TEX2MAIL(1) General Commands Manual TEX2MAIL(1)
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)