tex-makefile

Useful makefile for (relatively) big LaTeX projects with automatic generation of graphics from SVG and TEX files (i.e. Inkscape or Circuitikz documents). Can be launched from any IDE (like TeXstudio) with small set-up.

Usage

1. Create a project folder and put makefile in it.
2. If you make use of included .tex portions, add subfolders to TEX_DIR variable
3. Launch $ make tree to create folder tree
4. Put main document in project root and call it main.tex (or manually edit makefile)
5. Put raster images in img/rasters
6. Put image projects in img/originals (i.e. .SVG, .TEX, ...). Note: for .TEX images is suggested the standalone document class.
7. Do $ make and wait. You'll find the document in build/main.pdf

Configuration for TeXstudio

1. Open settings (Option > Configure TeXstudio);
2. In Build menu add new user command (writing make build/?m.pdf | txs:///view), in additional paths add build folder for log and PDF files. Then save;
3. Open again settings. In Shortcuts search for user command in Menus>Tools>User then bind with a custom shortkey
4. Save, close TeXstudio.

Further improvements

• generate raster files from .xcf GIMP files
• adapt to work with windows