VSCode Latex-workshop: No AutoBuild for onFileChange

Question

I have a problem with the AutoBuild function in VSCode Latex-Workshop:

Using

"latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run": "onFileChange"

the project is not build if I change (and save) my tex-file, even though the Latex Workshop logger tells me:

[10:54:26] File watcher: responding to change in /path/presentation.tex
[10:54:26] Parsing /path/presentation.tex

But nothing more happens.

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If I change the settings to

"latex-workshop.latex.autoBuild.run": "onSave"

things work as expected:

[10:59:28] File watcher: responding to change in /path/presentation.tex
[10:59:28] Parsing /path/presentation.tex
[10:59:28] Auto-build /path/presentation.tex upon save.
[10:59:28] BUILD command invoked.

(... building commences ...)

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All other settings are kept on default values.

I am using LaTeX-Workshop version 6.0.0

Thank you very much for your help!

Joschua

Answer 1

I experience the same problems with LaTeX Workshop 8.16.1 in vscode 1.54.3. It is a known problem, see this FAQ.