TEXCHK

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texchk checks for the proper nesting of matching '{' '}' and '[' ']' pairs, matching '\begin{<environment>}' '\end{<environment>} pairs, and Math Mode and Display Math Mode constructs. If improper nesting is detected, an error message consisting of a reason, a line number, and the actual line of text on which the error occurred is displayed.

In general, the program will halt after finding and printing the first error, because attempts at further diagnosis would likely result in a stream of spurious error messages.

Unlike LaTeX texchk is fast. It can grovel over a large file in a matter of a few seconds, and can be run repeatedly without causing the CPU to beg for mercy.

The command line options are:

-v

Verbose option. Produces on the standard output a trace of each environment texchk enters and leaves, along with the number of the line it is currently processing. This is used basically to assure yourself that texchk is actually doing something, if you give it a huge file to process. (And is mildly interesting).

-c

Check mode. Tells texchk to check each keyword (e.g., \hspace, \mbox) in the file against a list of known keywords, and issue a warning if the keyword is not in the list. Also, each keyword is checked as to whether it is only legal if given inside of math mode, and if so and if math mode is not enabled, an error message is given (but processing continues).

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It does not check for number of arguments, presence of optional arguments, etc.

It does not know that certain keywords can only be used in certain modes.

It does not understand that '[' and ']' can be used in regular text without necessarily being paired. Also, \left], for example, will confuse it totally.

Although not officially part of LaTeX, texchk understands the '$$' construct of TeX.

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