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TEX2MAIL(1)		     General Commands Manual		     TEX2MAIL(1)

NAME
     tex2mail - TeX to ascii math prettyprinter

SYNOPSIS
     tex2mail [-linelength= length] [-maxdef= number] [-debug= number] [-by_par=
     number] [-TeX] [-ragged] [-noindent]

DESCRIPTION
     Filter converting TeX or LaTeX math formulae to ASCII art. tex2mail is used
     by  the  PARI-GP calculator for output method external prettyprint .  Under
     gp, prettyprint mode can be set by default(output, 3) (or \o3). By default,
     this switches gp main output to TeX format, filtered by

	    tex2mail -TeX -noindent -ragged -by_par

     Flags passed to tex2mail can be modified via the prettyprinter  default  in
     gp.

OPTIONS
     The following command line options are available:

     -linelength=length
	    Wrap text at this column.

     -maxdef=number
	    definition loops: croak if more than maxdef substitutions in a given
	    paragraph.

     -debug=debuglevel
	    output debugging messages.

     -by_par
	    Expect  each  paragraph to be terminated by *exactly* 2 "\n", and do
	    not print an extra "\n" between paragraphs.

     -TeX   Assume input formulae are in plain TeX format.

     -ragged
	    leave right ragged.

     -noindent
	    assume \noindent everywhere.

BUGS
      % at the end of a line followed by \n\n is recognized as end of paragraph

AUTHOR
     Ilya Zakharevitch

SEE ALSO
     gp(1), tex(1),

COPYING
     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.

     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
     ANY  WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FIT-
     NESS 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.,
     675  Mass	Ave,  Cambridge,  MA 02139, USA.

				25 September 2013		     TEX2MAIL(1)

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