[OS X TeX] LaTexMk (was My files on DropBox)

[David Watson]

On May 19, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:

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> On May 19, 2012, at 4:36 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
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>> On May 19, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Alain Schremmer wrote:
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>>> There are a couple of things I do not understand about LaTeXMk
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>>> (1) Because I am pretty bad at LaTeX, I typeset very, very often, just so that, when I make a mistake, I don't have to undo a long way back to catch the mistake. But then of course LaTexMk doubles the compilation time and so I would like to be able to turn it on and off depending on what I am doing.
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>>> (2) When I activated LatexMk, it did indeed appear in the popup menu right of Typeset but it was unchecked. Yet, it seems to be doing its thing. But wouldn't that have to be the switch? When I checked/unchecked LatexMk in the popup menu it did not seem to make a difference.
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>>> Regards
>>> --schremmer
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>> Howdy,
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>> To see if it will compile using a single pdflatex run try simply using the Typeset->LaTeX (Shift-Cmd-L) menu item
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> Yes, that does it: single pdflatex run. Very nice!!!
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>> (I assume you have `Pdftex' checked rather than `TeX and DVI'). Changing the choice on the popup list won't work since the
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>> % !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk
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>> line in the root file will override that choice.
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> But then why does the fateful line override clicking on LaTeX but not the command Shift-Cmd-L?
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Because the button you click on says "Typeset" and not "LaTeX"

> Curious regards
> --schremmer