chktex(1)

NAME
chktex - finds typographic errors in LaTeX.

SYNOPSIS
chktex [-hiqrW] [-v[0-...]] [-l <rcfile>] [-[wemn] <[1-42]|all>] [-d[0-...]] [-p <name>] [-o <outfile>] [-[btxgI][0|1]] file1 file2 ...

DESCRIPTION
chktex finds typographic errors in LaTeX

OPTIONS

Miscellaneous options:

-h --help
    Print a help screen.

-i --license
    Show distribution information.

-l --localrc
    Read local .chktexrc formatted file.

-d --debug
    Debug information. Give it a number.

-r --reset
    Reset settings to default.

Muting warning messages:

-w --warnon
    Makes msg # given a warning and turns it on.

-e  --erroron
    Makes msg # given an error and turns it on.

-m --msgon
    Makes msg # given a message and turns it on.

-n --nowarn
    Mutes msg # given.

-L --nolinesupp
    Do not allow per-line suppressions. These are TeX comments of the form % chktex ## .

Output control flags:

-v --verbosity
    How errors are displayed. Default 1, 0=Less, 2=Fancy, 3=lacheck.

-V --pipeverb
    How errors are displayed when stdout != tty. Defaults to the same as -v.

-s --splitchar
    String used to split fields when doing -v0

-o --output
    Redirect error report to a file.

-q --quiet
    Shuts up about version information.

-p --pseudoname
    Input file-name when reporting.

-f --format
    Format to use for output

Boolean switches (1 -> enables / 0 -> disables):

-b --backup
    Backup output file.

-x --wipeverb
    Ignore contents of `\verb' commands.

-g --globalrc
    Read global .chktexrc file.

-I --inputfiles
    Execute \input statements.

-H --headererr
    Show errors found in front of \begin{document}

-W --version
    Version information

If no LaTeX files are specified on the command line, we will read from stdin. For explanation of warning/error messages, please consult the main document /usr/share/doc/chktex/ChkTeX.dvi.gz.

DISTRIBUTION
Copyright (C) 1996 Jens T. Berger Thielemann

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; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS 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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used.

FILES
None.

AUTHOR
Jens T. Berger Thielemann, <jensthi@ifi.uio.no>

This manual page was cobbled together by Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>, based on the output of "chktex --help" and deweb(1).

SEE ALSO
deweb(1), chkweb(1)