Run Latexian output with latexcalc

Question

I'm using Latexian to typeset my documents, and also another tool called latexcalc(check it out, its really useful!) , which automatically evaluates the result of typeset calculations. Is there some way I can hook the latexcalc binary into pdflatex so they both work seamlessly through Latexian?

The command Latexian uses is:

/usr/texbin/pdflatex --interaction nonstopmode --shell-escape --file-line-error /Users/ankit/Documents/Classes/10601/hw2/TSWLatexianTemp_hw2.tex

and the command for latexcalc is:

latexcalc --pdflatex ~/Documents/Classes/10601/hw2/hw2.tex

I suppose I could configure Latexian to use the latexcalc binary directly, but the logging output (among other things?) might not work correctly.

Not to dismiss LaTeXcalc but why not simply using calc or any other math package? and i can sense an arara answer for this. — percusse, Feb 08 '13 at 15:25
See How to customize Latexian to use other TeX engines or biber? for a solution that allows Latexian to use arara, which can (I assume) run latexcalc. — Alan Munn, Jun 09 '14 at 04:37

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 08 '13 at 06:23

At present I'd say there is not an easy way to achieve this with Latexian, although with other tools it should be doable. The best approach in general is to create a script of some form which runs latexcalc followed by pdflatex (or other engine). That's quite doable, and there are several options. However, Latexian doesn't allow you to pick/add individual executables, it only lets you choose a path to find the binaries of e.g. MacTeX. As such, there is no way to add a custom tool like the script you want. That would be a feature request for the editor.

Run Latexian output with latexcalc

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