texmf

This repo stores all the LaTeX files that I use for every article/project. This repo should be particularly useful to reproduce the same .pdf outputs without too many migraines when trying to compile from another machine.

It also has the unique .bib file that I will keep using and updating here.

I should check that the class (.cls) and bibliographic-style (.bst) files required by journals are up to date.

The texmf/ directory and the following tree were manually created (and did not came to life just by installing TexLive). That is, I had to build the tree below (using mkdir) and copy/download the files myself from the command-line interface (CLI).

Tree:

texmf
├── bibtex
│   ├── bib
│   │   └── all_my_references_BP.bib
│   └── bst
│       └── agufull08.bst
└── tex
    └── latex
        └── local
            └── agujournal.cls

The texmf directory should be located in ~/Library

To Do

• Test on other machines
• Test multiple .bst files
• Test multiple .cls files

Notes

The directory tree of a LaTeX article should be like below, and authors should open the manuscript where it is (i.e., cd to where manuscript.tex is). Do not have a subdirectory for the manuscript! This is because when compiling, epstopdf only has the right to write in subfolders (e.g., cannot write in ../figures) and will only be able to convert .eps to .pdf if the current working directory is parent to the figures/ directory.

.
├── figures
│   ├── ... (pdf converted files)
│   ├── figure_1_for_example-eps-converted-to.pdf
│   └── figure_1_for_example.eps
├── ... (auxiliary files, .pdf, .aux, .log, .etc)
└── manuscript.tex

Cheat Sheet for my vim/skim setup for LaTeX

If all is installed correctly:

• gvim for editor
• skim for viewer
• vimtex plugin for LaTeX stuff

I should be able to do the following:

Backward search

In skim, press CMD-SHIFT-click and gvim should point to the corresponding point in the .tex. (You need to set up the "sync" settings in Skim properly for that — Instructions for the setting are in the vimtex help, accessible from vim via :h vimtex)

Forward search

In gvim, when in normal mode (not in insert mode) press ,r and skim should point to the corresponding point in the .pdf.