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SGML2LATEX(1)		     General Commands Manual		   SGML2LATEX(1)

NAME
     sgml2latex  -  create  LaTeX, DVI, PostScript or PDF output from a LinuxDoc
     DTD SGML source file

SYNOPSIS
     sgml2latex   [generic-option...]	 [--output=tex|dvi|ps|pdf]    [--bibtex]
     [--makeindex]     [--pagenumber=n]     --quick	[--latex=hlatexp|platex]
     [--dvips=dvips|dvi2ps] [--verbosity=n] file[.sgml]

DESCRIPTION
     sgml2latex is an old and obsoleted form of the latex converter  command  of
     LinuxDoc-Tools.  It is recommended to switch the new form linuxdoc -B latex
     now.   It	converts  a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file to LaTeX output, using
     the nsgmls(1) or onsgmls(1) parser, and the sgmlsasp(1) translator.   Using
     the  LaTeX output, and the latex(1) text formatter, you can then create DVI
     output, and PostScript output using the dvips(1) converter. Output will ap-
     pear in file.tex for LaTeX output, file.dvi for DVI output, or file.ps  for
     PostScript output, where file is the name of the SGML source file.

     Using   the  LaTeX output, and the pdflatex(1) text formatter, you can then
     create a nice PDF output, suitable for viewing with PDF viewers as xpdf(1),
     acroread(1) or ghostview(1).

     The attribute/value pair "output=latex2e" is set for conditionals.

OPTIONS
     sgml2latex accepts all the generic options described  in  linuxdoc(1),  and
     the following specific options:

     --output=fmt, -o
	    Specify  the  desired  output  format.   The  specifier  fmt  may be
	    ``tex'', ``dvi'', ``ps'', or ``pdf''.

     Note: This version does not overwrite/remove the  intermediate  files:  tex
     file for dvi output, or tex/dvi files for ps output.  This is different be-
     havior from the original SGML-Tools 1.0.9, so you are warned here.

     --bibtex, -b
	    Process the generated TeX with bibtex(1).

     --makeindex, -m
	    Generate  a TeX index file suitable for processing with makeindex(1)
	    from and <idx> and <cdx> tags present in the SGML source.

     --pagenumber, -n
	    Set the starting page number in the output DVI or PS file.

     --quick, -q
	    Do only one pass of LaTeX formatting.  This is often not  sufficient
	    to	produce final output (because of references, etc.) but is useful
	    for spotting TeX errors and justification problems.

     --pass, -P
	    The argument of the pass option is inserted  just  after  the  LaTeX
	    preamble  generated  by  the document-type tag.  Specify the desired
	    output format.  The specifier fmt may be ``tex'',  ``dvi'',  ``ps'',
	    or ``pdf''.

     --latex=alternate_latex_command, -x
	    This option is currently for Korean and Japanese.  The alternate_la-
	    tex_command  can  be  ``latex'' (default), ``hlatexp'' (for Korean),
	    ``platex'' or ``jlatex'' (for Japanese).  This option can be used to
	    render Korean document using HLaTeXp, or to render Japanese document
	    using pLaTeX/jLaTeX.  If not, HLaTeX should be installed  to  render
	    Korean  document.	On the other hand, Japanese document can be ren-
	    dered with jLaTeX
	     (which is the default when ``-c nippon'' is specified), so  if  you
	    already have jLaTeX, you may not need to install the pLaTeX.

     --dvips=alternate_dvips_command, -s
	    This  option is currently for Japanese.  The alternate_dvips_command
	    can be ``dvips'' or ``dvi2ps''.  If you don't know	this,  then  you
	    may not need this.

     --verbosity, -V
	    Set  verbosity. '0' (default) will show info about LaTeX run only in
	    case of errors. '1' will always show info for  last  run.  '2'  will
	    show info for all runs.

     file   The SGML source file, named either file or file.sgml

FILES
     Many  files and executables in /usr/local/share/linuxdoc-tools and /usr/lo-
     cal/bin are used.

BUGS
     None known.

AUTHOR
     Originally written by Greg Hankins <greg.hankins@cc.gatech.edu>,  based  on
     scripts  by Tom Gordon and Alexander Horz. Later rewritten by Cees de Groot
     <cg@cdegroot.com>.  PDF patches by Juan Jose  Amor  <jjamor@hispalinux.es>.
     Currently	maintained  by	Taketoshi  Sano  <sano@debian.org> for Linuxdoc-
     Tools.

SEE ALSO
     linuxdoc(1),   sgml2html(1),   sgml2info(1),   sgml2lyx(1),    sgml2rtf(1),
     sgml2txt(1), sgmlcheck(1).

				   18 May 2000			   SGML2LATEX(1)

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