Bug#350336: ITP: latex-mk -- tool for managing LaTeX projects
Rafael Laboissiere wrote:
LaTeX-Mk is a collection of Makefile fragments and shell scripts for
managing small to large sized LaTeX projects. The typical LaTeX-Mk
input file is simply a series of variable definitions in a Makefile
for the project. After creating a simple Makefile the user can easily
perform all required steps to do such tasks as: preview the document,
print the document, or produce a PDF file. LaTeX-Mk will keep track
of files that have changed and how to run the various programs that
are needed to produce the output.
I did not know about this software. It seems very interresting. But,
as far as I can see, you still need to explicitely declare your
dependencies (ie your bib file, your multiple input files for one
document, ...).
I wrote some Makefiles to do the same, but I also use a LaTeX package
of my own to automaticaly track the dependencies while building the
document (similar to the -MM flags of gcc). Most of the time, my LaTeX
Makefile contain only one line:
include LaTeX.mk
I planned to include my work in Debian, however I never take the time
to cleanup the variable names and improve the documentation.
Nevertheless, you can be interesting by looking at my work. If you
want, all is available here :
http://dept-info.labri.fr/~danjean/deb.html#latex-utils
Best regards,
Vincent
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