Add Custom shell cmd in LaTeX tools

[zongpingding]

Environment

WSL2: 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Vs Code: 1.80.2

I use Archlinux in wsl2, this is the version of it:

PRETTY_NAME="Arch Linux"
ID=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="38;2;23;147;209"
HOME_URL="https://archlinux.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://bbs.archlinux.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.archlinux.org/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://terms.archlinux.org/docs/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=archlinux-logo
IMAGE_ID=archlinux
IMAGE_VERSION=2023.04.01

I've add some Custom commands in my .zshrc，one of the command is:

function pdf-animation(){
    latex $1.tex && dvips $1.dvi && ps2pdf -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY $1.ps
}

I can use this cmd in shell just like the follows: (there is a file main.tex in root dir)

pdf-animation main

this way works working properly.

But when i add this tool in latex-recipes, it can't work. this is the config in settings.json:

"latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
...
      {
        "name": "pdf-animation",
        "command": "pdf-animation",
        "args": [
          "%DOC%"
        ]
      },
...
],
"latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
...
    {
      "name": "pdf-animation",
      "tools": [
        "pdf-animation"
      ]
    },
...
]

then the recipe pdf-animation actually appears in the latex-workshop.recipes,

then i click the recipe the compile, it turn out:

the LaTeX Workshop extension log is:

[18:34:08.491][Event] STRUCTURE_UPDATED
[18:34:09.932][Commander] RECIPES command invoked.
[18:34:13.111][Commander] BUILD command invoked.
[18:34:13.112][Commander] The document of the active editor: file://%WS1%/main.tex
[18:34:13.113][Commander] The languageId of the document: latex
[18:34:13.114][Manager] Current workspace folders: ["file://%WS1%"]
[18:34:13.119][Manager] Found root file from active editor: %WS1%/main.tex
[18:34:13.120][Manager] Keep using the same root file: %WS1%/main.tex
[18:34:13.121][Event] ROOT_FILE_SEARCHED
[18:34:13.123][Event] STRUCTURE_UPDATED
[18:34:13.125][Commander] Building root file: %WS1%/main.tex
[18:34:13.127][Builder] Build root file %WS1%/main.tex
[18:34:13.134][Builder] outDir: %WS1% .
[18:34:13.136][Builder] Preparing to run recipe: pdf-animation.
[18:34:13.137][Builder] Prepared 1 tools.
[18:34:13.140][Builder] Recipe step 1 The command is pdf-animation:["%WS1%/main"].
[18:34:13.140][Builder] env: undefined
[18:34:13.141][Builder] root: %WS1%/main.tex
[18:34:13.141][Builder] cwd: %WS1%
[18:34:13.439][Builder] LaTeX build process spawned with PID undefined.
[18:34:13.441][Builder] LaTeX fatal error on PID undefined. Error: spawn pdf-animation ENOENT
[18:34:13.442]Error: spawn pdf-animation ENOENT
	at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
	at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16)
	at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21)
[18:34:13.442][Builder] Does the executable exist? $PATH: /home/zpd/.vscode-server/bin/2ccd690cbff1569e4a83d7c43d45101f817401dc/bin/remote-cli:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/usr/lib/wsl/lib:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/VMware/VMware Workstation/bin/:/mnt/c/texlive/Relateed-Applications/ImageMagick-7.1.0-Q16:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Common Files/Intel/Shared Libraries/redist/intel64/compiler:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/NVIDIA Corporation/PhysX/Common:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft/jdk-11.0.12.7-hotspot/bin:/mnt/c/Windows/system32:/mnt/c/Windows:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/Windows/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Program Files/dotnet/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/170/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/150/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Wolfram Research/WolframScript/:/mnt/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2022a/runtime/win64:/mnt/c/Program Files/MATLAB/R2022a/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/Client SDK/ODBC/110/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/Tools/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft SQL Server/120/DTS/Binn/:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Windows Kits/8.1/Windows Performance Toolkit/:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32:/mnt/c/WINDOWS:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/OpenSSH/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Git/cmd:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/SumatraPDF:/mnt/c/Program Files/WindowsApps/5E8FC25E.XODODOCS_6.0.0.0_x64__3v3sf0k6w2rec/Xodo.exe:/mnt/c/Program Files/Go/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/c/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/perl/site/bin:/mnt/c/Strawberry/perl/bin:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32:/mnt/c/WINDOWS:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/Wbem:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/Microsoft.PowerShell_8wekyb3d8bbwe:/mnt/c/Program Files/WindowsApps/Microsoft.PowerShell_7.3.4.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe:/mnt/c/WINDOWS/System32/WindowsPowerShell/v1.0/:/mnt/c/Program Files/PowerShell/7/:/mnt/c/Program Files/Microsoft VS Code/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Gurobi/win64/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/LINGO18/:/mnt/c/Program Files/LxRunOffline-v3.5.0-mingw:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/PDFtk Server/bin/:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Lua/5.1:/mnt/c/Program Files (x86)/Lua/5.1/clibs:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Roaming/npm:/mnt/c/Program Files/nodejs/:/mnt/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin:/mnt/c/texlive/2021/bin/win32:/mnt/c/Program Files/Quarto/bin:/mnt/c/scoop/apps/llvm/current/bin:/mnt/c/scoop/apps/ghostscript/current/lib:/mnt/c/scoop/apps/mpv/current:/mnt/c/scoop/apps/mingw/current/bin:/mnt/c/scoop/shims:/mnt/c/Program Files/Stack/bin:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Programs/oh-my-posh/bin:/mnt/c/ghcup/bin:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Envs/ManimCE/Scripts:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Envs/ManimGL/Scripts:/mnt/c/Python311:/mnt/c/Program Files/Qing:/mnt/c/Program Files/Lua_5.4.6:/mnt/c/Program Files/Lua_5.4.6/LuaDist_0.9.8/bin:/mnt/c/Program Files/Inkscape/bin:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps:/mnt/c/Program Files/komorebi/bin:/mnt/c/BIN:/mnt/c/Users/PC/AppData/Roaming/npm:/usr/bin/site_perl:/usr/bin/vendor_perl:/usr/bin/core_perl, $Path: undefined, $SHELL: /usr/bin/zsh
[18:34:13.442][Builder] 

which makes me confused .

by the way, the source main.tex is as follows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{animate}
\usepackage{media9}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{filecontents}{timeline.txt}
::0x0 % coordinate system & y=e^x, repeated until last frame
::1 % one blue curve per frame
::2
::3
::4
::5
::6
::7
::8
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
    \animategraphics[
        label=taylor,
        controls, loop,
        timeline=timeline.txt
    ]{4}{exp_}{0}{8}
    \mediabutton[
        jsaction={
            if(anim[’taylor’].isPlaying)
            anim[’taylor’].pause();
            else
            anim[’taylor’].playFwd();
        }
    ]{\fbox{Play/Pause}}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Thanks !

[James-Yu]

The issue is, your vscode does not inherit the environment of zsh. The extension only reads PATH of vscode.

[James-Yu]

You may search for keyword PATH in the issue tracker to look for possible solutions.