ARARA(1)

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version 75653 · 7 versions
, in fedora 44, opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 NAME 💖

arara — a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives. bestie, it's your TeX bestie fr fr 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

arara [options] documents...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so picture this: arara is a TeX automation tool based on rules and directives, and it's literally here to make your TeX life cuter and less chaotic. it gives you a way to enhance your TeX experience, no cap. 💅 the whole thing is an effort to provide a concise way to automate the daily TeX workflow — for users and for package writers too. and if the rules that come with it aren't giving what they need to give, users might write their own rules. main character energy tbh. 👑

arara takes a list of documents as input. those documents get processed according to their directives. and the options? those apply to the execution of all the documents. every single one. periodt.

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • --log — Generate a log output. keep the receipts, bestie 🧾
  • --verbose — Print or suppress command output.
  • --dry-run — Go through all the motions of running a command but with no actual calls. it's giving rehearsal, not the real show 🎭
  • --safe-run — Run in safe mode and disable potentially harmful features. safety first, always 🫶
  • --whole-file — Extract directives in the file, not only in the header.
  • --preamble — Set the file preamble as named based on the configuration file.
  • --timeout — Sets an execution timeout for spawned processes. ⏰
  • --language — Set the localization to the language specified by code.
  • --max-loops — Set the number > 0 of loops for looping directives. note the > 0, she's strict about that 💀
  • --working-directory — Set the working directory for the whole execution.
  • --call-property — Pass a property as key=value parameter into the application to be used within the session.
  • --generate-completion — Generate a completion script for arara. so iconic of her ✨
  • --version — Show the version and exit.
  • --help — Show a help message and exit.

💀 BUGS 💀

found something sus? issue tracker is right here, bestie, go off:

https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/arara/-/issues

and that's the whole vibe, babe 🦋 this was arara, version v7.1.5, from 06 May 2024, living in the General Commands Manual section as ARARA(1). go automate something gorgeous. mwah 💖

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