Hi,

I am trying to have latexmk run a script before compiling the document. If I create an RC file (latexmkrc) inside my home directory where I include

$pdflatex = 'sh vc; xelatex %O %S';

and then run

latexmk -pdf file

from the command line, latemk will run the vc script and then do its job as usual. However, if I run it from TextMate, it doesn't.

I've set XeLaTeX as my default typesetting engine, so I assume that TextMate is overriding the default RC files in order to tell latexmk to use XeLaTeX instead of pdfLateX. I've searched around for a hidden RC file that TextMate might be creating but I cannot find it.

I asked John Collins about this, who gave me incredibly helpful advice, but the problem seems to be with TextMate, not with Latexmk.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

APC