Description

Chicle is a simple framework for writing and publishing LaTeX documents.

What does chicle mean?

Chicle is the gum from Manilkara chicle, a species of sapodilla tree. It is a tropical evergreen tree, native to in Central America and South America. It is the traditional material used in chewing gum.

The tree is also grown for its fruit which is plum-sized and has a translucent brown flesh. The tapping of the gum is similar to the tapping of latex from the rubber tree. Zigzag gashes are made in the tree trunk and the dripping gum is collected in small bags. Locals who collect chicle are called chicleros. This is then boiled till it reaches the correct thickness. Widespread tapping has lead to the tree becoming scarce and other sources like the related Balatá (Manilkara bidentata) are being increasingly used. Many modern chewing gums use petroleum based plastic instead of chicle.

Chicle was well known to the Aztec and Maya Indians and the early European settlers prized it for its subtle flavour and high sugar content.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Requirements

Chicle needs some external programs to work. Most of them are configurable

• GNU make
• LaTeX, pdfTeX and BibTeX
• latexmk: Version 3.07a is provided in the bin/ directory.
• ps2pdf, epstopdf and psnup
• PDF viewer (e.g. xpdf)
• PS viewer (e.g. gv)
• DVI viewer (e.g. xdvi)
• LaTeX checker (e.g. lacheck)
• Perl and perl-doc: Only used to create and recreate documentation. Not needed for normal use.

Compatibility Note

The main test platform of Chicle is GNU Make 3.81 and texlive 2007-10 on Debian and Ubuntu GNU/Linux.