Questions tagged [latexmk]
{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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MacVim + Skim + latexmk Setup
How do I setup MacVim + Skim PDF Viewer on macOS? I have searched online for various guides but I end up getting extremely confused. I'm relatively new and have only used Overleaf in the past but due ...
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Tikz externalize doesnt compile pdf when using \tikzset{external/mode=graphics if exists}
Hellow there,
I have set up a minimal multifile example to see how the \tikzexternalize command works.
The file structure is as show below
|-main.tex
|-sec/
|--sec1.tex
|--sec2/tex
|-Graphs/
|--TikZ/...
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how one column can be large in a table
I want to make a table that one of the columns must be fat! could some one fix it?
\begin{table}[!h]\label{Table}
\caption{random symmetrized instances}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{...
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Output *.pdf file to a different directory using latexmk
I'm using latexmk in Visual Studio Code and I'd like to output the .pdf file to the current directory (same directory as the .tex file), while outputting all auxiliary files to a different directory.
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bibtopic with latexmk
When trying to compile the following document using latexmk, I get the following warning:
latexmk -cd -f -pdf -interaction=nonstopmode -synctex=1 minimal.tex
Package bibtopic Warning: Please (re)run ...
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latexmk seems incompatible with standalone package
Is this a bug in latexmk, or perhaps the standalone package, or is it expected behaviour?
If I start with a file containing an error such as too many closing } characters, and compile my latex file ...
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Pythontex: imported .py file sync
I've managed to make Pythontex working with Latexmk, the problem is that whenever I make changes to an included python file, it's old state persists in Latex unless I delete the auxiliary files and ...
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Can latexmk -pvc re-compile when a dependency is modified?
When I run latexmk -pdf -deps, I get a list of files which are my main .tex depedencies.
When I run latexmk -pdf -pvc, I'd like latexmk to re-compile when the main file or a dependency is modified. ...
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Random errors while compiling a large document with LuaLaTeX via Latexmk
I'm working on a rather large (200 pages) document.
Once or twice a day, I get a compile error which references a line that does not exist in my code. That is, the line does exist, but the error ...
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latexmk is unable to compile asymptote's sample document
I am trying to compile the following document, a sligtly modified version of the sample document in chapter 7 of the asymptote documentation (https://asymptote.sourceforge.io/doc/LaTeX-usage.html#...
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File letltxmacro.sky not found
How can i fix this problem?
\documentclass[11pt]{beamer}
\usepackage{datetime}
\usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
\mode<presentation> {
\usetheme{Madrid}
%\usecolortheme{albatross}
}
\...
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Force latexmk to rebuild a specific .tex file
A LaTeX file (rebuild.tex) includes external \write18 commands to rebuild another (a.tex) based on external data sources (e.g., SQL).
However, since rebuild.tex doesn't change, latexmk won't rebuild ...
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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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How to get dependent files for ConTeXt file
I would like to automatically compile a context .tex-file whenever any of the files that it depends on are modified, i.e. the behaviour of latexmk's continuous compilation (latexmk -pvc). I could kind ...
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MacOS : Latexmk together with Pythontex
I am a beginner in Latexmk. Pythontex works fine by typesetting with a shell, but I would like to test also with Latexmk.
I have installed it with TexLive, and I have a lot of rules preinstalled, ...
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Getting latexmk to work with both .tex and .Rnw files
System information
Mint 19.2
latexmk 4.41
pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian)
Goal
I am trying to set up my .latexmkrc configuration so it detects whether the file that is passed ...
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Latex: latexmk -C does not delete temp files created by subfiles
My project at root folder has the following structure:
main.tex
section/methodology.tex
section/discussion.tex
.latexmkrc
Here is the content of my .latexmkrc:
$pdf_mode = 1;
@default_files = ('...
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latexmk and the length of file-name?
I had a file and a file-name of 71 characters, no space-character, several digits and some special 'danish' characters as well. The 'latexmk' processed the file but did not run the 'biber' sufficient ...
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Error related to latexmk when compiling with LaTeX Workshop
I work with LaTeX Workshop in VS Code and have just switched from MikTex to TexLive. But it seems that there is something wrong when I compile with the LaTeX Workshop like this:
The output is as ...
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xdvipdfmx out of memory problem
I am generating a pretty big PDF file (around 1.6 GB) using xelatex:
latexmk -xelatex MyBigTexFile
All seems to go well, but the problem is that when xdvipdfmx is executed I get an out of memory ...
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How do I use a latexmkrc file to allow a standalone document to find the file
I am using LaTex in Overleaf to write my Thesis Proposal and eventually the Disseration. I thought it would be good to have all of these documents (and their presentations) in one project so I wouldn'...
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Trying to build a latex document with latexmk and additional tex files in subdirectory
I am trying to build a complex latex document (at least it's complex for me). The directory structure looks like this:
- bat.tex
- packages.tex
- {other tex files}.tex
- content
-- {chapter folders}
-...
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Differing return values for os.execute when called directly from Lua or from LuaTeX
Consider the following LuaTeX file.
#################################
foo.tex
#################################
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{foo.lua}
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How to compile Overleaf LaTeX template in VS code using LaTeX workshop?
I am trying to compile the following template : https://www.overleaf.com/articles/ismail-shaikhs-business-cv/hwqzkdzjtpcb on VS code version with LaTeX workshop version 8.4.1.
The .tex file compiles ...
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Include all options in .latexmkrc (or similar)
Is there a way to compile in a similar way than make uses the Makefile with latexmk?
What I mean is that I often run latexmk filename -pdf -pvc. Whould there be a way of specifying the filename -pdf -...
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latexmk with glossaries in MS Windows
I am using latexmk and trying to get it to successfully compile the glossaries. I used the script in CTAN (http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/CTAN/support/latexmk/example_rcfiles/glossary_latexmkrc) but it ...
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How do I change the spacing between words in italics/bold/etc?
I have tried to use \fontdimen2\font=0.75ex but that only changes the size of the regular font, while italics and bold retain the same spacing.
I know that I can use something like \fontdimen2\italic=...
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Cross referecing two documents to each other
I have two files which I want to cross-reference to each other. following this latexmk with external references this is what I did. I am compiling in overleaf.
In file 1 I have the following:
\...
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Can I configure latexmk to respect the TS-program directive?
I like latexmk but I use a variety of engines on files in the same folder. I'm trying to write a latexmkrc file that will look in the first few lines of the tex file for something like
% !TEX TS-...
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Have two different master files compiled with AucTeX
I use a template for exercises where I have a ex environnement, and then a sol environnement. Theses files are included in one master file called for instance AF1920_serie4.tex, and in another file ...
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View latexmk output using texmaker's viewer
I am running the following command for latexmk,
latexmk -e "$pdflatex=q/pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode/" %.tex -pvc -pdf
But I get the following error,
"I have not found a ...
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problem in using \usepackage{pgfplots} package
I think I have a problem with using \usepackage{pgfplots} package since when I compile any file latex using pgfplots, it fails with this error:
! Text line contains an invalid character.
l.232 ......
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Passing arguments to xelatex using latexmk
I have a single XeLaTeX source file which can generate two versions of the document depending on whether a certain command sequence testcs exists. I typically have a shell script which generates both ...
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! Missing number, treated as zero. and ! Extra \endcsname Errors using algorithm, algorithmic packages
I have no idea what this error is complaining about or how to fix it. Here is minimum explainable problem:
\documentclass{revtex4-2}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{subfig}
\...
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Can't get the pdf file to be viewed in CodeRunner
I am trying to integrate the latexmk compilation into coderunner on MacOS. However, eventhough it is able to compile it correctly, I can't get the pdf to be previewed in the coderunner app. This is ...
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Latexmk: Disallowing switch of output file as incompatible with file requests
I compile a source code with that command:
$ latexmk -pdf main.tex
Later, I want to clean the folder (indeed, it is part of the make clean rule, but it does not matter).
$ latexmk -C
Latexmk: This ...
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latexmk generates oddly spaced letters
In the following text the words sich and kostenlose have oddly spaced letters in them, specifically i, c and e.
How can I fix this? I am using latexmk version 4.61 and MiKTeX.
Here is my working ...
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latexmk not recording dependent files
I don't know whether I don't understand the working of latexmk's -deps flag or it's not working as supposed.
I'm building a Makefile for typesetting several documents from a single main.tex file (I ...
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add_input_ext generates an error in recent versions of latexmk
I am trying to build a document which depends on some SVG files. I want these SVG files to be converted to PDF, and then the resulting PDF used as inputs to the compilation. For this purpose I have ...
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latexmk unhappy with file that only contains filecontents block
Consider the file
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{stuff.txt}
Some stuff
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
\end{document}
latexmk is unhappy with this ...
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Problem creating pdf output using latexmk
For the last 2 hours I have been struggling to create a pdf output from a .tex file using latexmk. I am following the instructions given in this document for Windows users and all the output files are ...
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Latexmk and missing pdflatex command
Following the guide here and the details provided on the latexmk installation note, I managed to set up a latexmk executable in my bin. Now hopefully this should've meant I was done and ready to ...
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How to get tikzexternalize to typeout the current figure name for use by latexmk?
I am trying to patch tikz-externalize to do a \typeout{figure-0.pdf}(described here) for all figures, so latexmk realizes it is a dependency and runs the following rule
add_cus_dep('md5', 'pdf', 0, '...
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latexmk not working after MiKTeX update
I am using MiKTeX/TeXworks and set latexmk up years ago. It's been working well until yesterday when I updated MiKTeX.
The typesetting routine for latexmk that I use is:
However, now when I try to ...
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latexmk creates multiple .fls files in dropbox
I use the lightweight Gummi Tex editor on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and I'm having a very weird problem. It creates multiple .FLS files automatically when I meet these two conditions:
1 - When I'm working on ...
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Citation is undefined
I have the following:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{titlepage}
\vspace*{\stretch{1.0}}
\begin{center}
\Large\textbf{A Review of Introduction: Ethnicity, Identity and ...
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Tlmgr command not found after install Mac OS
I already looked up all the other questions, which were a bit similar to mine, but it did not help at all.
I just installed the Basic Tex for Mac and tlmgr and latexmk dont work. I also added it to ...
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How do I set XeLaTeX as my default engine?
I use Neovim with the vimtex plugin and latexmk but I want to make it use XeLaTeX by default instead of PDFLaTeX because I have to use fontspec quite often for my college papers. I use TeX Live.
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Definition numbering colon
I have a problem with theorem numbering colon in LaTeX. I can make it dot after definition like this
Definition 1.1.
I want to write definition like this
Definition 1.1:
Help me.
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Latexmkrc to compile several subprojects in a project
We have a project, which consists of several independent documents:
- 01-vision
- vision.tex
- 02-presentation-1
- presentation-1.tex
which we would like to compile with Latexmk.
"We" are two ...
