A Makefile for LaTeX Documents

Based on the adaptations by Joshua Ryan Smith of the original work by Jason Hiebel

Usage

You'll need to fill out some of the configuration in the Makefile but setting the values of the following variables:

# The name of the main .tex file to build.
# Other files can be included into this one.
PROJECT = main

# Folder with the Latex source files
SRC = manuscript

# Folder where the figure files are (will assume they are EPS format)
FIGS = figures

# Folder where the BibTex .bib files are
BIB = bibliography

# Folder where the .cls .bst and .sty style files are
STYLES = $(SRC)

These are the primary targets defined:

• all: Compiles the document and converts the result to a PDF file.
• display: Displays the compiled document in a standard PDF viewer. Linux uses Evince and Mac OSX uses the system specified default (likely Preview).
• clean: Clean up the build. Removes the output folder and EPS-to-PDF converted figures.
• wc: Approximate word count in the generated PDF.