finalion / vscode-LaTeXCompile

An Visual Studio Code Extension, that compiles .tex to .pdf at location

LaTeX Compile

Compiles .tex to .pdf using commands like "pdflatex", at current file

Requirements

Installed Latex distribution

Programs Like

• Miktex for Windows
• Mactex for OSX

Please note that there is a known issue with MacOSX El Capitan (10.11.x): LaTeX tools are now located in /Library/TeX/texbin instead of /usr/texbin. https://tug.org/mactex/elcapitan.html

How to install

• Install Visual Studio Code
• Open View -> Command Palette... and type ext install latex compile
• Restart Visual Studio Code and select the command "LaTeX: Compile PDF" From the list of files displayed, select a file to open.

Settings

You can configure some settings

• Open the PDF after Compile
• Open the log after Error
• Set the LaTeX compiler to be used (pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex)
• Set a main document to always be the compilation target

//Latex Compile Configuration
	"latexCompile.openAfterCompile": true,
	"latexCompile.openLogAfterError": true,
	"latexCompile.compiler": "xelatex"

Main Document Configuration

A few notes...

• This only works if you have a folder opened
• While you technically can set it globally, this should probably be set with workspace options

.vscode/settings.json:
{
	"latexCompile.mainFile": "myDoc.tex"
}

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request

Issues

• Create Issus
• Include this information:

System information:
OS: ...
LaTex Distribution: ...

Source

Github

Change Log

Version 0.1.0

• Initial commit
• Included path in message
• Added Contribution guide to README.md
• Added Comments

Version 0.2.0

This version happened thanks to a community contribution. Thanks to https://github.com/rashwell

• Added Open After Compile Feature
• Added Configuration option
• Changed the message display to use status bar instead of showInformationMessage

Version 0.3.0

• Added Log file of error
• Added Configuration option to show log file or not
• Changes to instruction, README.md
• Republish
• devDependencies 0.11.x

Version 0.4.0

This version happened thanks to a community contribution. Thanks to https://github.com/caffeinatedangel

• Added compiler option

Version 0.5.0

This version happened thanks to a community contribution. Thanks to https://github.com/caffeinatedangel

• Allows setting of a main document

Version 0.6.0 + 0.6.1

This version happened thanks to a community contribution. Thanks to https://github.com/fachammer

• Compile files with blanks in their paths
• Can goto files on external drive
• Fixed a problem on OSX and Linux where "cd /d" are not possible

Version 0.7.0

This version happened thanks to a community contribution. Thanks to https://github.com/jesege

• Fixed PDF opening on Linux

License

MIT