Using tectonic with TeXstudio

[zoof]

Is this possible? If so, how? I did find this but I think TeXstudio is different enough that it's not working for me.

[fridtjof]

I set it up like this (you might need to adjust the tectonic path depending on where it's installed)

[goyalyashpal]

but this would work only for single files right?

but the tectonic build command works on a directory i.e. the root ./ of the project, whereas, in txs, you'd likely be working on files in ./src/*.tex

you'd have to make sure that tectonic build is invoked on the root itself....

[fridtjof]

Yeah... I just came back to this, tried it again and have no clue what I was thinking :/ @zoof can you somehow "unanswer" this post?

[korikhin]

Here is a quick guide in case someone still has issues:

1. Navigate to the Build tab in the settings.
2. Add a user command. E.g. tectonic:Tectonic

"/opt/homebrew/bin/tectonic" \
  -X compile %.tex \
  --only-cached \
  --keep-intermediates \
  --keep-logs \
  --synctex \
  --outdir build

• Notice that the full path of the executable is used. Adjust parameters to your needs.
• Specify a build directory to store build artifacts separately. (Optional)

3. Set the newly created command as the Default Compiler command.

• Done. 👍

4. Open Advanced Options.
5. Set the build directory as the search path for PDF and log files. (Optional)

[korikhin]

And for Zed users:

1. Install TexLab.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Add the following configuration

{
  "lsp": {
    "texlab": {
      "settings": {
        "texlab": {
          "build": {
            "executable": "tectonic",
            "onSave": true,
            "args": [
              "-X",
              "compile",
              "%f",
              "--only-cached",
              "--keep-intermediates",
              "--keep-logs",
              "--synctex",
              "--outdir",
              "build"
            ]
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

[zoof]

So for BibTeX, do I need to have a basic set of TeXlive binaries installed?

[fridtjof]

No idea, I've only tested this with a texlive distribution still installed. Does it complain for you?

[zoof]

Interestingly, in a VM that I spun up to try, tectonic itself will call bibtex as necessary but F8, requires a local bibtex binary. On Arch, this requires texlive-bin and texlive-basic and the command line needs in addition --keep-intermediates to keep the .aux file. I've also added -Z search-path=<path> for my own custom style and bibliography style files.