The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
mtxrun – ConTeXt TDS Runner Tool Synopsismtxrun [ OPTIONS … ] [ FILENAMES ] DescriptionConTeXt TDS Runner Tool Options–script run an mtx script (lua preferred method) (–noquotes), no script gives list –evaluate run code passed on the commandline (between quotes) (=loop) (exit|quit aborts) –execute run a script or program (texmfstart method) (–noquotes) –resolve resolve prefixed…
GNU TeXmacs – a WYSIWYG mathematical text editor Synopsistexmacs [OPTION]… [SOURCE]… IntroductionGNU TeXmacs is a free scientific text editor, which was both inspired by TeX and GNU Emacs. The editor allows you to write structured documents via a wysiwyg (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) and user friendly interface. New styles may be created by the user. The program implements…
luatex, dviluatex, luahbtex, luajittex, texlua, texluac – An extended version of TeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language Synopsisluatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… \FIRST-LINE luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… &FMT [ARGS] DescriptionRun the luaTeX typesetter on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luaTeX input, after TEXNAME is read. Alternatively,…
luatex, dviluatex, luahbtex, luajittex, texlua, texluac – An extended version of TeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language Synopsisluatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… \FIRST-LINE luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… &FMT [ARGS] DescriptionRun the luaTeX typesetter on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luaTeX input, after TEXNAME is read. Alternatively,…
texlogsieve – filter and summarize LaTeX log files Synopsistexlogsieve [,OPTION/]… [,INPUT FILE/] Descriptiontexlogsieve reads a LaTeX log file (or the standard input if no file is specified), filters out less relevant messages, and displays a summary report. texlogsieve must be run from the same directory as [pdf|lua|xe]latex, because it searches for the files used during…
texlogfilterNAMEtexlogfilter – filter latex engines output or log file SYNOPSIS texlogfilter [options] file.logDESCRIPTIONFilter latex engines output or log file. For latex, pdflatex, lualatex or xelatex output or log file. Without input file, standard input is used. Use on latex engine output with: latex file.tex < /dev/null | texlogfilterOPTIONS –help : print this help and exit…
texlinks – maintain symbolic links from format to engine Synopsistexlinks [ OPTIONS… ] DIRECTORIES… Descriptiontexlinks is used to create or recreate symbolic links from formats to engines according to the information in fmtutil.cnf or a file specified with –cnffile. DIRECTORIES is an optional list of directories in which to operate. If no directories are specified…
texindex – sort Texinfo index files Synopsistexindex [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… DescriptionGenerate a sorted index for each TeX output FILE. Usually FILE… is specified as `foo.??’ for a document `foo.texi’. Options-h, –help display this help and exit –version display version information and exit — end option processingReporting BugsEmail bug reports to bug-texinfo [at] gnu.org, general questions and…
texi2dvi – convert Texinfo documents to DVI or PDF Synopsistexi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… texi2pdf [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… pdftexi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… DescriptionRun each Texinfo or (La)TeX FILE through TeX in turn until all cross-references are resolved, building all indices. The directory containing each FILE is searched for included files. The suffix of FILE is used to determine its…
texi2html – a Texinfo to HTML converter Synopsistexi2html [options] file DescriptionTexi2html converts the given Texinfo file to a set of HTML files. It tries to handle most of the Texinfo commands. It creates hypertext links for cross-references, footnotes… Texi2html may furthermore use latex2html to generate HTML (code and/or images) for @math and @iftex tags (see…
texi2dvi4a2ps – Compile Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF Synopsistexi2dvi4a2ps [OPTION]… FILE… DescriptionRun each Texinfo or LaTeX FILE through TeX in turn until all cross-references are resolved, building all indices. The directory containing each FILE is searched for included files. The suffix of FILE is used to determine its language (LaTeX or Texinfo)….
texi2dvi – convert Texinfo documents to DVI or PDF Synopsistexi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… texi2pdf [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… pdftexi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… DescriptionRun each Texinfo or (La)TeX FILE through TeX in turn until all cross-references are resolved, building all indices. The directory containing each FILE is searched for included files. The suffix of FILE is used to determine its…
texi2any – translate Texinfo documents Synopsismakeinfo [,OPTION/]… ,TEXINFO-FILE/… DescriptionTranslate Texinfo source documentation to various other formats, by default Info files suitable for reading online with Emacs or standalone GNU Info. This program is commonly installed as both `makeinfo’ and `texi2any’; the behavior is identical, and does not depend on the installed name. General options:–document-language=,STR/ locale…
mktexlsr – create ls-R databases Synopsismktexlsr [directories] DescriptionThis manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Kpathsea: A library for path searching. mktexlsr is used to generate the ls-R databases used by the kpathsea library. It will create…
texfot – run TeX, filtering online transcript for interesting messages Synopsistexfot [option]… texcmd [texarg…] Description"texfot" invokes texcmd with the given texarg arguments, filtering the online output for “interesting” messages. Its exit value is that of texcmd. Examples: # Sample basic invocation: texfot pdflatex file.tex # Ordinarily all output is copied to /tmp/fot before filtering, #…
texfont – font installation tool for ConTeXt Synopsistexfont [ OPTION … ] DescriptionTeXFont is a perl(1) script that helps to set up and install TeX fonts. It was designed for use with ConTeXt, but may also be helpful for users of other formats, like plain TeX or LaTeX. Its use is described in detail in…
texfind – graphical tool to search for text in TeX input files Synopsistexfind [ OPTION … ] Descriptiontexfind is a graphical, interactive tool that helps you searching through TeX input files, including subdirectories, and allows you to do search/replace tasks using perl(1) regular expressions. It opens two windows: One displays the directory hierarchy and allows…
texexpand – expand \input and \include statements in a TeX file DescriptionGeneral translation mechanism: The main program latex2html calls texexpand with the document name in order to expand some of its \input and \include statements, here also called `merging’, and to write a list of sensitized style, class, input, or include file names. When texexpand…
texexec – TeXExec Synopsistexexec [ OPTIONS … ] [ FILENAMES ] DescriptionTeXExec Options–make make formats –check check versions –process process file –mptex process mp file –mpxtex process mpx file –mpgraphic process mp file to stand-alone graphics –mpstatic process mp/ctx file to stand-alone graphics –listing list of file content –figures generate overview of figures –modules generate…
texdoctk – GUI for easier access of TeX package and program documentations Synopsistexdoctk -[aq] Descriptiontexdoctk is a GUI for easier access to a large part of the vast amount of package and program documentations and tutorials for TeX and its different derivatives (mainly LaTeX). It is optimized and included in the teTeX and fpTeX distributions…