tex2pdf

A Golang package to compile a tex to a PDF by running the xelatex command

Requirements

Install TexLive

tex2pdf calls xelatex command which comes with installation of TexLive. Download and install TexLive("scheme-full" is recommended).
Install minted pacakge and pygments

minted is used for code highlighting. Our test case includes compiling .tex file which uses minted for code highlighting("src/02-usage.tex").
- Download and Install pygments which is required by minted.
- Install minted package if need. TexLive Installation with "scheme-full" includes minted.

Docs

https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/northbright/tex2pdf

Usage

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "log"
        "path/filepath"

        "github.com/northbright/tex2pdf"
)

func main() {
        // Open DEBUG mode if need.
        //tex2pdf.DebugMode = true

        texFile := "src/my_book.tex"

        // Compile a tex file to PDF.
        pdf, err := tex2pdf.Tex2PDF(texFile)
        if err != nil {
                log.Printf("Tex2PDF() error: %v", err)
                return
        }

        fmt.Printf("Tex2PDF OK, output pdf: %v\n", filepath.Base(pdf))

        // Output:
        //Tex2PDF OK, output pdf: my_book.pdf
}