Feature list

• Supports over 30 warnings. Warnings include: 0.1pt
  • Commands terminated with space. Ignores \tt, etc.
  • Space in front of references instead of ~.
  • Forgetting to group parenthesis characters when sub-/superscripting.
  • Italic correction (``\/'') mistakes (double, missing, unnecessary).
  • Parenthesis and environment matching.
  • Ellipsis detection; also checks whether to use \dots, \cdots or \ldots.
  • Enforcement of normal space after abbreviation. Detect most abbreviations automagically.
  • Enforcement of end-of-sentence space when the last sentence ended with capital letter.
  • Mathmode on/off detection.
  • Quote checking, both wrong types (") and wrong direction.
  • Recommends splitting three quotes in a row.
  • Searching for user patterns.
  • Displays comments.
  • Space in front of \label and similar commands.
  • Use of ``x'' instead of × between numbers.
  • Multiple spaces in input.
  • Text which may be ignored.
  • Mathematical operators typeset as variables.
• Fully customizable. Intelligent resource format makes it possible to make ChkTEX respect your L^ATEX setup. Even command-line options may be specified globally in the ``chktexrc'' file.
• Supports \input command; both TEX and L<sup>A</sup>TEX version. Actually includes the files. ``TEXINPUTS''-equivalent search path.
• Intelligent warning/error handling. The user may promote/mute warnings to suit his preferences. You may also mute warnings in the header of a file; thus killing much unwanted garbage.
• Scripts included for checking CWEB files written in L^ATEX. (Requires perl v5).
• Supports both L^ATEX 2.09 and L^ATEX2 .
• Flexible output handling. Has some predefined format, but lets the user specify his own format. Uses a ``printf()'' similar syntax. ``lacheck'' compatible mode included for interfacing with the AUC TeX Emacs mode.
• An ARexx script for interfacing with SCMSG, the SAS/C message browser, is included. Special script included for CygnusED/GoldED, for binding to hotkey.
• Amiga Workbench support. Parameters may be passed by shift-clicking the L^ATEX files and setting the remaining options in the tooltypes.
• Wildcard matching (Amiga only). Matches file patterns internally, thus saving a lot of work. This is, however, platform-specific code — on UNIX boxes this is done by the shell.
• Written in ANSI C. ``configure'' script included for easy setup and installation on UNIX systems.

Still, it is important to realize that the output from ChkTEX is only intended as a guide to fixing faults. However, it is by no means always correct. This means that correct L^ATEX code may produce errors in ChkTEX, and vice versa: Incorrect L^ATEX code may pass silently through.

• New features