Compiling LaTeX files into readable documents is actually a very involved process. Although CMake comes with FindLATEX.cmake, it does nothing for you other than find the commands associated with LaTeX. I like using CMake to build my LaTeX documents, but creating targets to do it is actually a pain. Thus, I've compiled a bunch of macros that help me create targets in CMake into a file I call UseLATEX.cmake. Here are some of the things UseLATEX.cmake handles:

• Runs LaTeX multiple times to resolve links.
• Can run bibtex, makeindex, and makeglossaries to make bibliographies, indexes, and/or glossaries.
• Optionally runs configure on your latex files to replace @VARIABLE@ with the equivalent CMake variable.
• Automatically finds png, jpeg, eps, and pdf files and converts them to formats latex and pdflatex understand.

Download

The files can be downloaded directly from the UseLATEX project page. If you are viewing this from a web page, you can follow the following links.

• Click here to get a copy of UseLATEX.cmake.
• Click here to get the documentation UseLATEX.pdf.

Repository

This repository contains the CMake macros in the UseLATEX.cmake file. To get started, copy this file to your own LaTeX project and include it in your build process.

You will also find a LaTeX document, UseLATEX.tex, that contains all of the documentation for UseLATEX.cmake. You will also find a CMake build file, CMakeLists.txt, that uses UseLATEX.cmake to build UseLATEX.tex. It also serves as a good example for using UseLATEX.cmake.

There has been some requests to incorporate UseLATEX.cmake into the CMake repository and distribution. Nobody thinks this is a bad idea, but it hasn't yet happened mostly out of laziness. Keep bugging me to show interest in moving UseLATEX.cmake. (See the author contact information at the top of UseLATEX.cmake.)