NAME

       ltx2unitxt - convert LaTeX source fragment to plain (Unicode) text or simple html

SYNOPSIS

       ltx2unitxt [-c CONFIG] [-o OUTPUT] [--html] [...] [INFILE]...

DESCRIPTION

       Convert  the  LaTeX  source  in  INFILE  (or  standard input) to plain text using Unicode code points for
       accents and other special characters; or, optionally, output  HTML  with  simple  translations  for  font
       changes and url commands.

       Common  accent  sequences, special characters, and simple markup commands are translated, but there is no
       attempt at completeness. Math, tables, figures, sectioning, etc., are not handled in any way, and  mostly
       left  in their TeX form in the output. The translations assume standard LaTeX meanings for characters and
       control sequences; macros in the input are not considered.

       The input can be a fragment of text, not a full document, as the purpose of this  script  was  to  handle
       bibliography  entries  and  abstracts  (for  the  ltx2crossrefxml script that is part of the crossrefware
       package).  Patches to extend this script are welcome. It uses the LaTeX::ToUnicode Perl library  for  the
       conversion; see its documentation for details.

       Conversion  is  currently  done line by line, so TeX constructs that cross multiple lines are not handled
       properly. If it turns out to be useful, conversion could be done by paragraph instead.

       The config file is read as a Perl source file. It can define a function  `LaTeX_ToUnicode_convert_hook()'
       which  will  be  called  early; the value it returns (which must be a string) will then be subject to the
       standard conversion.

       For  an  example  of  using  this  script  and  associated  code,   see   the   TUGboat   processing   at
       https://github.com/TeXUsersGroup/tugboat/tree/trunk/capsules/crossref.

OPTIONS

       -c, --config=FILE
              read (Perl) config FILE for a hook, as explained above

       -e, --entities
              output entities &#xNNNN; instead of literal characters

       -g, --german
              handle some features of the german package

       -h, --html
              output simplistic HTML instead of plain text

       -o, --output=FILE
              output to FILE instead of stdout

       -v, --verbose
              be verbose

       -V, --version
              output version information and exit

       -?, --help
              display this help and exit

       Options can be abbreviated unambiguously, and start with either - or --.

       Dev      sources,      bug     tracker:     https://github.com/borisveytsman/bibtexperllibs     Releases:
       https://ctan.org/pkg/bibtexperllibs

       ltx2unitxt (bibtexperllibs) 0.51 Copyright 2023 Karl Berry.  This is free software: you can  redistribute
       it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

ltx2unitxt                                        December 2023                                    LTX2UNITXT(1)