[Tex/LaTex] How to do the ‘latex bibtex latex latex’ compiling using Windows without the command line?

automationcompilingwindows

I'm using LaTeX and JabRef on Windows. I set up my bibliography database and cited references in my LaTeX document. However, I do not know how to use the command line on Windows to do the 'latex bibtex latex latex' compile. So my question is: How can I do the 'latex bibtex latex latex' compiling using Windows without the command line?

Best Answer

Try adding this line in the preamble of your document:

\immediate\write18{bibtex \jobname}

It runs bibtex every time you typeset your document.

It has the advantage that it doesn't need separate run of bibtex, but with the disadvantage that it runs bibtex even when it is not required: not every time it is necessary to run bibtex, but only when a new citation or change in citation order happens.

Beware that shell-escape needs to be enabled for this code to perform. shell-escape is enabled via

pdflatex -shell-escape filename.tex

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] How to view pdf on Windows 7 using Vim with latexsuite plugin

Have you tried this site: http://william.famille-blum.org/blog/static.php?page=static081010-000413 ?

It has various editors and how to configure them, and at the end of the page there is a link for a zipped package for vim. This is what I m using. Just follow the instructions inside the zip and you'll be good to go!

[Tex/LaTex] How to use the Vim LaTeX-Suite multiple compile option with BibTeX and the -aux-directory option

There are several tools which can can help you.

arara

The cool tool arara provides several rules to specify all compilation steps from inside the document.

For example you want to compile with pdflatex+bibtex+pdflatex you need the following lines in the preamble of the main document:

% arara: pdflatex
% arara: bibtex
% arara: pdflatex

After this specifications you can compile your document with

arara myfile.tex

Options to the rules can be given too.

% arara: pdflatex: { options: { -aux-directory=auxdir }  }
% arara: bibtex: { files: [auxdir/filename1, auxdir/filename2] }

TrY

Another but equal method is the tool TrY. It works only for Unix systems and instead of rules you can type complete small scripts.

The adapted example from above with TrY is:

%$ pdflatex myfile.tex
%$ bibtex myfile.aux
%$ pdflatex myfile.tex

and the compilation step is:

try myfile.tex

Best Answer

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] How to view pdf on Windows 7 using Vim with latexsuite plugin

[Tex/LaTex] How to use the Vim LaTeX-Suite multiple compile option with BibTeX and the -aux-directory option

Related Question