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3 Most LaTeX compilers need to be re-run several times in several
4 commonly occurring situations in order to get a final camera ready copy.
5 For example, when <code class="literal">\label</code>'s change, when new
6 <code class="literal">\cite</code> commands are added etc. If the target format
7 you are compiling to requires multiple compilations, then you will
8 need to include the format in the
9 <code class="literal">g:Tex_MultipleCompileFormats</code> setting. This is a
10 comma separated string of formats which need multiple compilations to
11 be generated correctly.
12 </p><p>
13 By default, this setting contains just the <code class="literal">dvi</code>
14 format. If you use the <code class="literal">pdflatex</code> compiler to generate
15 <code class="literal">pdf</code> files, then you might want to also include
16 <code class="literal">pdf</code> into the above setting.
17 </p><p>
18 For every format included in the
19 <code class="literal">g:Tex_MultipleCompileFormats</code> setting described
20 above, Latex-Suite will use the following logic to generate the file. Note
21 that although the following description uses <code class="literal">latex</code>
22 to refer to the compiler, it could be some other compiler such as
23 <code class="literal">pdflatex</code> for generating <code class="literal">pdf</code>
24 output.
25 </p><p>
26 </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li>If there was a <code class="literal">.idx</code> file, then remember
27 its contents.</li><li>Run <code class="literal">latex</code>.</li><li>If the <code class="literal">.idx</code> file changed due to the latex
28 compiler, then run <code class="literal">makeindex</code> to redo the
29 <code class="literal">.ind</code> file and then remember to rerun latex.
30 </li><li><p>
31 If the <code class="literal">.aux</code> file generated by the latex
32 compiler contains a <code class="literal">\bibdata</code> line, then it
33 means that we are using a <code class="literal">.bib</code> file. Therefore,
34 run <code class="literal">bibtex</code>.
35 </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
36 This means that we will always run <code class="literal">bibtex</code>
37 whenever we use the <code class="literal">\bibliography</code> command
38 whether or not we actually need to. At this time, Latex-Suite does not
39 parse the <code class="literal">.aux</code> file before and after the latex
40 compiler to see if we are required to rerun
41 <code class="literal">bibtex</code>.
42 </p></div></li><li>
43 If the <code class="literal">.bbl</code> file changes because of this, then
44 remember to rerun latex again.
45 </li><li>Also, we check to see if the LaTeX compiler gives certain
46 standard warnings which notify that we need to compile once again. In
47 this case also, remember to rerun LaTeX.</li><li>If we found we had to rerun latex, then we repeat
48 the steps above but not running <code class="literal">makeindex</code> or
49 <code class="literal">bibtex</code> again.</li></ol></div><p>
50 </p><p>
51 The LaTeX file is compiled atmost 5 times using this logic. These
52 steps will ensure that on most platforms/environments, you will get a
53 clean output with all the cross-references, citations etc correctly
54 labelled and ordered.
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