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WEAVE(1)			     2025"			      WEAVE(1)

NAME
       weave - translate WEB to	TeX

SYNOPSIS
       weave [-p] [-x] webfile[.web] [{changefile[.ch]|-} [outfile[.tex]]]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page is not	meant to be exhaustive.	 The complete documen-
       tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or	manual
       Web2C: A	TeX implementation.

       The  weave  program is used to create a TeX file	for viewing a Web pro-
       gram.  It takes appropriate care	of typographic details like page  lay-
       out  and	 the  use of indentation, italics, boldface, etc., and it sup-
       plies extensive cross-index information that it gathers	automatically.
       The  command  line  arguments are the same as for tangle	except for the
       options:	-p says	to use alternative macros more suited for PDF  output.
       -x  says	 to  omit  the	index, module name list, and table of contents
       pages.  (A CONTENTS.tex file will still be written when the TeX file is
       processed, however, unless some macros in webmac.tex are	redefined.)

       The output TeX file name	is formed by adding .tex to the	 root  of  the
       Web file	name or	from the third argument.  In this case you can specify
       '-' as an empty change file.

       There  are several macros that probably should be redefined by the pro-
       grammer at the beginning	of the Web file.  It is	a  good	 idea  to  set
       \title  to  the	name  of  the  program.	  And, to cause	output of only
       changed modules,	one can	say \let\maybe=\iffalse	(usually as the	 first
       change in the change file).

ENVIRONMENT
       The  environment	 variable  WEBINPUTS  is  used to search for the input
       files, or the system default if WEBINPUTS is not	set.  See  tex(1)  for
       the details of the searching.

FILES
       $TEXMFMAIN/tex/plain/knuth-lib/webmac.tex
	   TeX macros used by weave output.

       $TEXMFMAIN/tex/plain/pwebmac/pwebmac.tex
	   alternative TeX macros used for PDF output.

SEE ALSO
       tangle(1) for references, authors, and other information.

Web2C				20 March 2024			      WEAVE(1)

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