I have uploaded version 3.01 of the Latex plugin to CPAN. This main changes in this release are:
* expanded the documentation * fixed some of the tests that were failing if the dvitype program was not installed (now just skips those tests) As I have pointed out in earlier posts, version 3.xx of Template::Plugin::Latex is a refactoring of the old Latex plugin, with most of the code being shifted out to a separate LaTeX::Driver module. While looking through that code I was reminded of some functionality in that distribution that I had almost forgotten about. LaTeX::Driver includes three scripts: latex2dvi, latex2pdf and latex2ps, which can all act as Unix filters - pipe latex source code in and get a dvi, pdf or PostScript file out. However I also added a -tt2 option and a -define option to the scripts, so you can say something like: latex2pdf -tt2 -define firstname=John -define lastname=Doe <letter.tt2 >letter-jdoe.pdf this will process letter.tt2 as a TT2 template with the definitions specified and then run the output from TT2 through the LaTeX programs in a temporary directory. I need to revisit LaTeX::Driver and update the documentation there to document this feature. I would welcome feedback, reports of any problems, suggestions for improvements. I would also like to hear if anyone is using the module. Note: I don't seem to have commit access to the svn.tt2.org repository anymore - I have emailed Andy Wardley, but if anyone else could sort that out for me, that would be great - drop me an email. Regards Andrew -- Andrew Ford, Director Pauntley Prints / Ford & Mason Ltd [email protected] South Wing Compton House pauntley-prints.co.uk Compton Green, Redmarley Tel: +44 1531 829900 ford-mason.co.uk Gloucester GL19 3JB Fax: +44 1531 829901 refcards.com cronolog.org Great Britain Mobile: +44 7785 258278 _______________________________________________ templates mailing list [email protected] http://mail.template-toolkit.org/mailman/listinfo/templates
