[TxMt] Re: Modify PDF Latex output command

Jacob Rus jrus at fas.harvard.edu
Fri May 19 17:02:44 UTC 2006


Johan Blixt-Dackhammar wrote:
> How can I create a command that creates the PDF file from Latex
> without creating any other files (logs etc.). Preferrably this command
> would also let me choose where to save the output document with the
> standard saving dialog window.

The way I would do it is to create a temp folder in `/tmp` by using 
`mktemp -d`.  Then save your file there, process it, move the pdf 
wherever you want, and remove the directory when processing is done.

For the dialog, you can use the applescript's "choose file name".

-Jacob




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