TeXWorks

[John Collins]

Peter,

There's no problem to configure TeXWorks to run latexmk.  In the TeXWorks 
Preferences menu, go to the Typesetting tab, and add tools to run latexmk with 
suitable arguments.  Here's what I did:

I added a tool, which I called xelatexmk, configured as follows:
     Program:  latexmk
     Arguments:
              -pdfxe
              -auxdir=.
              -outdir=.
              $synctexoption
              $fullname

Similarly, I added a tool named pdflatexmk, where I use the option -pdf instead 
of -pdfxe.

I put in the -auxdir and -outdir options to override my personal configuration 
that has different settings, which would mean that TeXWorks would not find the 
generated files.

That works on all of macOS, linux, and Windows. Latexmk will handle standard 
bibliographies and standard indexes automatically.  For glossaries, there's 
some configuration needed --- see the latexmk documentation and the example 
configuration files in the texmf-dist/doc/support/latexmk/example_rcfiles 
directory.

John Collins

On 1/10/24 6:45 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:>
> I'm sorry to go off-topic, but before I invest a lot of time, is
> TeXWorks able to detect an author's use of bibliographies, indexes, and
> glossaries, and combine them in a single button? From a brief look, you
> have to process the LaTeX document, then return to the Typeset button
> and pick your bib processor, and then return to the typeset button again
> and pick your processor again. There seems to be some doubt as to
> whether it can be configured to run latexmk, which would possibly solve
> the problem.