Man1 - chktex.1

chktex - finds typographic errors in LaTeX.

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

chktex finds typographic errors in LaTeX

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.

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

No environment variables are used.

None.

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).

deweb(1), chkweb(1)