dynamic build_dir

[habamax]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe it.

I would like to have only tex and pdf files to be in the end in the filesystem.
Unfortnunately VimtexClean does nothing for me.
I was thinking if I can at least hide all generated files into some sub folder - it would kind of solve my issue.
Now there is a build_dir I can try to use but it is static and I couldn't find a way to make it "per file"

let g:vimtex_compiler_latexmk = {
            \ 'build_dir': './current_tex_basename_folder',  <--------- here I would like to have either `%:t:r` or ` {-> expand("%:t:r")}`
            \ 'options' : [
                \   '-shell-escape',
                \   '-verbose',
                \   '-file-line-error',
                \   '-synctex=1',
                \   '-interaction=nonstopmode',
                \ ],
                \}

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be nice to be able to provide tex file base name as a build-dir for example as a lambda:

let g:vimtex_compiler_latexmk = {
            \ 'build_dir': {-> expand("%:t:r")}
            \ 'options' : [
                \   '-shell-escape',
                \   '-verbose',
                \   '-file-line-error',
                \   '-synctex=1',
                \   '-interaction=nonstopmode',
                \ ],
                \}

Then when I compile tex file test.tex, all aux files are next to it in the test folder.

[lervag]

It should not be hard to implement, but I'm curious, why is not using a static name sufficient? Do you keep a lot of documents in the same folder?

[habamax]

Do you keep a lot of documents in the same folder?

Yep, that is the case. They are all related, but should be in a separate docs, so I keep them in the same dir.

[lervag]

Ok, this should work now. I'll push an update to the docs as well.

[habamax]

Thanks. Works if there is no minted package.

Otherwise it errors:

and the output pdf has no code that is in minted environments:

Minted helper dir is outside of build_dir if that matters:

[habamax]

with default build_dir minted is ok as before:

[lervag]

Thanks. Works if there is no minted package.

Can you give a minimal LaTeX file? It might be a limitation posed by minted itself.

[habamax]

yes, probably minted and how it processes their own generated files.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}

\title{Test Minted}
\author{habamax}

\begin{document}

\begin{minted}{python}
def hello(world):
    pass
\end{minted}

\end{document}

[habamax]

And vimtex settings I have:

let g:vimtex_compiler_latexrun_engines = {'_': 'lualatex'}
let g:vimtex_compiler_latexmk_engines = {'_': '-lualatex'}
let g:vimtex_compiler_latexmk = {
            \ 'build_dir': {-> expand("%:t:r")},
            \ 'options' : [
                \   '-shell-escape',
                \   '-verbose',
                \   '-file-line-error',
                \   '-synctex=1',
                \   '-interaction=nonstopmode',
                \ ],
                \}

PS, for minted you have to have pygmentize installed (pip install pygments)

[habamax]

(./_minted-test_minted/default-pyg-prefix.pygstyle)
(./_minted-test_minted/default.pygstyle)Error: cannot read infile: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'test_minted.pyg'
system returned with code 1


! Package minted Error: Missing Pygments output; \inputminted was
probably given a file that does not exist--otherwise, you may need
the outputdir package option, or may be using an incompatible build tool,
or may be using frozencache with a missing file.

Looks like I have to specify it in a package settings?

[habamax]

https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/339931/latex-minted-package-using-custom-output-directory-build

[habamax]

So, yes this is minted related and has nothing to do with vimtex.

[habamax]

For future curious ones, this works:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{currfile-abspath}
\getabspath{\jobname.log}
\ifthenelse{\equal{\theabsdir}{\thepwd}}% using ifthen package
%\ifdefstrequal{\theabsdir}{\thepwd}% using etoolbox package
    {}{\PassOptionsToPackage{outputdir=\theabsdir}{minted}}
\usepackage{minted}

\title{Test Minted}
\author{habamax}

\begin{document}

\begin{minted}{python}
def hello(world):
    pass
\end{minted}

\end{document}

[lervag]

Great, I'm glad to see you found a workaround!