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6 latex2png - manual page for latex2png 1.1
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9 latex2png -- Convert a LaTeX file to a PNG image
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11 USAGE: latex2png [-d density] [-h] [-k] [-c] [-g] [-m] [-H home dir]
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14 The latex2png command converts a LaTeX file into a PNG image. The
15 first page is translated into an image at the specified resolution.
16 latex2png can also be used to convert encapsulated postscript (EPS)
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19 OPTIONS:
20 -c produce color image
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22 -d density
23 density is the number of dots per inch to use in the created
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26 -g produce gray images
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30 -H home_dir
31 home_dir is a directory to be included in search path (default
32 is directory that contains the LaTeX file). This is used to
33 create PNG images in another directory (e.g., /tmp) and still
34 allow LaTeX to find files that it needs to include.
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36 -k keep intermediate files (for debugging)
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38 -m produce monochrome (black and white) image
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43 EXAMPLES:
44 latex2png -d 144 /tmp/file
45 #create /tmp/file.png at 144 dpi
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47 latex2png file.eps
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50 latex2png file.tex
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53 latex2png -H . /tmp/file
54 #search the cwd for image files
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57 latex2png is a part of latex2rtf and has a special mode to assist in
58 finding the baseline of a latex equation. Documentation for latex2rtf
59 may be found in latex2rtf.info, the PDF file latex2rtf.pdf or the HTML
60 file latex2rtf.html which are made from the TeXInfo source file
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65latex2png 1.10 November 2002 LATEX2PNG(1)