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Clean output for a single .tex file

clean_slide.Rd

Uses latexmk -C <slide_file>, also removing the PDF file. Uses latexmk -c <slide_file> to keep the PDF file.

Usage

clean_slide(slide_file, keep_pdf = FALSE, verbose = FALSE, check_status = TRUE)

Arguments

slide_file

[character(1)] Name of a (single) slide, with or without .tex extension. See examples of find_slide_tex(). Can also be a direct file path to enable use of this function outside rigid folder hierarchy.

keep_pdf

[FALSE]: Keep the PDF file.

verbose

[TRUE]: Print additional output to the console.

check_status

[TRUE]: Wait for latexmk to finish and return the exit status. Not supported for method = "tinytex".

Value

Invisibly:

  • If check_status, TRUE if the exit code is 0, FALSE otherwise.

  • If check_status is FALSE, NULL is returned.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Create the PDF
compile_slide("slides-cart-computationalaspects.tex")

# Remove the PDF and other output
clean_slide("slides-cart-computationalaspects.tex")
} # }