NAME

       makeglossaries-lite  - Calls makeindex/xindy for LaTeX documents using glossaries package

SYNOPSIS

       makeglossaries [-o file] [-q] [-n] [-s file] [-t file] [-L language] [-c] [-g] [-l] [-p num] [-r] [-m
       file] [-x file] [--version] [--help] filename

DESCRIPTION

       makeglossaries-lite is cut-down Lua alternative to the makeglossaries Perl script. It's designed for use
       with LaTeX documents that use the glossaries package. Some options that are available to makeglossaries
       aren't available with makeglossaries-lite.

       The mandatory argument filename should be the name of the aux file. The .aux extension may be omitted
       except where the filename includes additional dots in its name.

       Alternatively, the filename may be the name of a specific glossary file if only one glossary should be
       processed (for example, when working on a draft document). In this case, the aux file is still expected
       to exist and is inferred from the basename of filename.

       makeglossaries-lite will read the auxiliary file to determine whether makeindex or xindy should be
       called. All the information required to be passed to the relevant indexing application should also be
       contained in the auxiliary file, but may be overridden by the option arguments to makeglossaries-lite.

OPTIONS

       -q  Quiet mode. Reduces chatter to standard output.

       -n  Print the commands that would normally be executed but don't run them.

       -o file
           Use file as the output file. (Only suitable for documents containing a single glossary, otherwise
           each glossary will be overridden.)

       -s file
           Use file as the style file. Note that if you use this option, you need to know whether makeindex or
           xindy will be called, as they have different style files.

       -t file
           Use file as the transcript file.

       -l  Letter ordering.

       -L language
           This option only has an effect if xindy is called. Sets the language. See xindy documentation for
           further details.

       -c  Compress intermediate blanks (makeindex only).

       -g  Employ German word ordering (makeindex only).

       -p num
           Sets the starting page number to be num (makeindex only).

       -r  Disable implicit page range formation (makeindex only).

       -m file
           Specify the full path name for makeindex to file in the event that makeindex isn't on the operating
           system's path.

       -x file
           Specify the full path name for xindy to file in the event that xindy isn't on the operating system's
           path.

       --version
           Prints version number and exits.

       --help
           Prints help message and exits.

REQUIRES

       texlua and makeindex or xindy (depending on glossaries package options).

LICENSE

       This is free software distributed under the LaTeX Project Public License. There is NO WARRANTY.  See
       <http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt> for details.

AUTHOR

       Nicola L. C. Talbot, <http://www.dickimaw-books.com/>

RECOMMENDED READING

       The glossaries manual:

               texdoc glossaries

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