latex_show

A small wrapper to view the result of your latex document easy.

This script invoke pdflatex and xpdf.

It' s a bash script, so it will bring its benefit to all the unix/linux-based operating systems.

get an overview by reading the man page and/or source code.

download the script
move it to a place, knowen by $PATH
change the propertys of the Script to executable
shell # chmod 755 latex_show

LATEX_SHOW(1) User Manuals LATEX_SHOW(1) NAME latex_show - run pdflatex, and launche xpdf if pdflatex exit successfully. SYNOPSIS latex_show [ -h ] LATEX_SOURCE DESCRIPTION latex_show is a small wrapper script, to phrase and show your latex file in one step. If you use /etc/bash_completion, it's a god idea to place the following content in a file called /etc/bash_completion.d/latex_show complete -f -X '!*.@(tex|TEX)' latex_show This will help handling the mess of *.tex *.log *.aux and *.pdf EXAMPLES From commandline: latex_show my_letter.tex If you use VIM, you can direct call it without leaving the editor :! latex_show my_letter.tex OPTIONS -h print this help AUTHOR Wulf Coulmann SEE ALSO pdfetex(1) xpdf(1) vim(1) Linux Last change: November 2006


#!/bin/bash
# copyright Wulf Coulmann <scripts at gpl.coulmann dot de>

# GNU GPL  
# http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
# 
# Download me here: http://gpl.coulmann.de/latex_show


USAGE=" Usage: latex_show [ -h ] LATEX_SOURCE" 

case $1 in

       *.tex)
            TEX=$1
            DOK=`echo $TEX |sed s/tex$/pdf/`
            pdflatex $TEX
            if [ $? == 0 ] ; then
                xpdf $DOK &
            fi

       ;; 

       -h | --help | -help)
             cat | less << 'EOD'
 LATEX_SHOW(1)                  User Manuals                  LATEX_SHOW(1)
 
 
 
 
 NAME
      latex_show - run pdflatex, and launche xpdf if pdflatex exit successfully.
 
 SYNOPSIS
      latex_show [ -h ] LATEX_SOURCE 
 
 DESCRIPTION
      latex_show is a small wrapper script, to phrase and show your latex file
      in one step. If you use /etc/bash_completion, it's a god idea to place
      the following content in a file called /etc/bash_completion.d/latex_show

           complete -f -X '!*.@(tex|TEX)' latex_show    
      
      This will help handling the mess of *.tex *.log *.aux and *.pdf 
 
 EXAMPLES
      
      From commandline: 
          latex_show my_letter.tex

      If you use VIM, you can direct call it without leaving the editor
          :! latex_show my_letter.tex

 OPTIONS
      -h   print this help
 
 AUTHOR
      Wulf Coulmann <scripts at gpl.coulmann dot de>
 
 SEE ALSO
      pdfetex(1) xpdf(1) vim(1)
 
 Linux                Last change: November 2006                    
EOD




		exit 0
        ;;

	*)
                echo $USAGE 
                exit 5
        ;;
esac

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