Merge branch 'ssnailed-patch-2'

.local/bin/compiler

@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ ext="${file##*.}"
 cd "$dir" || exit 1
 
 textype() { \
+	textarget="$(getcomproot "$file" || echo "$file")"
+	echo "$textarget"
 	command="pdflatex"
-	( head -n5 "$file" | grep -qi 'xelatex' ) && command="xelatex"
-	$command --output-directory="$dir" "$base" &&
-	grep -qi addbibresource "$file" &&
-	biber --input-directory "$dir" "$base" &&
-	$command --output-directory="$dir" "$base" &&
-	$command --output-directory="$dir" "$base"
+	( head -n5 "$textarget" | grep -qi 'xelatex' ) && command="xelatex"
+	$command --output-directory="${textarget%/*}" "${textarget%.*}"
+		grep -qi addbibresource "$textarget" &&
+		biber --input-directory "${textarget%/*}" "${textarget%.*}" &&
+		$command --output-directory="${textarget%/*}" "${textarget%.*}" &&
+		$command --output-directory="${textarget%/*}" "${textarget%.*}"
 }
 
 case "$ext" in

.local/bin/getcomproot

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# A helper script for LaTeX/groff files used by `compiler` and `opout`.
+# The user can add the root file of a larger project as a comment as below:
+# % root = mainfile.tex
+# And the compiler script will run on that instead of the opened file.
+
+texroot="$(grep -i "^.\+\s*root\s*=\s*\S\+" "$1")"
+texroot="${texroot##*=}"
+texroot="${texroot//[\"\' ]}"
+
+[ -f "$texroot" ] && readlink -f "$texroot" || exit 1

.local/bin/opout

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 basename="${1%.*}"
 
 case "${*}" in
-	*.tex|*.m[dse]|*.[rR]md|*.mom|*.[0-9]) setsid -f xdg-open "$basename".pdf >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
+	*.tex|*.m[dse]|*.[rR]md|*.mom|*.[0-9]) target="$(getcomproot "$1" || echo "$1")" ; setsid -f xdg-open "${target%.*}".pdf >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
 	*.html) setsid -f "$BROWSER" "$basename".html >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
 	*.sent) setsid -f sent "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 ;;
 esac