tex2asc(1) tex2asc(1) NNaammee tex2asc 1.1 - rudimentary TeX-to-ASCII converter SSyynnooppssiiss tteexx22aasscc [[--aaccggrrss]] [[--ff _f_i_l_e ]] [[----aannssii--ccoonnttrroollss]] [[----aasscciiii--ccoonnttrroollss]] [[----eenndd--nnootteess]] [[----ffeeww--ccrrss]] [[----ffaakkee--ggrreeeekk]] [[----ggrreeeekkkkeeyyss]] [[----ffiillee--nnootteess]] [[----gguutteennbbeerrgg]] [[----iibbmm--sseett]] [[----lleeaavvee--nnootteess]] [[----mmaacc--sseett]] [[----nnaannssii--ccoonn-- ttrroollss]] [[----nnoo--aacccceeeennttss]] [[----nnuummbbeerr--lliinneess[[==00]]]] [[----nnuummbbeerr--sseeccttiioonnss[[==00]]]] [[----rrttff--ccoonnttrroollss]] [[----ssttrriipp--ccoonnttrroollss]] [[----ssttrriipp--nnootteess]] [[----wwiinn--ggrreeeekk]] [[----xxtteerrmm--sseett]] DDeessccrriippttiioonn tteexx22aasscc reads from its input a simple (e.g., containing no math) TeX document and writes an ASCII (or ...see below) version of the document on the standard output. This version of tteexx22aasscc is designed to handle a specific subset of TeX, namely the productions of project Libellus; anything else may come out looking a bit odd (although it is guaranteed to have no \directives in it). OOppttiioonnss Long options, namely those which are preceded by ``--'', may be abbre- viated, so long as the abbreviation is unique; for example, ``--mac'' for ``--mac-set'' will work, however ``--number'' will produce an error, since it could mean either ``--number-lines'' or ``--number-sec- tions''. Short options (-a, -g, -s, -r) are presented first, as they control many switches at once, and they are the most often used. -a Displays output in an ``informal ASCII'' mannner. Accented characters are represented by their base character alone; foot- notes are removed; and line- and section-numbers do not appear. Emphasis appears as: *italics*, =boldface=, _underline_. -f _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e Instead of taking input from the standard input and writing on the standard output, tteexx22aasscc will take its input from _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e and write its output on _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e.asc. If _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e contains a dot, ``.asc'' will be appended to _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e, up to the first dot, and that used for the output filename. -g ``Gutenberg style''. Paragraph breaks are represented by CR-LF-CR-LF instead of being indented. Also, lines are termi- nated by CR-LF, regardless of what machine tteexx22aasscc is being run on. Accented characters appear as the base character only. Footnotes appear at the end of the document, and lines and sec- tions are not numbered. -r RTF mode. Output is printed in Rich Text Format. Lines are not numbered (the reading program is assumed to be able to do that); however sections are numbered. Greek text is output in a format that can be read by the GreekKeys package. -s For producing minimalist ASCII documents. Italics and boldface are not represented; also, automatic chapter, section, and line numbering are disabled, and footnotes are discarded. --ansi-controls Displays output in a format suitable for vt100 and other ansi-style terminals. Italics and boldface are represented by terminal italic and boldface, respectively. --ascii-controls Italics, boldface, and underline will be marked with asterisk (*), equals (=), and underscore as follows: *italic*words*, =boldface=words=, and _underlined_words_. --strip-controls Italics and boldface will not be represented. --end-notes Place footnotes at the end of the output. --fake-greek Greek text is left as it appears in the input file. --few-crs With this option, newlines will only appear at the end of a paragraph, or at the end of a line if \obeylines has been declared (as when typesetting poetry). Otherwise, carriage returns will mark the end of every line in the output. --file-notes Place footnotes into a separate file, _f_i_l_e_n_a_m_e.ftn if the --ff option is used, otherwise into the file ``footnote.asc''. --greekkeys Greek is converted into a format that can be read by the GreekKeys package. This can only be used in combination with the --rtf or -r options. --ibm-set Use the IBM PC character set when forming letters with diacriti- cal marks. Combinations which do not appear in the IBM charac- ter set are replaced by the base character with no diacritical mark. --leave-notes Leave footnotes where they appear in the body of the text. To distinguish footnotes from the surrounding text, they are enclosed in <[ ]>. --mac-set Use the Macintosh ``standard'' character set when forming let- ters with diacritical marks. Combinations which do not appear in the Macintosh character set are replaced by the base charac- ter with no diacritical mark. --no-accents Ignore all diacritical and accent marks. --number-lines[=_x] If _x is other than zero, automatic line numbering will be enabled (the default). Otherwise, it will be disabled. Note, however, that line numbering will appear only in documents requesting it, even if ----nnuummbbeerr--lliinneess is set. --number-sections[=_x] If _x is other than zero, automatic chapter and section numbering will be enabled; otherwise, it will be disabled. --rtf-codes See -r, above. --strip-notes Footnotes are to be discarded. --win-greek Make inserted Greek text work with the WinGreek package. This option only works in conjunction with --rtf. --xterm-set Use the llaattiinn11 character set when forming letters with diacriti- cal marks. Combinations which do not appear in the llaattiinn11 char- acter set are replaced by the base character with no diacritical mark. 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