Hi TextMaters,
I have a very superficial knowledge of perl, so I wonder if someone can help. Setup: before I compile my LaTeX document, I need to run a shell script (using sed) to find/replace certain strings. [There is a long story for why I need to do this, and why its not easily avoidable.]
Possible solution: I was wondering if I can insert something in the latex_watch.pl script that would run this shell script, without causing latex_watch to go into an infinite loop (since the shell script changes the underlying LaTeX file/s).
I've tried inserting the relevant code in several locations, but I can't seem to avoid the loop. That's not surprising, since I don't really know perl. Does anyone know if there is easy way to
1) modify latex_watch.pl so it executes a shell script that modifies the underlying LaTeX file without going in to a loop? or 2) cause the shell script to run on the file whenever the file changes by some other means?
Thanks! Zvi