[OS X TeX] Does anyone have a LaTeX Makefile?

Jeremy Conlin jlconlin at gmail.com
Wed Sep 29 11:26:16 EDT 2010


On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 9:18 AM, William Adams <will.adams at frycomm.com> wrote:
> On Sep 29, 2010, at 11:02 AM, Jeremy Conlin wrote:
>
>> I am looking for a Makefile for LaTeX so I don't have to make one up
>> myself.  I am particularly interested in one that is smart about when
>> it needs to compile multiple times or if one time is sufficient.
>> Usually, when I'm writing a paper, the bibliography information
>> doesn't change much.  But once in awhile, I will add a new citation
>> and the bibliography will have to be generated again.  Unless a new
>> citation is added I would like the Makefile to only compile LaTeX
>> once, because that is all that is required.
>>
>> Does anyone have such a Makefile?
>
> I believe you want the nifty latexmk --- there should be an engine and documentation for it in:
>
> /Users/<yourusernamehere>/Library/TeXShop/Engines/Inactive/Latexmk
>
> Very, very cool.

Very, very cool indeed.  Thanks for pointing that out to me.  Now I
just need to check out all the options.

Jeremy



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