latex-action

GitHub Action to compile LaTeX documents.

This actions runs on docker using a maximal TeXLive environment installed.

Inputs

• root_file

  The root LaTeX file to be compiled. This input is required.

• working_directory

  The working directory for the latex compiler to be invoked.

• compiler

  The LaTeX engine to be used. By default, latexmk is used, which automates the process of generating LaTeX documents by issuing the appropriate sequence of commands to be run.

• args

  The extra arguments to be passed to the compiler. By default, it is -pdf -latexoption=-file-line-error -latexoption=-interaction=nonstopmode. This tells latexmk to use pdflatex. Refer to latexmk document for more information.

• extra_system_packages

  The extra packages to be installed by apt-get separated by space.

Example

name: Build LaTeX document
on: [push]
jobs:
  build_latex:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set up Git repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Compile LaTeX document
        uses: dante-ev/latex-action@master
        with:
          root_file: main.tex

FAQs

How to use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX instead of pdfLaTeX?

By default, this action uses pdfLaTeX. If you want to use XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, you can set the args to -xelatex -latexoption=-file-line-error -latexoption=-interaction=nonstopmode or -lualatex -latexoption=-file-line-error -latexoption=-interaction=nonstopmode respectively. Alternatively, you could create a .latexmkrc file. Refer to the latexmk document for more information.

How to enable --shell-escape?

To enable --shell-escape, you should add it to args. For example, set args to -pdf -latexoption=-file-line-error -latexoption=-interaction=nonstopmode -latexoption=-shell-escape when using pdfLaTeX.

Where does the initial code come from?

The initial code is from xu-cheng/latex-action. The idea there is to initially provide all packages instead of using texliveonfly. Using a full installation, this action also offers to use packages such as pax, which require other tooling such as perl. More reasoning is given in ADR-0002.

License

MIT