/
-pdf
$fullname
It works fine in ...
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How to use qpdf via latexmk?
In the manual of latexmk I read that
[latexmk] can also, if needed, call an external program to do other
postprocessing on the generated files.
How can I call qpdf with latexmk? I want to ...
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all-in-one-engine for TeXShop
I am trying to write my 'Matura work' for school in LaTeX. Therefore I am using MacTeX and TeXShop and normally it works fine.
But I am really annoyed with running all these different engines like ...
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How to clean up .table and .gnuplot using latexmk
I'm using latexmk as my building assistance. I'm also trying to use it as the clean-up contractor... In .latexmkrc I added:
$pdf_previewer = "open -a /Applications/Skim.app";
$clean_ext = "rel paux ...
