From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9bastien_Vauban?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] Compiling multiple times the LaTeX output Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:55:43 +0200 Message-ID: <87vd5njhm8.fsf@mundaneum.com> References: <87zkv0pqyi.fsf@mundaneum.com> <87r5gcshnf.fsf@noorul.maa.corp.collab.net> <874od7uzsa.fsf_-_@mundaneum.com> <30671.1285861145@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Hi Nick, Nick Dokos wrote: > S=C3=A9bastien Vauban wrote: >> Noorul Islam K M wrote: >> > S=C3=A9bastien Vauban writes: >> >> I've been taught of a weird observation: the page number indicated in >> >> the TOC of a PDFLaTeX output is wrong by one page... >> > >> > Quoting from source code >> > >> > (defcustom org-latex-to-pdf-process >> > '("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f" >> > "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f") >> > "Commands to process a LaTeX file to a PDF file. >> > This is a list of strings, each of them will be given to the shell >> > as a command. >>=20 >> Attached my proposed patch for fixing this, regarding the TOC error (nee= ded a >> third compilation). Here, as many compilations as necessary are run, up = to >> when LaTeX confirms the result is stable (no message "please re-run..."). > > I don't know if that's still the case, but there were (rare) situations > where that would *never* happen: LaTeX would oscillate between two differ= ent > states of output, so you always needed to do one more compilation. The on= ly > fix was to rearrange the *input* sligthly to try to get LaTeX out of its > rut. In years of LaTeX use, that's something that I never have had to play with.= I think such experiences are close to 0 in one full LaTeX live. Though, yes, = it can happen. > It may be wise to limit the number of compilations to 3 (but perhaps make= it > configurable, so that it can be increased if necessary). Nice idea. I'll try to see if I can come up with something like that. Best regards, Seb --=20 S=C3=A9bastien Vauban _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode