Re: using make for latex

[Paul Smith]

On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 14:17 +0000, Greg Chicares wrote:
> %.dvi: TOOL := latex
> %.pdf: TOOL := pdflatex
> 
> %.dvi %.pdf: %.tex
>         @echo 'Sample command: $(TOOL) --input=$< --output=$@'
>         # ...further commands here...

You need to write these rules separately; the above doesn't do what I
think the OP wanted.  Best is to use a variable to hold the commands,
along with the target-specific variable:

%.dvi: TOOL := latex
%.pdf: TOOL := pdflatex

define TEX_RECIPE
     $(TOOL) ... args ...
     command1
     $(TOOL) ... args ...
     command2
     command3
     $(TOOL) ... args ...
endef

%.dvi: %.tex
        $(TEX_RECIPE)
%.pdf: %.tex
        $(TEX_RECIPE)

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