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grunt-latex

v1.0.0

Published

A Grunt plugin to run LaTeX-related tasks.

Downloads

11

Readme

grunt-latex

Compile LaTeX documents using pdflatex and other latex engines.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-latex --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-latex');

The "latex" task

Prerequisites

For this plugin to work, you need to have a LaTeX distribution installed that comes with the pdflatex command line application. Common LaTeX distributions are:

From version 0.2.0, it is also possible to set the engine parameter to use other commands than pdflatex, for example lualatex. Please note that not all options may be supported by other engines.

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named latex to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  latex: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  }
});

Options

Currently, a few of pdflatex' command line options are supported. If you have the need for more, don't hesitate to file an issue on Github.

options.interaction

Type: String
Default value: 'nonstopmode'

Sets the interaction mode; can be 'nonstopmode', 'batchmode', 'scrollmode' or 'errorstopmode'.

options.draftmode

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

If true, the task will run in draft mode, e.g. no output PDF will be generated.

options.haltOnError

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

If true, the task will stop processing at the first error.

options.outputDirectory

Type: String
Default value: .

Specifies the directory to write files into.

options.outputFormat

Type: String
Default value: 'pdf'

Specifies the output format. Can be either 'pdf' or 'dvi'.

options.auxDirectory

MiKTex only! (gracefully ignored in other distributions, afaik)
Type: String
Default value: not set

Specifies a folder to store auxiliary files, so that the source/output folder does not get polluted.

options.engine

Type: String
Default value: 'pdflatex'

Allows you to set an alternative binary, instead of pdflatex, e.g. lualatex. Alternative binaries may not support all other options, so use at your own risk.

options.jobname

Type: String
Default value: not set

Set a job name (rename the output files). Warning: Don't use this option on multiple source files if they are in the same folder! Because they all have the same jobname, they will subsequently overwrite each other's output.

options.shellEscape

Type: Boolean
Default value: false

Enable \write18{SHELL COMMAND}. Among other uses, it is sometimes necessary for epstopdf to work properly.

Usage Examples

Default Options

The most simple way to use grunt-latex is to specify only the source LaTeX files to be compiled.

grunt.initConfig({
  latex: {
    src: ['document.tex']
  },
});

Custom Options

You can set task-specific options, but you can also define different targets with target-specific options.

grunt.initConfig({
  latex: {
    options: {
      haltOnError: 'true'
    },
    pdf_target: {
      options: {
        outputDirectory: 'dest/pdf'
      },
      src: ['document.tex']
    },
    dvi_target: {
      options: {
        outputDirectory: 'dest/dvi',
        outputFormat: 'dvi'
      },
      src: ['document.tex']
    }
  }
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

  • 1.0.0 Proper semver
  • 0.2.0 Multi-engine support
  • 0.1.0 Initial release