Re: Re: [PATCH] Compiling multiple times the LaTeX output

["Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com>]

On Sep 30, 2010, at 6:55 AM, Sébastien Vauban wrote:

> Hi Nick,
>
> Nick Dokos wrote:
>> Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> wrote:
>>> Noorul Islam K M wrote:
>>>> Sébastien Vauban <wxhgmqzgwmuf@spammotel.com> writes:
>>>>> I've been taught of a weird observation: the page number  
>>>>> indicated in
>>>>> the TOC of a PDFLaTeX output is wrong by one page...
>>>>
>>>> Quoting from source code
>>>>
>>>> (defcustom org-latex-to-pdf-process
>>>>  '("pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f"
>>>>    "pdflatex -interaction nonstopmode -output-directory %o %f")
>>>>  "Commands to process a LaTeX file to a PDF file.
>>>> This is a list of strings, each of them will be given to the shell
>>>> as a command.
>>>
>>> Attached my proposed patch for fixing this, regarding the TOC  
>>> error (needed a
>>> third compilation). Here, as many compilations as necessary are  
>>> run, up to
>>> when LaTeX confirms the result is stable (no message "please re- 
>>> run...").
>>
>> I don't know if that's still the case, but there were (rare)  
>> situations
>> where that would *never* happen: LaTeX would oscillate between two  
>> different
>> states of output, so you always needed to do one more compilation.  
>> The only
>> fix was to rearrange the *input* sligthly to try to get LaTeX out  
>> of its
>> rut.
>
> In years of LaTeX use, that's something that I never have had to  
> play with. I
> think such experiences are close to 0 in one full LaTeX live.  
> Though, yes, it
> can happen.
>
>
>> It may be wise to limit the number of compilations to 3 (but  
>> perhaps make it
>> configurable, so that it can be increased if necessary).
>
> Nice idea. I'll try to see if I can come up with something like that.
>
> Best regards,
>  Seb
>
> -- 
> Sébastien Vauban
>
>
Aloha Seb,

This will be a nice addition to Org-mode.

All the best,
Tom