[Vim-latex-devel] Re: compiler rules

[Hermitte L. <her...@fr...>]

* On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 12:36:01AM -0500, Benji Fisher <be...@me...> wrote:
> >The dependancies for several compilation chains are managed, and the
> >compilation done.
> >    tex-->dvi-->ps ; 
> >       latex + dvips 
> >    tex-->pdf ; 
> >       pdflatex
> >    tex-->dvi-->ps-->pdf
> >       latex + dvips -Ppdf  + pspdf
> >Plus support of bibtex and makeindex if needed.
> >[The user can also choose pdftex, etex, epdflatex, ...]
>      Does that mean that you run latex; latex; bibtex; latex if 
> necessary?  (Or is is latex; bibtex; latex; latex ?)

I check the main loop for tex->dvi/pdf ...

1- if there exist a .idx file, makeindex is run, (a backup for the old
one beeing made)
2- On the first passage in 2-, if there is '\bibdata' in the .aux file,
   bibtex is run 
3- if is there exists a .bbl file, it is backuped
4- run e\=\(pdf\)\=\(la\)=tex
5- same as 2-
6- checks if the .log file ask for a rerun (not always correctly
   working) and check if the .idx has changed ; if either requires it,
   goto 1-

hum... may be I should delete 2- and change 6- to check the need of
re-running based of bibtex changes.

-- 
Luc Hermitte