CTAN update: latexmk
Date: April 18, 2020 9:02:41 PM CEST
John Collins submitted an update to the
latexmk
package.
Version number: 4.69a 2020-04-17
License type: gpl2
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation
Announcement text:
Add -E option to default command for xdvipdfmx, to match call made by xetex. This forces xdvipdfmx to always try to embed fonts. Add -MSWinBackSlash -MSWinBackSlash- options (and corresponding configuration variable $MSWin_back_slash) to control whether directory separator '\' is used for filenames on command line for called programs under MSWin. -MSWinBackSlash- needs to be used when TeXLive is used on MSWin and the TeX filename includes a directory component. When command-line-specified tex file not found, test for cusdep to make it, then try kpsewhich, and only if all 3 fail report an error. Various minor improvements and bug fixes.
This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexmk More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau --
Add -E option to default command for xdvipdfmx, to match call made by xetex. This forces xdvipdfmx to always try to embed fonts. Add -MSWinBackSlash -MSWinBackSlash- options (and corresponding configuration variable $MSWin_back_slash) to control whether directory separator '\' is used for filenames on command line for called programs under MSWin. -MSWinBackSlash- needs to be used when TeXLive is used on MSWin and the TeX filename includes a directory component. When command-line-specified tex file not found, test for cusdep to make it, then try kpsewhich, and only if all 3 fail report an error. Various minor improvements and bug fixes.
This package is located at http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latexmk More information is at http://www.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk CTAN is run entirely by volunteers and supported by TeX user groups Please join a user group or donate to one, see https://ctan.org/lugs
Thanks for the upload. For the CTAN Team Ina Dau --
latexmk – Fully automated LaTeX document generation
Latexmk completely automates the process of generating a LaTeX document. Given the source files for a document, latexmk issues the appropriate sequence of commands to generate a .dvi, .ps, .pdf or hardcopy version of the document.
An important feature is the preview continuous
mode
, where the script watches all of the source files
(primary file and included TeX and graphics files), and reruns
LaTeX, etc., whenever a source file has changed. Thus a previewer
can offer a display of the document’s latest state.
| Package | latexmk |
| Version | 4.88 2026-03-09 |
| Copyright | 1998–2025 John Collins |
| Maintainer | John Collins Evan McLean (inactive) David J. Musliner (inactive) |