[texworks] inconsistens because of help-files?

[Herbert Schulz]

On Aug 20, 2011, at 9:32 AM, Per Ting wrote:

> Can latexmk go through both bibtex and makeindex via dvi>ps>pdf path and keep two-way synchronization between source and pdf file? What are the correct settings for this under preferences>typesetting on texworks 0.5 r862 under windows 7.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> On 8/20/2011 9:48 AM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>> On Aug 20, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Joseph Wright wrote:
>> 
>>> On 20/08/2011 10:43, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote:
>>>> [1] I never use BibTeX, and almost never use LaTeX, but I seem
>>>> to recall that if you use BibTeX then you may need the following
>>>> sequence before the output will be correct :
>>>> 
>>>> 	LaTeX / LaTeX / BibTeX / LaTeX
>>>> 
>>>> Others more knowledgeable than I in such matters may well wish
>>>> to correct any inadvertent errors of fact.
>>> The order is LaTeX / BibTeX / LaTeX / LaTeX, unless you use biblatex
>>> where it's simply LaTeX / BibTeX / LaTeX.
>>> -- 
>>> Joseph Wright
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Or use latexmk and it's all taken care of for you (with the right configuration file(s)).
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

Yes it can! You do need Perl but I thought that TeX Live supplied a Perl for Windows. I'm on a Mac so just don't know.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)