alohays/compile-latex
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Compile a Beamer LaTeX slide deck with XeLaTeX (3 passes + bibtex). Use when compiling lecture slides.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- compile-latex
- description:
- Compile a Beamer LaTeX slide deck with XeLaTeX (3 passes + bibtex). Use when compiling lecture slides.
- argument-hint:
- [filename without .tex extension]
- allowed-tools:
- ["Read", "Bash", "Glob"]
Compile Beamer LaTeX Slides
Compile a Beamer slide deck using XeLaTeX with full citation resolution.
Steps
- Navigate to Slides/ directory and compile with 3-pass sequence:
cd Slides
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
BIBINPUTS=..:$BIBINPUTS bibtex $ARGUMENTS
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
Alternative (latexmk):
cd Slides
TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS BIBINPUTS=..:$BIBINPUTS latexmk -xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
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Run ChkTeX advisory lint (non-blocking):
chktex -q Slides/$ARGUMENTS.tex 2>&1 | grep "^Warning" || echo "No chktex warnings."- Report any genuine warnings (expect ≤5 with project
.chktexrcsuppressions) - Do NOT fail compilation on chktex warnings — advisory only
- Report any genuine warnings (expect ≤5 with project
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Check for compilation warnings:
- Grep output for
Overfull \\hboxwarnings - Grep for
undefined citationsorLabel(s) may have changed - Report any issues found
- Grep output for
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Open the PDF for visual verification:
open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf # macOS # xdg-open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf # Linux -
Report results:
- Compilation success/failure
- Number of overfull hbox warnings
- Any undefined citations
- PDF page count
Why 3 passes?
- First xelatex: Creates
.auxfile with citation keys - bibtex: Reads
.aux, generates.bblwith formatted references - Second xelatex: Incorporates bibliography
- Third xelatex: Resolves all cross-references with final page numbers
Important
- Always use XeLaTeX, never pdflatex
- TEXINPUTS is required: your Beamer theme lives in
Preambles/ - BIBINPUTS is required: your
.bibfile lives in the repo root
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