[OS X TeX] Latexmk 3.21c and epstopdf package support for pdflatex

Javier Elizondo javier_elizondo69 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 2 09:19:14 EDT 2007


Hi everyone,

Is it possible to use Latexmk 3.21c with carbon emacs?
I hope so.

Regards, Javier




--- Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> Here's the info:
> 
> Compiling a tex file that contains cross-references,
> bibliographic  
> references and/or indexes is a multi-pass process;
> i.e., you've got  
> to run (pdf/xe)latex multiple times with possible
> intermediate runs  
> of bibtex and/or makeindex until all references are
> resolved. The  
> latexmk program automates this multi-pass process.
> By default it  
> first runs (pdf/xe)latex on a source file,
> determines file  
> dependencies by examining the log file produced by
> the run and then  
> automatically runs bibtex and/or makeindex, if
> needed, and the  
> correct number of additional runs of (pdf/xe)latex
> to generate the  
> bibliography, index and cross-references. If any of
> the dependecies  
> are updated and latexmk is run it will run the
> correct processes to  
> update the final pdf file. This version of latexmk,
> 3.21c, will also  
> correctly work with the nomencl package as well as
> the glossary or  
> glossaries packages and packages that produce
> multiple bibliographies  
> or indexes (e.g., mutlibib and multind).
> 
> New with the latexmk 3.21c packaging:
> 
> Including eps graphics files directly in pdflatex
> documents requires  
> the use of the epstopdf package. If you have an
> included eps file  
> \emph{and a converted pdf version of the file
> doesn't exist} the  
> epstopdf package converts the eps file into a
> corresponding pdf file  
> using epstopdf). Once the pdf exists the conversion
> no longer takes  
> place, even if the eps file is updated, unless you
> remove the pdf  
> file. The pdflatexmkrc and xelatexmk support files
> for this  
> distribution of latexmk 3.21c now will detect an
> updated eps file,  
> run the conversion to pdf and then re-run pdflatex
> to update the  
> document. Note: the file name in your
> \includgraphics commands should  
> \emph{not} have an extension or latexmk will go into
> a run-on  
> condition (infinity = 6 for latexmk runs).
> 
> I want to thank John Collins for his great work on
> latexmk. It has  
> automated the multi-pass processing of many files
> and saved lots of  
> time for me and hopefully others.
> 
> You can pick up Latexmk321cTeXShop.zip at <http:// 
> homepage.mac.com.herbs2/>.
> 
> I'm sorry for releasing the TeXShop packaging so
> frequently but the  
> changes made by John in successive updates to
> latexmk has opened up  
> so many useful features and I want to get them out
> to the community.
> 
> Coming next should be pdftricks support. It will
> need the [noshell]  
> option set for pdftricks
> (\usepackage[noshell]{pdftricks}) since  
> latexmk will take care of and keep track of the
> external figure file  
> processing. Hopefully pst-pdf support will come too.
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest.com)
> 
> 
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