CTAN update: latexmk
Date: February 4, 2011 6:23:18 PM CET
while i slept (the afternoon sleep of the convalescent), the daemon
cried:
> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
>
> Name of contribution: latexmk
> Author's name: John Collins
> Location on CTAN: support/latexmk
> Summary description: Fully automated LaTeX document generation routine
> License type: gpl
>
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Ver. 4.22e
>
> Fix incorrect error handling in reading initialization files.
> (Sometimes an error was incorrectly detected, when there was in fact no error.)
thanks for the upload; i've installed the new version and tweaked the
catalogue repository.
> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/latexmk.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
> http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latexmk/
The catalogue entry will change (somewhat) overnight tonight.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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) |