Walter Paczkowski wrote:
> Good morning,
>
> I wrote a function to generate tables using LaTex. The function creates a
> .tex file with all the layouts I want. I would now like to call pdflatex.exe
> from inside this same function. Does anyone know an R command to do this?
> And also, what is the form of the pdflatex command to compile a .tex file? I
> always use WinEdt so I never actually call pdflatex.exe directly. Is the
> call just:
>
> pdflatex filename.tex
>
> or is there something else I need to know to create a pdf file using LaTex?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Walt Paczkowski
The following works for me and puts the resulting PDF into the R
current working directory:
system("pdflatex c:/myfolder/filename.tex")
?system
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