A script to compile a document with LaTeX automatically

watchtexmake.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8

def main(args):
    import subprocess
    pattern = '*.tex;*.bib;*.sty;'
    command = 'make'
    subprocess.call(
        ('watchmedo', 'shell-command', '-w', '-p',
        pattern, '-c', command, args.work_directory))


def parse_args(args):
    import os
    import argparse
    work_directory = os.getcwd()
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='')
    parser.add_argument('-w', '--work-directory',
            type=str, default=work_directory)
    return parser.parse_args(args)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    main(parse_args(sys.argv[1:]))