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texworksconfiguration [2018/08/06 16:51]
sszenti [Configuration of TeXWorks]
texworksconfiguration [2020/07/10 08:59] (current)
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 ====== Configuration of TeXWorks ====== ====== Configuration of TeXWorks ======
 +[[http://​www.tug.org/​texworks/​|TeXWorks]] is a user friendly and easy-to-install editor. The default settings are mostly good for our purposes.
  
-[[http://​www.tug.org/​texworks/​|TeXWorks]] is a user friendly and easy-to-install editor. ​The two steps described here are necessary ​to configure ​the editor and make it work in connection with our templateFirst, ​the setting ​**UTF-8** will be used as coding for the TeX filesand then **Biber** will be added to the menu. +===== TeX Engine ===== 
-===== 1. UTF-8 Coding =====+The only setting you might want to change is the default Typesetting engineGo to **Edit** and **Preferences** and select ​the **Typesetting** tab. Below the list of Processing toolschoose ​**XeLaTeX** from the **Default** dropdown ​menu.
  
 +{{ :​support:​texworks_settings_en.png?​600 |}}
  
-Once TeXWorks has been started, select Edit • Preferences to call up the settings. From this window, you should first select from Editor the entry Encoding, then UTF-8. This step is essential to avoid corrupt and inoperable files! 
-===== 2. Adding Biber ===== 
  
 +===== Compiling a Publication =====
 +To compile a publication,​ open the main TeX file and select **XeLaTeX** in the menu top left. Click on the green button to start the TeX program. To compile the bibliography using biber after that, select the entry **Biber** and then click again on the green button. To complete the compilation of the text, select **XeLaTeX** once again and create the final file by clicking on the green button.
  
-Under Typesetting in the same window, you will find the option Processing Tools in the middle of the list. By clicking on the plus sign on the right (1) you can initiate a new request. +{{ :support:texworks_result_en.png?600 |}}
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-In the window that appears, enter Biber in the Name field. Then deactivate the option View PDF after running. Click on the plus sign in the bottom right-hand corner and create a new entry under Arguments. Now enter the character string $basename. Finally, click on the Browse button to open the Windows dialogue box. Select biber, which can be found in one of the following directoriesc:\\texlive\2013\bin\win32 or c:​\\texlive\2013\bin\win64. +
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-The window should appear as shown above. You can close all the windows by clicking on the OK button. If you are working with the MikTeX distribution,​ you must choose a different path for biber. In this case, please consult the MikTeX documentation. +
-===== 3. Compiling a Publication ===== +
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-To compile a publication,​ open the main TeX file and in the menu select Xelatex. Click on the green button to start the TeX program. To compile the bibliography using biblatex/​biber,​ select the entry biber and then click again on the green button. To complete the compilation of the text, select XeLaTeX once again and create the final file by clicking on the green button.+
  
texworksconfiguration.1533567113.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/08/06 16:51 by sszenti