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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  para-
       graph

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  pub-
       lished 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  MER-
       CHANTABILITY  or  FITNESS FOR A  PARTICULAR  PURPOSE.  See the GNU Gen-
       eral 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.

                                 26 March 2001                     TEX2MAIL(1)

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