How to add compilation parameters -shell-escape with arara

Question

I am having trouble using compiling argument

lualatex -shell-escape

as mentioned in this question

using arara. I cant get the right syntax, and I am failing to find it in arara user manual. I tryed both

% arara: lualatex --shell-escape

and

% arara: lualatex { shell = yes }

Gotta admit that I am not sure what those commands mean exactly. But none of them leads to successful compilation with arara. As MWE can be perfectly used code of answer to question mentioned in beginning.

Final note: I am on Windows 7/10, using TeXWorks, TeXlive instalation, new to TeX; also, creating new "compilation tool," lualatex with added argument -shell-escape works, but causes still too much clicking for my taste.

Thank you very much for any replies and advices, regards Tomáš

Answer 1

It depends on the sequencing of what you are trying to run

NOTE there should be a : after both the engine: {and each directive: yes}

i.e. Is for a first and third OR just one pass ?

% Here the first pass is to  compile with shell support
% arara: lualatex: { shell: true, interaction: nonstopmode }
%
% arara: somethingElse: { options: ['whatever'] }
%
% Here is a final pass where we want to include a synctex file
% arara: lualatex: { synctex: true, shell: true }

 
 

% If it is just for one combined pass, we could add 
% arara: lualatex: { synctex: true, shell: true, interaction: nonstopmode }

The value true is the same as yes , so this should work just the same

% arara: lualatex: { synctex: yes, shell: yes, interaction: nonstopmode }

as far as I know the synctex: option does not support -1 but there should be little harm for clarity in using 1 in place of yes so you should be able to use

% arara: lualatex: { synctex: 1, shell: yes, interaction: nonstopmode }