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chktex - finds typographic errors in LaTeX.

Author

       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).

Description

chktex finds typographic errors in LaTeX

Distribution

       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 GNUGeneralPublicLicense 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 WITHOUTANYWARRANTY; without even
       the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE.  See the GNUGeneralPublicLicense for more details.

       You  should have received a copy of the GNUGeneralPublicLicense along with this program; if not, write
       to the FreeSoftwareFoundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

Environment

       No environment variables are used.

Files

       None.

Name

       chktex - finds typographic errors in LaTeX.

Options

       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.

See Also

deweb(1),chkweb(1)

7th Edition                                      March 30, 2001                                        chktex(1)

Synopsis

chktex[-hiqrW][-v[0-...]][-l<rcfile>][-[wemn]<[1-42]|all>][-d[0-...]][-p<name>][-o<outfile>][-[btxgI][0|1]]file1file2...

See Also