text2lat(1) - Linux man page

Name

text2lat - Text to LaTeX converter.

Synopsis

text2lat [<option>] [ <inputfile> [<outputfile>] ]

Description

The program converts ASCII text to LaTeX source code. Some of the text characters (i.e. ''_'') can not be used literally, a LaTeX code (i.e. ''\textunderline{}'') must be used instead.

Options

-h Show a help text.
Long option: --help
-v Show the version number.
Long option: --version
-c Configure the program (set the options in the command line as permanent options).
Long option: --configure
-C Show the permanent options.
Long option: --show-configuration
-u Unconfigure, remove the permanent options set by the user.
Long option: --unconfigure
-r Reset the program, skip permanent options set by the user and defaults set by the administrator, use built-in defaults instead.
This option must appear before any of the following options.
Long option: --reset
-e encoding: Specify an input encoding, either ''latin-1'', ''utf-8'', or ''automatic''. For ''automatic'' the program inspects the LANG environment variable whether it ends on ''.UTF-8''.
-n
Converts newlines to ''\\'' and newline.
-n-
Passes newlines through without conversion to ''\\''.
-s
Converts spaces to ''~''.

?item

-s-
Passes spaces through without conversion.

Return Value

The program returns exit status code 0 on success, all other values indicate errors.

Environment

LANG
is checked for ''.UTF-8'' when -e is set to ''automatic''.

Author

Dirk Krause

Copyright And License

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* Neither the name of the Dirk Krause nor the names of
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