Initialize a latex project in the current folder
Usage:
```
Usage: itex
Commands: build Build ITex project (requires an itex-build.toml file, and pdflatex to be installed) count Count the number of words in the current ITex project (requires texcount to be installed) clean Clean auxillary build files init Initialize LaTex project info Get info about a template get Get current value of a setting list List installed templates new-buildfile Create a new itex build file set Set a setting update Update installed templates help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Options: -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version ```
available templates: - default (just the basics with an out folder and a Makefile) - iSci - apa - Electron (My own template)
ITex isn't on homebrew's default taps so you need to add my tap then install ITex:
brew tap oneelectron/oneelectron
brew install itex -s
ITex doesn't have a windows installer yet, so the recommended way is to use cargo to install itex, then use itex to install it's template folder.
Install rust then:
cargo install itex
itex --update
Users can run itex build in order to build their LaTex project. Doing this requires the ITex to know which file to compile, this is specified in the itex-build.toml which looks something like this: ```toml defaultfilename = "main" texfilename = "example.tex"
``` - defaultfilename specifies the base name for any files - texfilename specifies the name of the main tex file. If this option is not specified itex will assume the defaultfilename + .tex. In this example main.tex, if texfilename were not specified
To make a new template make a folder where the name of the folder is the template name as this is what ITex uses.
An itex-info.toml is also required with a name and description:
toml
name = "Default"
description = "The default template."
To setup the development environment: - Clone the repo - Run cargo build in order to install dependencies