LATEX TEMPLATE using VSC

This repository shows how to use latex on Visual Studio Code. I used a custom simple latex template

You can find a more extended documentation here

Requirements & installation

Tested on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, 18.04) and Windows 10. Just download the right texlive file on https://ctan.javinator9889.com/systems/texlive/tlnet/ depending on your OS and then set the path properly.

Linux (Ubuntu)

1. Download tex live --> http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz

2. Unzip --> tar zxvf install-tl-unx.tar.gz

3. Install sudo ./install-tl (While installing select option I)

This may take some time (around 45min in my case)

4. Add the following to ~/.bashrc:

#==============
# Latex
#==============
export MANPATH="/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/man:$MANPATH"
export INFOPATH="/usr/local/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/doc/info:$INFOPATH"
export PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2021/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"

5. [VSC] Install extension LaTeX Workshop in VSC

Windows (10)

1. Download tex live --> https://ctan.javinator9889.com/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-windows.exe

2. Install using executable

This may take some time

3. Install Miktek --> https://miktex.org/download

Usage

From terminal

This is only necessary in case you want to use latex from terminal and compile changes that way. In that case you can make use of the Makefile created for that purpose.

Linux (Ubuntu)

Go to ~/path_to_this_project/latex_vsc on terminal:

1. Compile

make

This will generate all files inside out/ folder

2. In case you want to remove all files in out folder

make clean-linux

Windows (10)

Windows cannot use make but in case you have Visual Studio you can use nmake.

1. Find where inside the Visual Studio folder you have place the nmake

2. Copy that path in the Windows Global environment path

3. Go to the project and Compile:

nmake

4. In case you want to remove all files in out folder

make clean-windows

Using Visual Studio Code

This is the simplest case scenario. In this case, you can totally work with your latex project using Latex-workshop extension.

Open Visual Studio Code and go to Latex Workshop settings, modify Out Dir option:

1. This is the default state

2. This is how it should be

This is the only settings you need to change. Once this is done you can work on your project and test your changes live using the following buttons:

Example:

From now on, every time you save your changes you will see that automatically applied on the pdf on your right