CTAN update: latexmk
Date: June 24, 2009 11:56:35 AM CEST
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Jim Hefferon
Saint Michael's College
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:
Name of contribution: latexmk
Author's name: John Collins
Location on CTAN: /support/latexmk
Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine V. 4.08
License type: gpl
Announcement text:
This version corrects problem caused by MikTeX 2.7 writing log files containing binary characters, including ctrl/Z. When latexmk reads the log file to get dependency information, a ctrl/Z causes a premature end-of-file condition. On MS-Win, latexmk now reads the log file in binary mode.
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
This version corrects problem caused by MikTeX 2.7 writing log files containing binary characters, including ctrl/Z. When latexmk reads the log file to get dependency information, a ctrl/Z causes a premature end-of-file condition. On MS-Win, latexmk now reads the log file in binary mode.
This package is located at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/latexmk . More information is at http://tug.ctan.org/pkg/latexmk (if the package is new it may take a day for that information to appear). We are supported by the TeX Users Group http://www.tug.org . Please join a users group; see http://www.tug.org/usergroups.html .
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) |