latexrun support

[anntzer]

latexrun (https://github.com/aclements/latexrun) is a nice alternative to latexmk that 1) nicely puts all auxiliary files in a separate directory but not the final pdf (basically similar to latexrun's -auxdir, see #220) and 2) filters away most of the irrelevant output of pdflatex (and friends) and colorizes the rest.

See https://github.com/aclements/latexrun#latexmk for a comparison.

The combination of these two features make latexrun very nice to use.

Any chance it could be supported by vimtex? Thanks!

[languitar]

I looked at latexrun again and I don't think that it is a suitable alternative at the moment. For example, there seems to be no way to include a call to makeglossaries into the build without hacking it.

[lervag]

@languitar You are right, cf. aclements/latexrun#30. However, I am curious if it would not still be nice to add an alternative to latexmk as a compiler engine.

Note, however, that this will require a major update. Today, the latexmk code is intertwined with a lot of the other code. I will have to find the correct "pattern" that should be refactored and create an abstract layer between vimtex and the compiler layer. I think this would be a nice addition, and I am planning to work on this when I get the time.

@anntzer I'm sorry for not responding sooner. As written above, I think it makes sense to add this feature, but it requires a lot of work. I hope I might get time to work on it during winter/sprint 2017. I can't promise anything, though.

[anntzer]

No worries, thanks for looking into it!

[lervag]

This issue is now covered by #651.