chktex(1)

1chktex(1)                   General Commands Manual                  chktex(1)
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NAME

6       chktex - finds typographic errors in LaTeX.
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SYNOPSIS

9       chktex   [-hiqrW]  [-v[0-...]]  [-l  <rcfile>]  [-[wemn]  <[1-42]|all>]
10       [-d[0-...]] [-p <name>] [-o <outfile>] [-[btxgI][0|1]] file1 file2 ...
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DESCRIPTION

13       chktex finds typographic errors in LaTeX
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OPTIONS

16       Miscellaneous options:
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18       -h --help
19              Print a help screen.
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21       -i --license
22              Show distribution information.
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24       -l --localrc
25              Read local .chktexrc formatted  file.
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28              Debug information. Give it a number.
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33       Muting warning messages:
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51              How  errors  are  displayed.   Default   1,   0=Less,   2=Fancy,
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55              How  errors  are  displayed when stdout != tty.  Defaults to the
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61       -o --output
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95       If no LaTeX files are specified on the command line, we will read  from
96       stdin.    For explanation of warning/error messages, please consult the
97       main document /usr/share/doc/chktex/ChkTeX.dvi.gz.
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DISTRIBUTION

101       Copyright (C) 1996 Jens T. Berger Thielemann
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103       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
104       under  the  terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
105       Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at  your
106       option) any later version.
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108       This  program  is  distributed  in the hope that it will be useful, but
109       WITHOUT ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of  MER‐
110       CHANTABILITY  or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General
111       Public License for more details.
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113       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
114       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
115       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
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ENVIRONMENT

119       No environment variables are used.
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FILES

122       None.
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AUTHOR

125       Jens T. Berger Thielemann, <jensthi@ifi.uio.no>
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127       This   manual   page   was   cobbled   together    by    Clint    Adams
128       <schizo@debian.org>,  based  on  the  output  of  "chktex  --help"  and
129       deweb(1).
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