Typesetting
Choosing a LaTeX Engine
Conference templates pin engines, so the engine is a setting rather than a default.
Which program compiles your .tex files is a setting, because no single
default can serve every document. Conference templates routinely pin an
engine — AAAI and many IEEE styles call \RequirePDFTeX and refuse to build
under XeTeX or LuaTeX.
{
"typeset_preview": {
"latex_engine": "auto"
}
}The options
The default. Uses latexmk from your PATH, falling back to the managed
TeX Live (TinyTeX) that Suzuri offers to download on first use.
{ "typeset_preview": { "latex_engine": "auto" } }Set it per project
Put the setting in .zed/settings.json inside the project so the paper
under an IEEE template builds with pdflatex while everything else stays on
auto.