texgd

Langue: en

Version: November 16, 2002 (debian - 07/07/09)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

texgd - utility to convert short TeX formulas to PNG graphics

SYNOPSIS

texgd

DESCRIPTION

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

texgd is a program that converts short TeX formulas to PNG graphics.

texgd is entirely driven by the following environment variables:

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

texgd_src
is the variable containing the TeX formula to translate.
texgd_tmpdir
is the name of the writable directory where texgd will generate temporary files.
texgd_fontdir
is the name of a the writable directory where texgd can generate font files by invoking Metafont. These files are not erased when texgd stops.
texgd_outfile
is the name of the PNG file that texgd will generate.
texgd_texheader
is the name of a TeX file to be prepended before the formula.
texgd_style
is a string meaning the style of the formula. Useful values are formulas. In fully rendered formulas, there are many levels of font sizes for intricated subscripts or exponents, and for embedded subformulas.
texgd_density
is a parameter which allows to specify the number of pixels to use in order to render fonts. A useful value is 1.
texgd_compressratio
is a parameter indicating the compression ratio to be used when generating the PNG file. A useful value is '3'.

SEE ALSO

/usr/share/doc/texgd/examples/ : launch the example.sh script, then type 'display /tmp/example.png'

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Georges Khaznadar <georgesk@ofset.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).