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.