Use -output-directory=DIR with latexmk
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HI! Thanks for this great bundle!
I wonder if there is the possibility to make the -output-directory
parameter work with latexmk
. If I add the parameter to the options dialog in the Preferences window, it is simply ignored.
If I issue the command latexmk -pdf -output-dir=out file.tex
from the Terminal I obtain the correct output inside the out directory.
Hi teored90,
I wonder if there is the possibility to make the
-output-directory
parameter work withlatexmk
.
currently this is not possible. I like the idea behind the option (keep the project directory clean). However, the way this option works is not that helpful, since latexmk
also saves the output file (.pdf
, .ps
) in output-directory
. For now, I will consider adding this feature sometimes in the future. Since I do not think that the feature is very useful, but requires larger changes to the bundle, it might take some time till I have a look at it.
If I add the parameter to the options dialog in the Preferences window, it is simply ignored.
The options specified in the preferences are for to the engine (pdlfatex
, xelatex
, …) and not for latexmk
. pdflatex
also supports the option -output-directory
. For example the following command
pdflatex -output-directory output test.tex
stores all files in the directory output
. For that to work, the directory output
has to exist beforehand. Since all commands in the LaTeX bundle assume that the output file (.pdf
, .ps
) is located in the same directory as the master file, specifying the option -output-directory output
inside the bundle preferences, will not be very helpful. “Typeset & View (PDF)” will simply fail to display the produced PDF.
If I issue the command
latexmk -pdf -output-dir=out file.tex
from the Terminal I obtain the correct output inside the out directory.
There is a small typo in your command. The option is either called -outdir=
or -output-directory=
.
Kind regards,
René
It would be a nice feature.
A possible hack if you want to watch a file called foo.tex is to set a latexmkrc file as:
$pdf_previewer = 'open -a Skim';
$pdflatex = 'lualatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode';
$out_dir = 'output';
@generated_exts = (@generated_exts, 'synctex.gz');
And then run:
latexmk -quiet -bibtex -pvc -f -pdf foo.tex
Finally you need to make a symbolic link:
ln -s output/foo.pdf foo.pdf
However, it would be better to have a similar feature in latex.tmbundle