Features

The features consist in support of various input and ability to create various output, various checks and orchestration and document development.

Input and Output

Supports

  • many output formats like PDF, DVI, HTML, DOCX, RTF, TXT and others
  • document classes including book, article, leaflet, scrlttr2 and beamer; for the latter also beamerarticle
  • many graphical input formats like PNG, MP, FIG, gnuplot and provides a separate goal creating them, grp
  • bibliography, index, glossary and embedded code; in particular split index

Checks

Checks

  • sources with chktex and logs the result in target and goal chk
  • versions of used tools
  • log files detecting errors and warnings
  • whether a document could have been reproduced, by demand

Orchestration and Document Development

Orchestrates various tools, detecting need for execution e.g. of bibtex including rerunfilecheck for lualatex and friends.

Supports document development.

  • Provides goals grp to create graphic files and clr for cleaning up.
  • Cooperates by cooperating with editor, viewer and with other tools in the build chain.
    • Offers installation script for extensions of VS Code.
    • Offers configuration file .chktexrc for chktex.
    • Can create configuration file .latexmkrc for latexmk synchronized with the configuration.
    • Offers a common header file header.tex to unify mainly packages loaded by latex main files.
    • Offers a common header file headerSuppressMetaPDF.tex to keep up security, i.e. privacy quite independent of the tool chain.

Planned Features

  • Support biber replacing bibtex as preferred tool
  • Support xindy replacing makeindex as preferred tool
  • Support bib2gls replacing makeglossary as preferred tool
  • Execute glosstex if needed
  • Usage of the multibib macros

Feature Requests

Feature requests from users are always welcome: write me.