Run multiple commands in TeXShop typeset

Question

I am a user of biblatex-mla and I wish to run the whole bibliography generation workflow with a single click of "Typeset" in TeXShop.

pdflatex filename.tex
bibtex filename
pdflatex filename.tex

How can I run these commands in a single click of "Typeset"?

You can always define your own engine, but I'm pretty sure there is a default one which does just what you expect: you should try the pdflatexmk Engine. — Corentin, Feb 12 '13 at 19:14
@cmhughes Can you give a portal that compatible with MacTex? — Ben Lu, Feb 12 '13 at 19:18
@Corentin could you give a more specific guide of how to configure it? — Ben Lu, Feb 12 '13 at 19:20
@BenLu I believe that arara should ship with the latest update How do I update my TeX distribution? — cmhughes, Feb 12 '13 at 19:20
There are instructions for how to use arara in TeXshop in the manual. — Torbjørn T., Feb 12 '13 at 19:24

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '13 at 19:33

5

Install arara, in Preference pane of TeXShop, set Misc -> Personal Script to arara, add

%arara: pdflatex
%arara: bibtex
%arara: pdflatex

before the document in .tex file.

"Typeset" -> DONE!

answered Feb 12 '13 at 19:33

Ben Lu

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