latex-compile

Yet another script to compile your latex documents.

Features

• run pdflatex the right number of times
• also run bibtex/biber when needed
• pretty-print warnings and error messages
• "daemon"-mode: monitors your files and recompile when needed, for near-real-time WYSISWG editing

Design Rationale

• easy-to-use: should not require users to "read the instructions first"
• drop-in replacement for pdflatex: don't slow down the compilation too much
• sane defaults: don't hang when we should exit
• high signal-to-noise ratio: don't be needlessly verbose
• kiss: be readable and easy to extend by others (less than 600 lines)

Installation

• make sure python 3 is installed
• drop latex-compile somewhere in your path
• profit