KLATEXFORMULA(1) General Commands Manual KLATEXFORMULA(1)
NAME
klatexformula -- Gui to generate pictures from latex formulas.
SYNOPSIS
klatexformula [-i,--input file] [-l,--latexinput expression ] [-o,--output file ] [-F,--format format] [-f,--fgcolor '#xxxxxx']
[-b,--bgcolor '#xxxxxx'] [-X,--dpi N] [-m,--mathmode expression containing '...'] [-p,--preamble LaTeX code] [-q,--quiet] [--lbor-
deroffset N] [--tborderoffset N] [--rborderoffset N] [--bborderoffset N] [--tempdir /path/to/temp/dir] [--latex latex executable]
[--dvips dvips executable] [--gs gs executable] [--epstopdf epstopdf executable] [-h,--help] [-V,--version] [-Q,--qtoption qt-option]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the klatexformula program. klatexformula provides a GUI to easily get an image from a LaTeX formula or
equation. It can alos be used via commandline using the options below.
OPTIONS
-i,--input file
Specifies a file to read latex input from.
-l,--latexinput expression
Specifies the LaTeX code of an equation to render.
-o,--output file
Specifies to write the output image (obtained from equation given by --input or --latexinput) to file or standard output.
-F,--format format
Specifies the format the output should be written in. By default, the format is guessed from file name extension and defaults to
PNG.
-f,--fgcolor '#xxxxxx'
Specifies a color (in web #RRGGBB hex format) to use for foreground color. Don't forget to escape the '#' to prevent the shell
from interpreting it as a comment.
-b,--bgcolor '#xxxxxx'
Specifies a color (in web #RRGGBB hex format, or '-' for transparent) to use as background color (defaults to transparent).
-X,--dpi N
Use N dots per inch (DPI) when converting latex output to image. Defaults to 1200 (high-resolution image).
-m,--mathmode expression containing '...'
Specifies which LaTeX math mode to use, if any. The termument to this option is any string containing "...", which will be
replaced by the equation itself. Defaults to "[ ... ]"
-p,--preamble LaTeX code
Any LaTeX code that will be inserted before egin{document}. Useful for including custom packages with usepackage{...}.
-q,--quiet
Disable console output of warnings and errors.
--lborderoffset N,--tborderoffset N,--rborderoffset N,--bborderoffset N
Include a mtermin of N postscript points on left, top, right, or bottom mtermin respectively.
--tempdir /path/to/temp/dir
Specify the directory in which KLatexFormula will write temporary files. Defaults to a system-specific temporary directory like
"/tmp/".
--latex latex executable
--dvips dvips executable
--gs gs executable
--epstopdf epstopdf executable
Specifiy the executable for latex, dvips, gs or epstopdf. By default, they are searched for in $PATH and/or in common system
directories.
-h,--help Display this help text and exit.
-V,--version
Display KLatexFormula version information and exit.
-Q,--qtoption qt-option
Specify a Qt-Specific option. For example, to launch KLatexFormula in Plastique GUI style, use: klatexformula --qtop-
tion='-style=Plastique' Note that if qt-option begins with a '-', then it must be appended to the long '--qtoption=' syntax with
the equal sign.
SEE ALSO
latex (1), ghostview (1), http://klatexformula.sourceforge.net/
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Tobias Winchen tobias.winchen@physik.rwth-aachen.de for the Debian system (and may be used by others) based
on the upstream documentation by Phillipe Faist. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of
the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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