[Ques]: Keep the working dir clean?

[niksingh710]

The compilation process generates multiple files but is there any way to keep the working dir clean? like telling the compiler to store the temp file in /tmp or somewhere else?

and keeping the pdf file only?

[Felipe-9]

you can set aux_dir = ".build" for example, the compiler will create the dir and send all auxiliary tex files to it, keeping only the tex, pdf and synctex.gz file on the current directory.

add this to your vimtex.lua config inside init = function() ... end:

vim.g.vimtex_compiler_latexmk = {
  aux_dir = ".build" -- you can set here whatever name you desire
}

[lervag]

What @Felipe-9 said - and it's the only good solution in my opinion. 🤷🏻