writeTexToPDF: Create a pdf file from a tex string and tex template.

In wStockhausen/wtsUtilities: Collection of miscellaneous utility functions developed by William Stockhausen

Create a pdf file from a tex string and tex template.

Description

Function to create a pdf file from tex.

Usage

writeTexToPDF(
  template_tex_str = NULL,
  template_tex_file = NULL,
  tex_str = NULL,
  tex_file = NULL,
  insertion_point = "&&tex_str",
  pdf_name = NULL,
  cleanup = TRUE
)

Arguments

template_tex_str	character string of tex template
template_tex_file	name of text file with tex template
tex_str	the tex string to insert into the template
tex_file	the name of a tex file with the tex string
insertion_point	string identifying point at which to insert the tex string into the template
pdf_name	the desired name for the resulting pdf file
cleanup	flag to clean up intermediate files

Details

This function inserts a tex string (in tex_str or tex_file) into a string version of a tex template (template_tex_str) or file (template_tex_file) and then converts the resulting tex file to a pdf. The insertion point in the template must be indicated by the value of insertion_point.

To use a 'template' without a '&&tex_str' insertion marker, leave tex_str and tex_file as NULLs.

The intermediate files are named "tex_DUMMY_TEX_FILE" with extensions .tex, .aux, .log, and .pdf. The pdf file is copied to the file given by pdf_name (which defaults to the tex_file name with a pdf extension, or 'tex_str.pdf' if tex_file is NULL).

Value

Invisibly, the tex string used to create the pdf document.

wStockhausen/wtsUtilities documentation built on March 16, 2024, 10:38 a.m.