Compile Beamer LaTeX Slides
Compile a Beamer slide deck using XeLaTeX with full citation resolution.
Steps
- Navigate to Slides/ directory and compile with 3-pass sequence:
cd Slides TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex BIBINPUTS=..:$BIBINPUTS bibtex $ARGUMENTS TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
Alternative (latexmk):
cd Slides TEXINPUTS=../Preambles:$TEXINPUTS BIBINPUTS=..:$BIBINPUTS latexmk -xelatex -interaction=nonstopmode $ARGUMENTS.tex
Check for warnings:
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Grep output for Overfull \hbox warnings
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Grep for undefined citations or Label(s) may have changed
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Report any issues found
Open the PDF for visual verification:
open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf # macOS
xdg-open Slides/$ARGUMENTS.pdf # Linux
Report results:
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Compilation success/failure
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Number of overfull hbox warnings
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Any undefined citations
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PDF page count
Why 3 passes?
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First xelatex: Creates .aux file with citation keys
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bibtex: Reads .aux , generates .bbl with formatted references
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Second xelatex: Incorporates bibliography
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Third xelatex: Resolves all cross-references with final page numbers
Important
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Always use XeLaTeX, never pdflatex
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TEXINPUTS is required: your Beamer theme lives in Preambles/
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BIBINPUTS is required: your .bib file lives in the repo root