Add latexmkrc and document its use in REAME

README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ I write the notes in [Pandoc Markdown](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-ma
 
 This repository contains my [Pandoc Markdown YAML metadata block](https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#extension-yaml_metadata_block) to configure document metadata, fonts etc. as well as a [Makefile](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) to render the document to PDF.
 
-It also includes two VSCode build tasks to build the files from within the editor.
+It also includes two [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) build tasks to build the files from within the editor.
 
 ## The Header
 
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ The makefile uses [Pandoc](https://pandoc.org/index.html) to convert to LaTeX an
 
 The intermediate files are stored in the `.build` directory.
 
+The `latexmkrc` file in this repository contains configuration for latexmk.
+Use of this file enables automatic conversion of SVG graphics included in Markdown files.
+
 ## The Build Tasks
 
-The .vscode folder contains two build tasks to convert documents from Markdown to PDF. The `pandoc md -> pdf` task converts directly from Markdown to PDF without producing intermediate LaTeX files. The `GNU make (default recipe)` executes the default make recipe in the folder of the currently opened file.
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+The .vscode folder contains two build tasks to convert documents from Markdown to PDF in the VSCode editor. The `pandoc md -> pdf` task converts directly from Markdown to PDF without producing intermediate LaTeX files. The `GNU make (default recipe)` executes the default make recipe in the folder of the currently opened file.
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latexmkrc

+$pdf_mode = 1;
+
+# Clean up pdf files generated from svg files
+$cleanup_includes_cusdep_generated = 1;
+
+# Always regenerate .bbl files from .bib files and clean them
+$bibtex_use = 2;
+
+# Additional generated files for cleanup
+push @generated_exts, 'glo', 'glsdefs', 'xdy';
+
+# Convert svg to pdf on the fly using inkscape
+add_cus_dep('svg', 'pdf', 0, 'svg2pdf');
+sub svg2pdf {
+    system("inkscape -D $_[0].svg -o $_[0].pdf");
+}
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