AMC-PREPARE(1)						       Auto Multiple Choice						    AMC-PREPARE(1)

NAME

       AMC-prepare - prepares working documents from LaTeX source file

SYNOPSIS

       auto-multiple-choice prepare --mode s --prefix project-dir mcq-source-file

       auto-multiple-choice prepare --mode b --data project-data-dir mcq-source-file

DESCRIPTION

       The AMC-prepare.pl command extracts working documents from the source file describing the multiple choice questionnaire. Information to be
       extracted depends on the --mode argument value. In any mode, the source filename must be given as an argument.

       o   with "--mode s", AMC-prepare.pl makes the subject file (answer sheet to be printed and given to the students), the correction (single
	   corrected answer sheet) and the positions file (file containing information about the positions of the boxes on the pages). The
	   following arguments can be used:

	   --out-sujet subject.pdf
	       sets the subject file to build.

	   --out-corrige corrected.pdf
	       sets the correction to build.

	   --out-calage calage.xy
	       sets the positions file to build.

	   --prefix directory
	       this directory is only necessary if one or more of the three previous options are not used: default values are then
	       directory/sujet.pdf, directory/corrige.pdf and directory/calage.xy.

       o   with "--mode b", AMC-prepare.pl extracts scoring data from the source file. In this mode, the --data argument must be used (see below).

       The following optional arguments can be used in any mode:

       --with latex-engine
	   gives the LaTeX engine (command) to be used.  latex-engine can be pdflatex or xelatex for exemple.

       --filter filter
	   sets the filter name to transform the MCQ source file into a LaTeX file. Native filters are latex (no change at all) and plain (source
	   is an AMC-TXT file).

       --filtered-source mcq-latex-file
	   gives the LaTeX file to make from the source file using specified filter. If omitted, a filename derived from mcq-source-file adding
	   _filtered.tex is used.

       --n-copies n
	   sets the number of copies to produce, overriding the number given in the LaTeX source file (first argument of the onecopy command).

       --debug file.log
	   gives a file to fill with debugging information.

       --data project-data-dir
	   sets the directory where the project's SQLite data files are.

AUTHORS

       Alexis Bienvenue <paamc@passoire.fr>
	   Main author

       Jean Berard
	   Translation from French

       Georges Khaznadar
	   Translation from French

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Alexis Bienvenue

       This document can be used according to the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.

Auto Multiple Choice 1.1.1					    06/19/2012							    AMC-PREPARE(1)