Please refer to the official guide: NASA-LaTeX-Docs Guide
With this LaTeX package, the formatting is all handled internally so that report developers only need to create their own content following a provided template (or even create their own). If not using a template (example: AIAA or IEEE submission), this package also comes with an incredibly versatile, OS independent, Python build script and Latexmk configuration file for easy document type-setting and warning/error detection.
The build script is located in the following directory and can be used to build any LaTeX document:
nasa-latex-docs/buildPDF.py
It may be invoked through the command line as follows:
python /path/to/buildPDF.py texfile [OPTIONS]
- TeX Live Distribution 2015+ (with latest updates)
- Python 2.6+, Python 3+
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