Maketex

maketex : Makefile and auxiliary scripts for automated LaTeX processing

FEATURES:

• Automatic identify master .tex file
• Use RE to automatically identify included tex, bib, and figs
• Use RE to automatically identify citation table and partial .bib file from a master file
• Tries to be as self-contained with simple sh tool (greg, sed, awk) as possible

SOME USAGES:

• Add the following line to the beginning of your Makefile (see Makefile_tex for example):

  include maketex_defs.mk
  all : $(TARGET_PDF) $(TARGET_DVI) $(TARGET_PS)

• To make all master files, add to Make file:

    make all
  

• To make a specific pdf (or dvi or ps) file:

    make maintex.pdf
  

• To see dependency information run:

    make depinfo
  

• To see citation information run:

    make citeinfo
  

ADVANCED USAGE:

1. Specify FIGS_PATH_PREFIX if figures are located in another location, e.g.: FIGS_PATH_PREFIX='figures/' make

2. Specify MAINBIB environment variable to automatic generation of partial bib list. Suppose main.bib is a large BibTeX database that has a lot of entries, only a handful of which is cited in a particular .tex file. In the tex file, you can have the line: \bibliography{partial} then run MAINBIB='main.bib' make partial.bib to generate a bibfile that contains only those entries from main.bib that the including tex file cites.

WHAT WORKS AND HOW IT WORKS:

Including maketex_defs.mk gives user access to the following MACROS:

1. MASTER_TEX: List of master tex file in current directory. They are *.tex file in the current directory that contains the command \documentclass[OPTS]{CLS}.

2. TARGET_PDF TARGET_DVI TARGET_PS: LaTeX target of various format. They are $(MASTER_TEX) files with substituted suffix and the following phony targets:

   • depinfo Display all dependency information under current directory
   • citeinfo Display all citation information under current directory

Each item in TARGET_{PDF,DVI,PS} are also Make target that when their prerequisites are modified, make will

1. Run latex/pdflatex and bibtex on the corresponding master tex file

2. Scan the output log for warning regarding missing label/citation and repeat step 1 upto 4 times.

WHAT DOESN'T WORK (TO DO LIST)

• There cannot be two master tex file that cites the same partial list generated using MAINBIB environment variable. One of them will overwrite the other!

• Currently only a single static \graphicspath{%} is allowed and must be specified manually.