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-rw-r--r--plugins/texcompile.lua15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/texcompile.lua b/plugins/texcompile.lua
index f860503..000ce6c 100644
--- a/plugins/texcompile.lua
+++ b/plugins/texcompile.lua
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@ local keymap = require "core.keymap"
-- view_command = "evince",
-- }
--
--- On windows you may use the full path for the commands like:
+-- as long as the commands are in your PATH.
+--
+-- On Windows, if the commands are not in your PATH, you may use the full path
+-- of the executable like, for example:
--
-- config.texcompile = {
--- latex_command = [[c:\miktex\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe]],
--- view_command = [[c:\miktex\miktex\bin\x64\miktex-texworks.exe]],
+-- latex_command = [[C:\miktex\miktex\bin\x64\pdflatex.exe]],
+-- view_command = [[C:\Program^ Files\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe]],
-- }
--
+-- Note that in the example we have used "^ " for spaces that appear in the path.
+-- It is required on Windows for path or file names that contains space characters.
command.add("core.docview", {
["texcompile:tex-compile"] = function()
@@ -32,12 +37,12 @@ command.add("core.docview", {
local texpath = common.dirname(core.active_view:get_filename())
local pdfname = texname:gsub("%.tex$", ".pdf")
- -- LaTeX compiler - is there any provided by the environment
+ -- LaTeX compiler as configured in config.texcompile
local texcmd = config.texcompile and config.texcompile.latex_command
local viewcmd = config.texcompile and config.texcompile.view_command
if not texcmd then
- core.log("No LaTeX compiler provided.")
+ core.log("No LaTeX compiler provided in config.")
else
core.log("LaTeX compiler is %s, compiling %s", texcmd, texname)