README.md

gotex

A simple Go library for rendering LaTeX documents

Install

go get -u github.com/rwestlund/gotex

Documentation

See the documentation at https://godoc.org/github.com/rwestlund/gotex

Example

package main

import "github.com/rwestlund/gotex"

func main() {
    var document = `
        \documentclass[12pt]{article}
        \begin{document}
        This is a LaTeX document.
        \end{document}
        `
    var pdf, err = gotex.Render(document, gotex.Options{
        Command: "/usr/bin/pdflatex",
        Runs: 1,
        Texinputs:"/my/asset/dir:/my/other/asset/dir"})

    if err != nil {
        log.Println("render failed ", err)
    } else {
        // Do something with the PDF file, like send it to an HTTP client
        // or write it to a file.
        sendSomewhere(pdf)
    }
}

License

This code is under the BSD-2-Clause license.