add shell-escape in comunity edition

[metal3d]

Hello

Is there a way to tell pdflatex to use -shel-escape options ? I tried to change the LatexCompiler options in source but, even if I restart container, the option won't be use (using minted says that the option is not set)

Thanks

[vagnum08]

Hi,

I also had this problem with minted. I tried changing the _pdflatexCommand in LatexRunner.js and it worked.

Security wise is not the best solution, but if you really want to add shell escape to pdflatex you can do the following.

Enter into the running ShareLatex container using:

 docker exec -it CONTAINER_NAME bash

Then using an editor, let's say vi, and edit /var/www/sharelatex/clsi/app/js/LatexRunner.js
Go to line 66 and change the _pdflatexCommand from

_pdflatexCommand: function(mainFile) {
return LatexRunner._latexmkBaseCommand.concat(["-pdf", "-e", "$pdflatex='pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=batchmode %O %S'", Path.join("$COMPILE_DIR", mainFile)]);
  }

to

_pdflatexCommand: function(mainFile) {
return LatexRunner._latexmkBaseCommand.concat(["-pdf", "-e", "$pdflatex='pdflatex -synctex=1 -shell-escape -interaction=batchmode %O %S'", Path.join("$COMPILE_DIR", mainFile)]);
}

Then exit from the container and restart it.

Similarly you can add -shell-escape to any other compiler by changing the corresponding function.

Hope this helps.
Cheers

[metal3d]

No news... ?

@vagnum08 that's what I did, it works - so I overrided the docker image to do this. But really, the community version should add this option

[Gibbus2]

This is still not fixed..? LatexRunner.js have changed so I don't think I can use the fix suggested by @vagnum08...

[mserranom]

We’ve merged this repository into https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf, so we’re closing all of its issues and will archive it. If this is still a problem, please open a new issue on https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf . Thanks!