[OS X TeX] Updated latexmk engines

[S P Suresh]

Hi Herb,

The new version exhibits the proper behaviour, both when not changing  
anything in the sources and changing only an included file. Thanks.

Cheers,
Suresh

S P Suresh
Chennai Mathematical Institute
India



On 7 June, at 9:35 , Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Jun 7, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
>>
>> Am 07.06.2007 um 18:30 schrieb Herbert Schulz:
>>
>>> Let me add that normal latexmk behavior wouldn't compile at all  
>>> if only a included file was changed. This is what started the  
>>> original request.
>>
>> Is there no way to simulate a 'make depend' with latexmk? This  
>> could solve the problem that latexmk "does not see" that some  
>> included file has changed ...
>>
>> Another option would be to rename the original LaTeX root file and  
>> pass a copy to latexmk. At the end, no matter whether the run was  
>> successful or not, the copy can be removed and the renamed file  
>> can be renamed to its original name ...
>>
>> --
>> Greetings
>>
>>   Pete
>
> Howdy,
>
> You're quicker than I am! :-)
>
> I've experimented with -i option for latexmk which does exactly  
> that! I've changed the engine files (yet again!? Sigh...) so that  
> there is no `touch` command (to force the compile) but added the -i  
> option to the latexmk call in the engine file and it all seems to  
> work: changes to a root or included file will force a compile while  
> latexmk will not compile if there are no changes. I guess I thought  
> the -i option was on by default and just wasn't ``working.'' John  
> Collins, the author/maintainer of latexmk, is much smarter than I am!
>
> Update to the latest engines by downloading LatexmkTeXShop.zip from  
> <http://homepage.mac.com/herbs2/>.
>
> Please test this out and let me know both whether it works or not  
> for you. Hopefully this is the correct solution.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
>
>
>
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