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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+.TH XETAL 1 "1/17/92" "Version 1.2"
+.de BP
+.sp
+.ti -.2i
+\(**
+..
+.SH NAME
+xetal \- a detexifier
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B xetal
+[ options ] [ files ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I XETAL
+removes all commands and mathematical formulas from tex and latex files.
+If no files are specified, xetal reads from its standard input.
+Xetal can also be used to perform elementary syntax checks on tex files.
+It recognizes some basic tex and latex commands.
+.P
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-a character
+Don't remove accents. Accents will be preceded by "character".
+.TP
+.B \-A
+Don't remove accents. Don't put escape character before accents.
+.TP
+.B \-b
+Replace consecutive blanks by one blank.
+.TP
+.B \-c
+Don't remove commands.
+.TP
+.B \-C
+Don't remove comments.
+.TP
+.B \-d
+Debugging mode. Don't try !
+.TP
+.B \-e label1,label2,...,last_label
+Handle environnements label1, label2, ... as mathematical environnements.
+.TP
+.B \-E
+Disable error messages.
+.TP
+.B \-f character
+Replace deleted words and formulas with "character".
+Default is space.
+.TP
+.B \-F
+Don't replace deleted commands and formulas.
+.TP
+.B \-g
+Replace deleted '{' and '}' by blank or specified replacement character.
+.TP
+.B \-i
+Don't execute \include and \input commands.
+.TP
+.B \-m
+Don't remove mathematical formulas.
+.TP
+.B \-n number
+Numerotate output text every "number" lines. Use -n0 to remove
+numerotation. Default is -n0.
+.TP
+.B \-N
+Write filename only for the first line of each file.
+.TP
+.B \-o
+Display macros definitions.
+.TP
+.B \-p
+Remove punctuation.
+.TP
+.B \-r
+Generate a succint report for the job done.
+.TP
+.B \-S
+Silent mode: no output is produced. This option overrides every other
+output option.
+.TP
+.B \-t
+Remove text.
+.TP
+.B \-u
+Output unknown (non-mathematical) commands.
+.TP
+.B \-w
+Disable warning messages.
+.TP
+.B \-z
+Display text after \\end.
+.sp
+.SH WARNING
+.TP
+Macros definitions are read, but they are not interpreted by xetal.
+Here is the kind of things xetal won't appreciate :
+.sp
+ \\documentstyle[\\docsty}
+.sp
+ {\\obeyspaces\\global\\let =\\ }
+.sp
+Error handling is very crude. In particular, line numbers in error \
+messages aren't very reliable.
+.sp
+.SH BUGS
+Bugs should be reported to cerf (e_mail: cerf@ens.ens.fr).