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doc: mention spix and llmk
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lervag committed Apr 6, 2021
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GENERIC COMPILER *vimtex-generic-compiler*

TODO.
There are a lot of various compiler backends for LaTeX, and it is also
possible to simply use things like a Makefile. The generic backend allows to
use mostly whatever you want. However, since it is a generic implementation,
it will not be as well integrated as e.g. |vimtex-latexmk|.

Some examples of build tools that can be used with the generic backend:

* Light LaTeX Make (llmk)
https://ctan.org/pkg/light-latex-make

> This program is yet another build tool specific for LaTeX documents. Its
> aim is to provide a simple way to specify a workflow of processing LaTeX
> documents and encourage people to always explicitly show the right
> workflow for each document.

* spix (Yet another TeX compilation tool: simple, human readable, no option,
no magic)
https://ctan.org/pkg/spix

> SpiX offers a way to store information about the compilation process for
> a tex file inside the tex file itself. Just write the commands as comments
> in the tex files, and SpiX will extract and run those commands.
> Everything is stored in the tex file (so that you are not missing some
> piece of information that is located somewhere else), in a human-readable
> format (no need to know SpiX to understand it).

TODO: More documentation here. Examples of configuration.

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SYNTAX CHECKING (LINTING) *vimtex-lint*
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