Recompile latex images as needed

[siefkenj]

Some tex images require multiple compilations before they reach their "finished" form. Automatically recompiling as necessary is handled by tools like latexmk. It seems that PreTeXt, however, does not do this.

Is this feature missing, or is there a flag that needs to be set? (I have some images which need to be compiled 3 times to reach their final form).

[rbeezer]

We only compile the main document twice, while tcolorbox can require three passes. So this needs some thought. I guess a LaTeX-specific instruction on 'latex-image" would not be such a strange thing?

[rbeezer]

Jason - can you provide an example here, hopefully one that does not require too many preamble-type additions? Thanks.

On March 12, 2024 5:50:21 PM PDT, Rob Beezer @.***> wrote:

We only compile the main document twice, while tcolorbox can require three passes. So this needs some thought. I guess a LaTeX-specific instruction on 'latex-image" would not be such a strange thing?

[siefkenj]

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{letterpaper,total={340pt,9.0in}}
%% Custom Page Layout Adjustments (use publisher page-geometry)
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\lt}{<}
\newcommand{\gt}{>}
\newcommand{\amp}{&}
\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}
\resizebox{\width}{\height}{
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node{
    $\begin{bNiceArray}{ccc|cc}[
    code-before={\cellcolor{LimeGreen!72}{1-1,2-2,3-3}\cellcolor{NavyBlue!72}{1-2,2-3,3-4}\cellcolor{CornflowerBlue!72}{1-3,2-4,3-5}}
    ]
    3 & 4 & 0 & 1 & 4 \\
    -2 & 3 & 1 & -2 & 3 \\
    0 & 2 & 1 & 0 & 2
    \end{bNiceArray}$
};
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\end{document}

[siefkenj]

I looked at the latexmk source code. It looks in the log file for a line containing Rerun to get (This is a substring of, LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have changed. Rerun to get cross-references right.). If that line is present, it will recompile.

I think pretext should follow the same convention when compiling images. Then no guesswork should be needed.

[rbeezer]

Closed via #2142