This is release 2.4 of the mk script.
LICENSE: GPL

Short description:
mk is a Ruby script that, in close collaboration with vpp (short for View and Print PDF/PostScript),
is helpful in the cyclic process of editing, viewing, and printing a latex/xelatex/plain document.
Essentially, mk uses texi2dvi for compilation, vpp for viewing and printing.

mk has been tested under Linux only.

See also (for comment see the file OtherMakers):
(oldest>) shlatex    latexmake  latexn   make-latex  latex-make
go-make   rake4latex texi2dvi   latexmk  autolatex   (<newest)

major changes of release 2.4 relative to 2.3:
  - zero size pdf will not exit but offer edit option
  - scriptingutils.rb offered as a ruby gem

major changes of release 2.3 relative to 2.2:
  - --web option now works
  - colors now ok for black and white backgrounds
  - no ruby gems needed anymore
  - bug in indexing corrected

major changes of release 2.2 relative to 2.1:
  - make is not used anymore
  - mk finds tex format to use from source: latex, pdflatex, xelatex, tex, pdftex
  - a comment line %!xelatex explicitly tells mk to use xelatex, same for other formats
  - tex's -halt-on-error option used
  - if the .fls file is still there, mk can see that not even 1 run is needed
  - documentation has instructions for use with TeXworks
  - several fixes for ruby 1.9

$Id: README,v 1.12 2012/02/11 11:56:52 wybo Exp $