chktex - Man Page
finds typographic errors in LaTeX.
Synopsis
chktex [-hiqrW] [-v[0-...]] [-l <rcfile>] [-[wemn] <[1-42]|all>] [-d[0-...]] [-p <name>] [-o <outfile>] [-[btxgI][0|1]] file1 file2 ...
Description
chktex finds typographic errors in LaTeX
Options
Miscellaneous options:
- -h --help
Print a help screen.
- -i --license
Show distribution information.
- -l --localrc
Read local .chktexrc formatted file.
- -d --debug
Debug information. Give it a number.
- -r --reset
Reset settings to default.
Muting warning messages:
- -w --warnon
Makes msg # given a warning and turns it on.
- -e --erroron
Makes msg # given an error and turns it on.
- -m --msgon
Makes msg # given a message and turns it on.
- -n --nowarn
Mutes msg # given.
- -L --nolinesupp
Do not allow per-line suppressions. These are TeX comments of the form % chktex ## .
Output control flags:
- -v --verbosity
How errors are displayed. Default 1, 0=Less, 2=Fancy, 3=lacheck.
- -V --pipeverb
How errors are displayed when stdout != tty. Defaults to the same as -v.
- -s --splitchar
String used to split fields when doing -v0
- -o --output
Redirect error report to a file.
- -q --quiet
Shuts up about version information.
- -p --pseudoname
Input file-name when reporting.
- -f --format
Format to use for output
Boolean switches (1 -> enables / 0 -> disables):
- -b --backup
Backup output file.
- -x --wipeverb
Ignore contents of `\verb' commands.
- -g --globalrc
Read global .chktexrc file.
- -I --inputfiles
Execute \input statements.
- -H --headererr
Show errors found in front of \begin{document}
- -W --version
Version information
If no LaTeX files are specified on the command line, we will read from stdin. For explanation of warning/error messages, please consult the main document /usr/share/doc/chktex/ChkTeX.dvi.gz.
Distribution
Copyright (C) 1996 Jens T. Berger Thielemann
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
Environment
No environment variables are used.
Files
None.
Author
Jens T. Berger Thielemann, <jensthi@ifi.uio.no>
This manual page was cobbled together by Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>, based on the output of "chktex --help" and deweb(1).