- LaTeX
- If your LaTeX code contains only EPS figures, you can use the
latex
command (also OK to usepdflatex
) to compile your code. - If you use bibtex, you have to compile your code using commands
latex
,bibtex
,latex
andlatex
in sequence. - If you use the
psfrag
package to edit EPS figures (only work for EPS figures), you have to compile your LaTeX code using commandslatex
,dvi2ps
andps2pdf
in sequence. - To use the
tex4ht
tool to convert LaTeX to other formats, you have to use thelatex
command to compile. See this post for more information.
- If your LaTeX code contains only EPS figures, you can use the
- pdflatex
- If you use non-EPS figures in your LaTeX code, you have to use the
pdflatex
command to compile your code. - If you use bibtex, you have to compile your code using commands
pdflatex
,bibtex
,pdflatex
andpdflatex
in sequence. - Generally speaking the
pdflatex
command is preferred tolatex
.
- If you use non-EPS figures in your LaTeX code, you have to use the
-
xelatex
- For compiling LaTeX code containing CJK characters.
-
pdfTexify
- A command seen in WinEdt for compiling LaTeX code repeatedly until all issues are resolved. This can be a more convenient alternative to apply commands
pdflatex
,bibtex
,pdflatex
andpdflatex
when you use bibtex in your LaTeX code. Surely one can write bash functions to simplify this process in Linux easily.
- A command seen in WinEdt for compiling LaTeX code repeatedly until all issues are resolved. This can be a more convenient alternative to apply commands