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pdflatex:tldr:fc89c
This command is used to compile a LaTeX document and generate a PDF output. The command is likely used in a command-line interface or a script.
Let's break down the command:
-
pdflatex
: This is the command for running the pdflatex program, which is part of the TeX/LaTeX distribution. pdflatex is used to compile LaTeX source files into PDF documents. -
${source-tex}
: The curly braces syntax indicates a variable or parameter. In this case,source-tex
is a placeholder for the name of the LaTeX source file without the.tex
extension. This is typically specified by the user or determined programmatically. For example, if the source file ismydocument.tex
,${source-tex}
would be replaced withmydocument
.
Overall, the command is asking the pdflatex program to process a LaTeX source file and generate a PDF output. The specific source file to be compiled is determined by the value of the source-tex
variable.