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A.Ametov
A.Ametov

Reputation: 2050

Enable xelatex in Latex Workshops for Visual Studio Code

I have a template, which defines all the typesetting recommendations for thesis, but it uses xelatex for compilation. I want to continue using VS Code with Latex Workshops, question is how to change compiler to xelatex from pdflatex. The last one cause next error log: 

C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9\tex/latex/fontspec\fontspec.sty:45: Fatal Package fontspec Error: The 
fontspec package requires either XeTeX or
(fontspec)                      LuaTeX.
(fontspec)                      
(fontspec)                      You must change your typesetting engine to,
(fontspec)                      e.g., "xelatex" or "lualatex"instead of
(fontspec)                      "latex" or "pdflatex".

Upvotes: 72

Views: 57683

Answers (4)

mmik
mmik

Reputation: 5991

I am a bit late in the party, but if someone still needs to set xelatex from VS Code LaTeX extension, you are in the right place. Add the following configuration to your VS Code settings.json, and voila!

"latex-workshop.latex.recipe.default": "latexmk (xelatex)",

Upvotes: 7

xiaoou wang
xiaoou wang

Reputation: 1041

Use magic comments

add the following line to the beginning of your document.

% !TEX program = xelatex

To enable magic comments, change the setting forceRecipeUsage to false.

Upvotes: 61

Tacticus
Tacticus

Reputation: 561

I kept getting errors with the other solutions, apparently because I was using backend=biber in my latex code. The following configuration assumes a current MiKTeX setup (including biber) and fixes those problems (also, this does not rely on latexmk). The config uses some inspiration from that of TeXworks.

Inside latex-workshop.latex.tools

{
    "name": "xelatex",
    "command": "xetex",
    "args": [
        "-undump=xelatex",
        "%DOC%.tex"
    ],
    "env": {}
},
{
    "name": "biber",
    "command": "biber",
    "args": [
        "%DOC%"
    ],
    "env": {}
}

Then inside latex-workshop.latex.recipes add the recipe:

{
    "name": "xelatex ➞ biber ➞ xelatex x 2x",
    "tools": [
        "xelatex",
        "biber",
        "xelatex",
        "xelatex"
    ]
}

Happy texing!

Upvotes: 0

A.Ametov
A.Ametov

Reputation: 2050

The simplest solution found in issues here, but in more common formulation:

Copying the content, simply go to Preferences → Extensions → LaTeX (meaning LaTeX is LaTeX workshops), find gear-wheel button with name Manage, then find in the list link to settings.json under any tag, open and type next:

"latex-workshop.latex.tools": [{
    "name": "latexmk",
    "command": "latexmk",
    "args": [
        "-xelatex",
        "-synctex=1",
        "-interaction=nonstopmode",
        "-file-line-error",
        "%DOC%"
    ]
}],

Reloading the VSCode may be needed.

Also setting.json file could be found in C:\Users\*\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\settings.json.

Upvotes: 86

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