detex

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2/27/86
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NAME

detex - a filter to strip TeX and LaTeX's commands from a file.

SYNOPSIS

detex [-iw] file1 [file2 ......]
or detex [-iw] < file

DESCRIPTION

TeX and LaTeX have control characters that spell and other troff -dependent processors (like diction) do not recognize. Detex works as a preprocessor by filtering those control characters. The output can then be piped to the next process. The output can be saved by redirecting the standard output. Detex does not break the document into individual words. It merely erases the control sequences. The character '%' is recognized as a comment indicator and the commented text is not passed to the output.
Detex recognizes and opens files called by TeX's and LaTeX's \input and \include commands. The -i flag makes detex ignore these commands. The file name has to be correct relative to the current working directory. If it cannot open the file nor file_name.tex, it will give a non-fatal error message and proceed.
Warning is given if suspected unmatching is detected. Use the -w flag to suppress these warnings.

DIAGNOSTICS

Nesting of \input and \include is allowed but the number of opened files must not exceed the system's limit on the number of simultaneously opened files (normally < 20).
Material between single or double dollar signs or between \begin{equation} and \end{equation} is regarded as mathematical equations and is ignored.

AUTHOR

Kamal Al-Yahya, Stanford University

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