Questions tagged [arara]
{arara} is a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives, written in Java.
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arara root file (compile the main file)
The arara manual on page 21 bottom
The directive context also features another special parameter named files
which expects a non-empty list of file names as plain string values. For each
element of ...
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Arara Error: Unable to access jarfile
I am trying to compile a LaTeX document using arara on the command line, but I get a Error: Unable to access jarfile notification.This happens even when I do only arara -V for the version. Strangely ...
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Using arara on bibtex in a subdirectory
I want to use arara to automatically create bibfiles. However, I'm having some trouble.
My folder sutrcture is as follows:
dissertation.tex
chapter1/chapter1.tex
chapter1/chapter1.bib
chapter2/...
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Docker XeLaTeX arara no error msg
When I compile my LaTeX Document locally with arara it works! But when I put it into Docker (Fedora) I only get this Emergeny-stop:
This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.999991 (TeX Live 2019) (...
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concitional compilation of bib2gls with arara
I'm working on a large project (3 volumes of about 500 pages each), and I'm using bib2gls to manage my glossaries. In order to save compilation time I started using arara with conditionals like in How ...
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[arara]: Reuse compiled preamble with pdflatex and mylatexformat.ltx
When running pdflatex more than once successively, is it possible to:
• Compile your preamble packages
• Snapshot this moment in compilation
• Continue running through the rest of the pdflatex ...
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[arara]: subdirectories and `% arara --preamble <araraCommandFilename> <texFilename>` option
Background:
All of my subsection .tex files are saved in subdirectories.
The top-level parent file is able to call them, and
the subsection .tex files are able to run standalone without it.
I path the ...
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[arara]: clean option does not remove .xml file extensions
The clean option of arara removes all extensions except for
.xml files when .xml is listed in the extensions options:
% arara: clean : { extensions: [aux,bbl,bcf,blg,glg,glo,gls,idx,ilg,ind,ist,log,...
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sagetex/arara: SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
Following up this answer, I have the following error in the arara's log file
SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes
in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape
when ...
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arara: XeLaTeX engine FAILURE after changing file to reference
I changed file to reference in my xelatx.yaml:
!config
identifier: xelatex
name: XeLaTeX
authors:
- Paulo
commands:
- name: XeLaTeX engine
command: >
@{
if (isEmpty(directory)) {
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How can I configure TeXstudio to use Arara automatically?
How can I convince TeXstudio to use Arara automatically? I have the followings lines at the top of my LaTeX file:
%!TEX TS-program = Arara
% arara: pdflatex: {shell: yes}
when I hit F5 resp. the &...
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Arara rule for gnuplot in Texstudio on Windows 10
I run gnuplot with a user command
pdflatex --shell-escape %.tex
perfectly.
Is there any rule for arara to automate this process to be used, instead of running arara then user defined then arara ...
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Where can I find a copy of the arara rule file 'authorindex.yaml' for 'authorindex'?
I am new to LaTeX. When I try to typeset my TeX file using Arara to run the 'authorindex' package, e.g. (*):
% arara: authorindex
I get the following message:
"I could not find a rule named '...
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arara: Comment a group of arara lines/commands
How can I comment out a set of arara commands/lines instead of doing it manually by prepending ! to the word arara?
% arara: lualatex: { options: [ '-synctex=1',
% arara: --> '-shell-escape','-...
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Automatically Typeset two Versions of a Document - Update needed for Arara 5.0
With version 4 of arara, I was able to typeset two versions of a document nicely by inputting different files with different definitions according to arara rules.
Unfortunately, this has stopped ...
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Impossible to install pythontex… pythontex command always unavailable
I installed the pythontex package in my texmf directory, but still the command pythontex is not found when i write it in a terminal... And when i compile, \printpythontex returns ?? PythonTeX ??
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Error in arara: unresolvable property or identifier: file
Disclaimer: Since arara 5.1 is now live on TeX Live and we have some significant changes in the rule format, I am antecipating the inevitable and asking the question myself. Hope it helps! :)
So I ...
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How to make Pythontex work with arara on Vim Latex-Suite?
I'm trying to use Pythontex on Vim Latex-suite, compiling with arara 3.
I've tried the method that Uwe Ziegenhagen proposed here :
Arara rule for Pythontex
I put exactly the same pythontex.yaml ...
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Calling biber --tool using arara: trouble with commented @ symbol within .tex file?
Background: I'm using Mendeley to create my .bib file and prefer to run biber --tool using a certain ruleset to clean up that file and retag some things.
Calling arara -v mwe.tex with mwe.tex ...
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arara: How to conditionally compile the document if changes took place to any file in a subdirectory?
Suppose I have some *.tex files in a subdirectory named SourceFiles, how can I make arara compile the document if and only if there are changes to any tex file in this subdirectory?
I tried
% arara:...
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arara/latexmk: How to pass more options of latexmk engine to arara?
In the manual of arara, there are only two options for latexmk: clean and engine.
However, as similarly done before in this answer and this one, I need to figure out to pass more options of the ...
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arara: sage - A Sage(math)-rule for arara
Completely edited!
The normal run of a tex-file which contains sagetex, say
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{sagetex}
\begin{document}
\sage{2^1234}
\end{document}
is
pfdlatex example.tex
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How to make arara work with bibtexu?
I need to submit an article, so I have to follow journal's rules of using PdfLaTeX and BibTeX. And one of the records in bibliography is in Russian, so the only option for me is using bibtexu. If I ...
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Compilation error is removed by compiling again
Following up this answer, the first run of compilation results in the following error:
Undefined control sequence. This exam contains \textbf{\NAMEquestions}
which has to be eliminated by running ...
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Running Arara from TeXworks on a mac
It took me a long time to get arara to work from within TeXworks on OS X 10.14 or 10.15. I would get two errors:
/usr/local/texlive/2019/texmf-dist/scripts/arara/arara.sh: line 8: kpsewhich: command ...
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Arara rule for automatic compilation of all files in a directory tree
I am currently using arara to give compilation rules for my .tex files.
I have a lot of tikz/pgfplots made files which share common settings hosted in a header file, so that I can easily modify a ...
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Render separate PDFs for every chapter with arara
I have a memoir document which contains my PhD thesis.
I would like to automatically create a separate PDF for every chapter, as well as a master PDF.
I found this arara rule, which seems to do ...
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Automatic indentation done for subfiles with arara and latexindent not working
I am learning with latexindent. I would like to follow up this question: How is automatic indentation done for subfiles with arara and latexindent? and ask for clarification:
Is there required any ...
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Compiling document with PerlTeX, then luaLaTeX - conditional \usepackage based on compilation tool
Slightly connected to my previous question (Output of PerlTex with current TeXlive on Windows), I have managed to generate .pdf files with PerlTeX (precisely, with option --latex=lualatex).
Next step ...
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Let arara continue upon failure
I have a document which throws some errors, but I am satisfied with the end result. To avoid stopping at these harmless errors, I execute the following commands:
pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode ...
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How get multiple indexes with arara?
How do I have to change the arara commands in the following so that the index of names will also be printed? As it stands, I get just the main index.
% arara: pdflatex
% arara: bibtex
% arara: ...
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Use arara with continuous compilation (with vimtex)
I've been using vimtex with latexmk to typeset my LaTeX documents for a while now.
But I'm trying to use arara for a new project, as one of the team members suggested to use it.
Since I always use (...
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Is it possible to pass “draft” option to documentclass with arara?
I have this document:
% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass[11pt, openright,
% draft
]{book}
\begin{document}
Something
\end{document}
If I want both the final version and the draft one, I have ...
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How to add an engine in TexShop 4.27 on MacOS 10.14.5 bib2gls, arara
I am new to Tex.
I am trying to build a glossary using the package glossaries-extra. I am drawing my abbreviations list from a .bib file using GlsXtrLoadResources. Unfortunately I cannot seem to add ...
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Arara reports an error when encountering the method `writeToFile`
Consider the following LaTeX document that starts with an Arara script consisting of a single directive that is spread across 5 lines.
% arara: halt if
% arara: --> exists(toFile('arara.file.temp')...
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Does Arara have variables?
Does Arara scripts have variables that can be used to communicate state from one line to another down the road? For example, I'd like to be able to do something like this.
% arara: isBibChanged = ...
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Is it possible to annotate an Arara script with comments?
Is it possible to embed comments inside an Arara script, i.e. inside the sequence of Arara directives that goes inside the .tex file to guide the compilation?
For instance, consider the following ...
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How to tell Arara to skip redundant steps?
My .tex file starts with the following directives.
% arara: lualatex
% arara: biber
% arara: makeglossaries
% arara: makeindex
% arara: lualatex
% arara: lualatex
How can I instruct Arara to skip a ...
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How to add compilation parameters -shell-escape with arara
I am having trouble using compiling argument
lualatex -shell-escape
as mentioned in this question
using arara. I cant get the right syntax, and I am failing to find it in arara user manual. I tryed ...
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arara: load a local batch script or transform the batch script to an own rule
My question is similar to the one here, however it has a little different focus. I am working under Windows using MikTeX 2.9.
I do have several latex projects which are part of a tool documentation. ...
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Arara synctex in editing a book
The problem is synctex in Arara does not work for me.
I am using MacTeX with TeXShop 4.26. A special documentclass is used (hope it does not affect). For months, I run this file by putting all the ...
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Convince Arara to compile .tikz files
I have recently learned about the package tikzscale and find it to be a great solution to many issues I was having. However, using it requires the file containing the tikz code to have the extension ....
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Trying to convert my old custom arara rule
I have a rule which worked with the old version of arara:
!config
# Open the every <filename>.<format> that can be opened
# The default for <filename> is the current file.
# The ...
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Can arara detect a rule inside a \input file ?
I started to use the nice arara package to automate my compilation process for my thesis.
I know it is better to place the rules using e.g. % arara : pdflatex placed at the beginning of the .tex ...
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Create two documents with different page sizes
I need to create two versions of a pdf rendered from my .tex file, one in A4 one-side format, and one in B5 two-side format.
I do this by changing the class options (I use memoir, if that matters) ...
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nomenclature and \verb|text|
I tried different solutions but without result
I have configured arara on texstudio to be able to use the nomenclature package.
\usepackage[refpage,intoc,italian]{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\...
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arara: How to widen out clean.yaml
I read the clean-rule for version 4.
% arara: clean: { extensions: [aux, bcl ] } deletes jobname.aux and jobname.bcl.
I would like to have a rule "cleanx.yaml" (or a shifter for clean.yaml), which ...
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arara: How to fix ghostscript.yaml due to arara - version 4?
I have the arara rule ghostscript.yaml written by @clemens and @esdd and some lints added by myself, which converts pdf-files into graphic files, like png, using ghostscript.
I set up TeXLive 2018. ...
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Kill pdflatex upon error in TeXworks using Arara
My question is based on another: Make arara close pdflatex upon error
I'm looking for a way to automatically kill the pdflatex process if Arara, used within TeXworks, stumbles upon an error. Right ...
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How to create a meta directive in arara?
I am using arara to automatically compile some tikz images as standalone files. I have a bunch of these figures and they all have the same set of directives
% arara: clean: { extensions: [ aux, bbl, ...
