Allow other compilers, like luatex

JelteF · Mar 15, 2015 · 2f168a5 · 2f168a5
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commit 2f168a5
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pylatex/document.py b/pylatex/document.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def generate_tex(self, filename=''):
         with open(filename + '.tex', 'w') as newf:
             self.dump(newf)
 
-    def generate_pdf(self, filename='', clean=True):
+    def generate_pdf(self, filename='', clean=True, compiler='pdflatex'):
         """Generates a .pdf file.
 
             :param filename: the name of the file
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ def generate_pdf(self, filename='', clean=True):
 
         self.generate_tex(filename)
 
-        command = 'pdflatex --jobname="' + filename + '" "' + filename + '.tex"'
+        command = compiler + ' --jobname="' + filename + '" "' + \
+            filename + '.tex"'
 
         subprocess.check_call(command, shell=True)