Question regarding latexmk and g:latex_build_dir about vimtex

[bchretien]

Note: -outdir=... would also need to be added to the clean option.

[lervag]

Hi. I've never really considered projects that are structured like this. That is, at least there is typically a main.tex file in the root folder. I think everything should work as expected if you put your main file in the root directory.

I know that the build_dir option is not really that good right now. Really, it only enables reading the output file(s). At the moment, I think it is used in combination with a project specific .latexmkrc file, where you may specify all of this as desired.

I think that I could solve most of this issue by applying your commit (dce4722), and I will consider doing that. However, for the structural issue, I am not really sure how to solve that.

[kiritsuku]

Is the g:latex_build_dir variable supposed to work at all? I can't see that it is used anywhere in the project. I added let cmd .= ' -outdir=' . g:latex_build_dir to s:latexmk_set_cmd as the creator of this issue did in order to move the output to the correct directory. Would be nice if at least this line of code would be added to the repository.

[lervag]

The g:latex_build_dir was previously used only to locate the output files for opening and parsing. That is, opening pdf files and parsing aux files. I've updated based on the suggested changes here, and I think the -output=g:latex_build_dir should now work as expected.

There might be an issue with spaces in the filenames, but I don't have the time to check that now. Please reopen or open a new issue if this is the case.