runtexfile(1) runtexfile man page runtexfile(1)
NAME
runtexfile - running a LaTeX document and get the command sequence from
the document itself
SYNOPSIS
runtexfile [options] <filename>
DESCRIPTION
This command parses comment lines in a latex document which start with
%! HV and executes the following commands. For example %! HV lualatex
--shell-escape In this case the <filename> given by the script will be
used.
OPTIONS
-h,--help
obvious ... :-)
-V,--version
obvious ... :-)
-v,--verbose
Give more informations into a log file
<filename>
Must be the name of the main LaTeX document without the
extension if it is .tex.
EXAMPLES
$ runtexfile test2
runs the testfile test2.tex
voss>examples:$ runtexfile test2
runtexfile version 0.02
Main file: test2
Filename = test2
running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
Filename = test2
running: biber test2
Filename = test2
running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
Filename = test2
running: xindex test2
Special filename = test2.vwx
running: xindex --config DIN2 -l DE -o test2.vwd test2.vwx
Special filename = test2.dbx
running: xindex --config DIN2 -l DE -o test2.dbd test2.dbx
Filename = test2
running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
Filename = test2
running: lualatex --interaction=nonstopmode --shell-escape test2
See also
See runtexfile-doc.pdf for more details
BUGS
No known bugs.
AUTHOR
Herbert Voss (hvoss@tug.org)
LICENSE
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this software
under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3.
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