Re: [Docutils-users] utilities to run latex

[Ben F. <big...@be...>]

Paul Tremblay <pht...@ig...> writes:

> I could not get the first utility [LaTeX-Mk] to work with pdf. I
> copied the example Makefile, but when I ran make pdf it told me
> nothing needed to be done for pdf. It could produce a dvi file. What
> is the purpose of using this utility when you have to add the extra
> step of creating a Makefile?

Presumably the benefit is to those who are familiar with creating
Makefiles, but not with the LaTeX software; yet who nevertheless need
to work with LaTeX documents, perhaps only as an intermediary format.

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