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NAME
       tex2mail - TeX to ascii math prettyprinter

SYNOPSIS
       tex2mail [-linelength= length] [-maxdef= number] [-debug= number] [-by_par= number] [-TeX] [-ragged] [-noindent]

DESCRIPTION
       Filter  converting  TeX	or  LaTeX  math formulae to ASCII art. tex2mail is used by the PARI-GP calculator for output method external pret-
       typrint .  Under gp, prettyprint mode can be set by default(output, 3) (or o3). By default, this switches gp main output  to  TeX  format,
       filtered by

	      tex2mail -TeX -noindent -ragged -by_par

       Flags passed to tex2mail can be modified via the prettyprinter default in gp.

OPTIONS
       The following command line options are available:

       -linelength=length
	      Wrap text at this column.

       -maxdef=number
	      definition loops: croak if more than maxdef substitutions in a given paragraph.

       -debug=debuglevel
	      output debugging messages.

       -by_par
	      Expect each paragraph to be terminated by *exactly* 2 "
", and do not print an extra "
" between paragraphs.

       -TeX   Assume input formulae are in plain TeX format.

       -ragged
	      leave right ragged.

       -noindent
	      assume 
oindent everywhere.

BUGS
	% at the end of a line followed by 

 is recognized as end of paragraph

AUTHOR
       Ilya Zakharevitch

SEE ALSO
       gp(1), tex(1),

COPYING
       This  program  is   free  software;  you  can  redistribute  it and/or  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as pub-
       lished by the Free Software Foundation.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You  should  have received a copy of the  GNU  General  Public License  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Founda-
       tion,  Inc., 675  Mass  Ave,  Cambridge,  MA 02139, USA.

								    3 Mars 2001 						       TEX2MAIL(1)