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-## General
-
+## TeX Engine Settings
+
+Settings in VSCode with increased memory size (pgfplots) and shell escape:
+```json
+{
+			"name": "lualatexmk",
+			"command": "latexmk",
+			"args": [
+                "-shell-escape",                // <---- added this line
+                "--extra-mem-bot=10000000",     // <---- added this line
+                "--extra-mem-top=10000000",     // <---- added this line
+				"-synctex=1",
+				"-interaction=nonstopmode",
+				"-file-line-error",
+				"-lualatex",
+				"-outdir=%OUTDIR%",
+				"%DOC%"
+			],
+			"env": {}
+		}
+```
 ## Meta
 
 ### Finding weird Unicode