texi2dvi {tools}

R Documentation

Compile LaTeX Files

Description

Run latex and bibtex until all cross-references are resolved and create either a dvi or PDF file.

Usage

texi2dvi(file, pdf = FALSE, clean = FALSE, quiet = TRUE,
         texi2dvi = getOption("texi2dvi"), texinputs = NULL)

Arguments

file	character. Name of LaTeX source file.
pdf	logical. If TRUE, a PDF file is produced instead of the default dvi file (texi2dvi command line option --pdf).
clean	logical. If TRUE, all auxiliary files are removed (texi2dvi command line option --clean). May not work on some platforms.
quiet	logical. No output unless an error occurs. Ignored if emulation (see the texi2dvi argument) is used.
texi2dvi	character (or NULL). Script or program used to compile a TeX file to dvi or PDF, respectively. The default (selected by "" or NULL) is to look for an executable on the search path and otherwise emulate the script with system calls.
texinputs	NULL or a character vector of paths to add to the LaTeX and bibtex input search paths.

Details

Despite the name, this is used in R to compile LaTeX files, specifically those generated from vignettes. It ensures that the ‘R_HOME/share/texmf’ directory is in the TEXINPUTS path, so R style files such as ‘Sweave’ and ‘Rd’ will be found. The search path used is first the existing TEXINPUTS setting (or the current directory if unset), then elements of texinputs, then ‘R_HOME/share/texmf’ and finally the default path. Analogous changes are made to BIBINPUTS and BSTINPUTSsettings.

Author(s)

Achim Zeileis and R-core

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