Return processing information from pdflatex() and friends
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Description
also in case of failures. Use case: tikzDevice.
Something like:
structure(
"path/to.pdf",
log_path = "path/to.log",
exec_time = 1.5,
success = TRUE,
...,
class = c("pdflatex_tinytex_output", "tinytex_output")
)
We also need a way to specify that we always return this info regardless of success or failure, current behavior should be the default.
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction
The issue does not name files or tests; start by locating the pdflatex() and related function implementations and inspect how failures are currently handled. Use the proposed structured output as the target, ensuring processing information can be returned on failures while preserving current behavior by default.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex, r
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100