Template: LaTeX Project

This is a basic template for a LaTeX project, uses latexmk for rendering and a Makefile to build the project.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/aziis98/template-latex

or (I personally prefer) the following

cd /path/to/folder 
git init
git pull --depth=1 https://github.com/aziis98/template-latex

that downloads just the most recent commit (the --depth=1 option) and leaves the remote origin empty.

Layouts

Fow now there is only one extra layout, but as time passes I will add even more

• A4 with two column layout

   cd /path/to/folder 
   git init
   git pull --depth=1 https://github.com/aziis98/template-latex layout-a4-c2

Structure

All source files should be placed in src/, they are copied to the .cache directory, rendered and then main.pdf is copied back into the root of the project.

Usage

To be organized I've recently started using this Makefile to manage LaTeX projects, so just use make, make all or make main.pdf to build the project and generate the output PDF.

The alternative is to run ./watch that uses entr to watch and rerender the PDF when the source files change (and shows a notification with notify-send).

Live reload with entr (just ./watch now)

If you have entr installed you can also have "live reload" on save with

find src/ -type f | entr make

that will automatically rebuild main.pdf.