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NAME mtxrun – ConTeXt TDS Runner Tool SYNOPSIS mtxrun [ OPTIONS … ] [ FILENAMES ] DESCRIPTION ConTeXt 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)…
NAME GNU TeXmacs – a WYSIWYG mathematical text editor SYNOPSIS texmacs [OPTION]… [SOURCE]… INTRODUCTION GNU 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….
NAME luatex, dviluatex, luahbtex, luajittex, texlua, texluac – An extended version of TeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language SYNOPSIS luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… \FIRST-LINE luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… &FMT [ARGS] DESCRIPTION Run the luaTeX typesetter on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luaTeX input, after TEXNAME…
NAME luatex, dviluatex, luahbtex, luajittex, texlua, texluac – An extended version of TeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language SYNOPSIS luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… \FIRST-LINE luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… &FMT [ARGS] DESCRIPTION Run the luaTeX typesetter on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luaTeX input, after TEXNAME…
NAME texlogsieve – filter and summarize LaTeX log files SYNOPSIS texlogsieve [,OPTION/]… [,INPUT FILE/] DESCRIPTION texlogsieve 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…
texlogfilter NAME texlogfilter – filter latex engines output or log file SYNOPSIS texlogfilter [options] file.log DESCRIPTION Filter 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 | texlogfilter OPTIONS –help :…
NAME texlinks – maintain symbolic links from format to engine SYNOPSIS texlinks [ OPTIONS… ] DIRECTORIES… DESCRIPTION texlinks 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…
NAME texindex – sort Texinfo index files SYNOPSIS texindex [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… DESCRIPTION Generate 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 processing REPORTING BUGS Email bug reports to…
NAME texi2dvi – convert Texinfo documents to DVI or PDF SYNOPSIS texi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… texi2pdf [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… pdftexi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… DESCRIPTION Run 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…
NAME texi2html – a Texinfo to HTML converter SYNOPSIS texi2html [options] file DESCRIPTION Texi2html 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…
NAME texi2dvi4a2ps – Compile Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF SYNOPSIS texi2dvi4a2ps [OPTION]… FILE… DESCRIPTION Run 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…
NAME texi2dvi – convert Texinfo documents to DVI or PDF SYNOPSIS texi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… texi2pdf [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… pdftexi2dvi [,OPTION/]… ,FILE/… DESCRIPTION Run 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…
NAME texi2any – translate Texinfo documents SYNOPSIS makeinfo [,OPTION/]… ,TEXINFO-FILE/… DESCRIPTION Translate 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….
NAME mktexlsr – create ls-R databases SYNOPSIS mktexlsr [directories] DESCRIPTION This 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….
NAME texfot – run TeX, filtering online transcript for interesting messages SYNOPSIS texfot [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…
NAME texfont – font installation tool for ConTeXt SYNOPSIS texfont [ OPTION … ] DESCRIPTION TeXFont 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…
NAME texfind – graphical tool to search for text in TeX input files SYNOPSIS texfind [ OPTION … ] DESCRIPTION texfind 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…
NAME texexpand – expand \input and \include statements in a TeX file DESCRIPTION General 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….
NAME texexec – TeXExec SYNOPSIS texexec [ OPTIONS … ] [ FILENAMES ] DESCRIPTION TeXExec 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…
NAME texdoctk – GUI for easier access of TeX package and program documentations SYNOPSIS texdoctk -[aq] DESCRIPTION texdoctk 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…