Use TEXINPUTS for locating my .tex/.sty files

README.md

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ so I can check Jon Sterling's use of Forester conveniently.
 In order to use `dvisvgm` required by forester to compile LaTeX to SVG, I have to:
 
 ```bash
-brew uninstall textlive
+brew uninstall texlive
 brew install --cask mactex
 ```
 

assets/article.xsl

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <xsl:include href="latex.xsl" />
 
   <xsl:template match="/">
-    <xsl:text>\input{../tex/an_article}</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:text>\input{an_article}</xsl:text>
 
     <xsl:apply-templates select="/f:tree/f:frontmatter" mode="top" />
 

assets/book.xsl

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <xsl:include href="latex.xsl" />
 
   <xsl:template match="/">
-    <xsl:text>\input{../tex/a_book}</xsl:text>
+    <xsl:text>\input{a_book}</xsl:text>
 
     <xsl:apply-templates select="/f:tree/f:frontmatter" mode="top" />
 

build.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")
+PROJECT_ROOT="$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+export TEXINPUTS=.:$PROJECT_ROOT/tex/:
+
+echo "TEXINPUTS=$TEXINPUTS"
+
 function show_result {
   # if return code is zero, then echo "Done" else echo "Failed"
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then

dev.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 echo "🛁 Cleaning up build and output"
 # rm -rf build
-rm -rf output
+# rm -rf output
 ./build.sh
 
 watchexec --quiet --no-vcs-ignore --project-origin . --on-busy-update queue --poll 500ms -e tree,tex,css,js,xsl,glsl -w trees -w assets -w tex --emit-events-to=stdio -- ./build_changed.sh &

tex/a_book.tex

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 \documentclass[a4paper]{book}
 \usepackage{fontspec} % requires xelatex
-\input{../tex/preamble}
+\input{preamble}

tex/a_minipage.tex

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\input{../tex/preamble}
+\input{preamble}
 \usepackage[a4paper,lmargin=1in,rmargin=1in,tmargin=0.82in,bmargin=1ex]{geometry}
 
 % shims for macros useful only in LaTeX but not on forester web pages

tex/an_article.tex

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 %         \the\realoutput
 % }
 \usepackage{fontspec} % requires xelatex
-\input{../tex/preamble}
+\input{preamble}
 % \newcommand{\frontmatter}{}
 % \newcommand{\mainmatter}{}
 % \newcommand{\backmatter}{}

tex/code.tex

@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
 \definecolor{sortcolor}{rgb}{0.1, 0.5, 0.1}      % green
 \definecolor{attributecolor}{rgb}{0.7, 0.1, 0.1} % red
 
-\def\lstlanguagefiles{../tex/lstlean.tex}
+\def\lstlanguagefiles{lstlean.tex}
 % set default language
 \lstset{language=lean}

tex/diagrams.tex

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \usepgfplotslibrary{colormaps}
 \usepackage[outline]{contour} % glow around text
 % https://q.uiver.app/
-\usepackage{../tex/quiver}
+\usepackage{quiver}
 \usetikzlibrary{math}
 \usetikzlibrary{matrix,arrows}
 \usetikzlibrary{backgrounds,intersections,fit,positioning,calc,shapes,spath3}

tex/preamble.tex

@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
 
 %% Framed boxes for definitions, theorems, remarks etc.
 
-\input{../tex/mdframed}
-% \input{../tex/tcolorbox}
+\input{mdframed}
+% \input{tcolorbox}
 
 % for tree ids in the margin
 % \usepackage{marginnote}
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@
 % we have errors like:
 % (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/spath3/tikzlibraryspath3.code.tex
 % (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/spath3/spath3.sty)))
-% (../tex/string-diagrams.tex
+% (string-diagrams.tex
 % (/usr/local/texlive/2024/texmf-dist/tex/latex/string-diagrams/string-diagrams.s
-% ty)) (../tex/diagrams.tex
+% ty)) (diagrams.tex
 
 % ! LaTeX Error: Command \dontworryaboutit already defined.
 %                Or name \end... illegal, see p.192 of the manual.
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@
 
 %% Code highlighting
 
-\input{../tex/code}
+\input{code}

tex/string-diagrams.tex

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 % \usepackage{string-diagrams}
-\usepackage{../tex/string-diag}
+\usepackage{string-diag}
 % \usepackage{xparse}
 
 \definecolor{catccolor}{RGB}{255,244,138}

trees/latex-preamble.tree

@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@
 
 \p{These LaTeX preambles are used by [[macros]].}
 
-\p{We place LaTeX preambles in the directory \code{tex} which is at the same level of the directory \code{trees}, but we need to refer to them \code{../tex/name.tex}, because LaTeX is running in \code{build} directory.}
+\p{We place LaTeX preambles in the directory \code{tex}, and add the absolute directory path to \code{TEXINPUTS} as we can't assume where LaTeX is building from.}
 
 \p{Here we define:}
 
 \p{\code{latex-preamble/common}: Common LaTeX preambles in \code{preamble.tex}.}
 
 \def\latex-preamble/common\verb<<<|
-\input{../tex/preamble}
+\input{preamble}
 <<<
 
 \p{\code{latex-preamble/minipage}: LaTeX preambles for embeding LaTeX in minipage.}
 
 \def\latex-preamble/minipage\verb<<<|
-\input{../tex/a_minipage}
+\input{a_minipage}
 <<<
 
 \def\latex-preamble/diagrams\verb<<<|
-\input{../tex/diagrams}
+\input{diagrams}
 <<<
 
 \def\latex-preamble/string-diagrams\verb<<<|
-\input{../tex/string-diagrams}
+\input{string-diagrams}
 <<<