Linux cli command hitex

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NAME 🖥️ hitex 🖥️

HINT output from TeX

SYNOPSIS

hitex [options] [*&format] [file|*commands]

DESCRIPTION

Run the HiTeX typesetter on file, usually creating file.hnt. If the file argument has no extension, “.tex” will be appended to it. Instead of a file name, a set of HiTeX commands can be given, the first of which must start with a backslash. With a &format argument HiTeX uses a different set of precompiled commands, contained in format.fmt; it is usually better to use the -fmt format option instead.

HiTeX is a version of TeX that creates HINT files. The HINT file format is designed for on-screen reading of documents. Using a HINT viewer (see https://hint.userweb.mwn.de) to display a HINT file its content will dynamically adapt to the available display area.

The typical use of HiTeX is with pre generated formats. The hitex command uses the equivalent of the plain TeX format, and the hilatex command uses the equivalent of the LaTeX format. To generate formats, use the -ini switch.

HiTeX’s handling of its command-line arguments is similar to that of of the other TeX programs in the web2c implementation.

HiTeX incorporates the e-TeX extensions (see etex(1)) if used with the -etex switch.

HiTeX incorporates the extensions needed for LaTeX (see latex(1)) if used with the -ltx switch.

OPTIONS

This version of HiTeX understands the following command line options.

-cnf-line* string*
Parse string as a texmf.cnf configuration line. See the Kpathsea manual.

-compress
Enable the use of compression for the HINT file. Compressed files are smaller but require decompression when viewing. Use only for large files if the file size matters.

-empty-page
When writing books, often empty pages are inserted - for example to begin chapters on a right hand side page. These empty pages are a nuisance for on-screen reading where there are no left or right hand side pages. This option keeps empty pages in the output.

-no-empty-page
This option tries to eliminate empty pages in the output. It is set as a default.

-etex
Enable the e-TeX extensions. This option is only effective in combination with -ini. See etex(1).

-file-line-error
Print error messages in the form file:line:error which is similar to the way many compilers format them.

-no-file-line-error
Disable printing error messages in the file:line:error style.

-fmt* format*
Use format as the name of the format to be used, instead of the name by which HiTeX was called or a %& line.

-help
Print help message and exit.

-hint-debug* bitmask*
Sets HINT file debugging flags according to the bitmask. See the -hint-debug-help option for details.

-hint-debug-help
Print an explanation of the HINT debugging flags and exit.

-hyphenate-first-word
TeX will usually not attempt to insert hyphenation points into the first word of a paragraph. If a HINT file must be displayed on a very small device such hyphenation points might prove necessary. This option is set by default and enables the generation of these hyphenation points.

-no-hyphenate-first-word
Disable the automatic insertion of hyphenation points in the first word of a paragraph. Needed only if complete compatibility with TeX is required.

-ini
Start in INI mode, which is used to dump formats. The INI mode can be used for typesetting, but no format is preloaded, and basic initializations like setting catcodes may be required.

-interaction* mode*
Sets the interaction mode. The mode can be either batchmode, nonstopmode, scrollmode, and errorstopmode. The meaning of these modes is the same as that of the corresponding