FindLatexmk

A cmake module to locate latexmk and provide a function to add a LaTeX document to the build. The goal of this module is to provide a cmake interface similar to add_executable or add_library where one specified the TARGET followed by the sources This would let latexmk do what it does and manage the main LaTeX dependencies while providing a cmake-like interface. The pie in the sky interface would be

add_document(main.pdf main.tex [input1.tex input2.tex ...])

However, this it not practical as the exact output can be customized via the latexmkrc (not limited to specifying the PDF generation via pdflatex, lualatex, or xelatex). This module aims to add a proper cmake target assuming the user has not added too many customizations to their latexmkrc.

Installation

Use cmake to generate the FindLatexmk.cmake and then place it on the cmake search path (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH) and the add find_package(Latexmk) to you CMakeLists.txt. Alternatively, you can place the FindLatexmk.cmake in your project and then include it in your CMakeLists.txt.

Usage

License

Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 2-Clause License. See the module source for details.

Change Log

Unreleased

Changed

• Moved development to trunk

0.2 - 2021-04-24

Added

• Rudimentary tests to check the correct output is generated
• A website

Changed

• Generate the target based on the engine instead of from the command
• Moved the usage to a separate file
• Use cmake to generate the final module file

Fixed

• Corrected check for Latexmk_DIR

0.1 - 2020-09-05

• Functional release