From 0df5a0a64c7a0f4e26d44f640e9dfc58f0d88354 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Cabral <pedro.cabral@quote-me.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:15:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ignoring .DS_Store

---
 .gitignore | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e43b0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.DS_Store
-- 
2.49.1


From c3cbc6140622b392dfb6d095224ba31857b3e9c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Cabral <pedro.cabral@quote-me.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:15:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] added smart build

---
 .vscode/settings.json      | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 build/build-latex-smart.sh | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100755 build/build-latex-smart.sh

diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index d730f59..4e0293b 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
 {
-  "latex-workshop.latex.recipe.default": "latexmk (xelatex)"
+  "latex-workshop.latex.recipes": [
+    {
+      "name": "Smart LaTeX Build",
+      "tools": ["smart-build"]
+    }
+  ],
+  "latex-workshop.latex.tools": [
+    {
+      "name": "smart-build",
+      "command": "bash",
+      "args": [
+        "%WORKSPACE_FOLDER%/build/build-latex-smart.sh",
+        "%DOC%"
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "latex-workshop.latex.recipe.default": "Smart LaTeX Build",
+  "latex-workshop.formatting.latex": "latexindent"
 }
diff --git a/build/build-latex-smart.sh b/build/build-latex-smart.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aaf9f79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/build-latex-smart.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Color definitions
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+RED='\033[31m'
+BLUE='\033[34m'
+RESET='\033[0m'
+
+# Ensure a file parameter is passed
+if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
+    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: No .tex file provided.${RESET}"
+    echo "Usage: $0 <file.tex>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+FILE="$1"
+
+# append .tex file extension, iff not already passed
+[[ "$FILE" != *.tex ]] && FILE="${FILE}.tex"
+
+# Check that the file exists
+if [[ ! -f "$FILE" ]]; then
+    echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: File '$FILE' not found.${RESET}"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Detect active \usepackage{fontspec} (ignore commented lines)
+if grep -Eq '^[^%]*\\usepackage\{fontspec\}' "$FILE"; then
+    echo -e "${BLUE}Detected fontspec → Using XeLaTeX${RESET}"
+    xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE"
+else
+    echo -e "${BLUE}No active fontspec → Using pdfLaTeX${RESET}"
+    pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE"
+fi
-- 
2.49.1


From 2de6dccfa8fa662eef7f1fb2bf7940595d3fe10c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Cabral <pedro.cabral@quote-me.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:16:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] added tasks to execute manually

---
 .vscode/tasks.json | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .vscode/tasks.json

diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3da7606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "tasks": [
+    {
+      "label": "Build Current File (XeLaTeX)",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "xelatex",
+      "args": [
+        "-synctex=1",
+        "-interaction=nonstopmode",
+        "-file-line-error",
+        "${file}"
+      ],
+      "group": {
+        "kind": "build",
+        "isDefault": true
+      },
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "Build Current File (pdfLaTeX)",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": "pdflatex",
+      "args": [
+        "-synctex=1",
+        "-interaction=nonstopmode",
+        "-file-line-error",
+        "${file}"
+      ],
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
-- 
2.49.1