latex

A simple latex wrapper for the pdflatex binary.

You don't have to worry about rerunning pdflatex in order to get the cross-references right.

Pre Requirements

You must have pdflatex installed.

Linux: sudo yum install textlive-latex Mac OS: MacTeX

Installation

npm install --save gammalatex

Then var latex = require("gammalatex"); on any node.js file.

API

• .parse(string, callbackFunction)
  string: String containing valid latex syntax
  callbackFunction: A function that will be called after parsing your string. Signature: callbackFunction(err, readStream)

• .setPreParseHook(callbackFunction)
  callbackFunction: A function that will be called before running pdflatex. Signature: callbackFunction(params, cb)

• .setPostParseHook(callbackFunction)
  callbackFunction: A function that will be called after running pdflatex. Signature: callbackFunction(params, cb)

• .addRerunIndicator(string)
  string: A string to check against pdflatex log output to determine wether pdflatex must be reran.

Usage

var 
	util = require("util"),
	latex = require("gammalatex"),
	fs = require("fs");

var string = [
              "\\documentclass{article}",
              "\\begin{document}",
              "Gammasoft Desenvolvimento de Software Ltda",
              "\\end{document}"
              ].join("\n");

latex.parse(string, function(err, readStream){
	if(err) throw err;
	
	var writeStream = fs.createWriteStream("output.pdf");
	util.pump(readStream, writeStream);
});

See a full example here

MIT License