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11 \winhelpignore{\title{Manual for Tex2RTF
1.64:\
\A \LaTeX\ to RTF and HTML converter
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12 \author{Julian Smart
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1.64}%
16 \author{by Julian Smart\\$$
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24 \setheader{{\it CONTENTS
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28 \chapter*
{Copyright notice
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29 \setheader{{\it COPYRIGHT
}}{}{}{}{}{{\it COPYRIGHT
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30 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
32 Copyright (c)
1997 Julian Smart.
34 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
35 documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the
36 above copyright notice, author statement and this permission notice appear in
37 all copies of this software and related documentation.
39 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS-IS'' AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS,
40 IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF
41 MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
43 IN NO EVENT SHALL JULIAN SMART OR THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
44 APPLICATIONS INSTITUTE OR UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BE LIABLE FOR ANY
45 SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR
46 ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
47 WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY
48 OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
49 PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
51 \chapter{Introduction
}%
52 \pagenumbering{arabic
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53 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER
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\thechapter}}%
54 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
56 This
document describes a utility for converting
\popref{\LaTeX}{latexgloss
}\ files into
57 several other formats.
59 Only a subset of
\LaTeX\ can be processed by this utility, especially
60 since the target
document language will never perfectly match
\LaTeX.
61 Whether the quality of the results is good enough will depend upon the
62 application and your own expectations.
{\it This caveat is worth emphasizing
}, because
63 many people assume that any old
\LaTeX\
document will go through without modification: it might,
64 but the chances are you'll need to modify it a bit for Tex2RTF. Tex2RTF was written with
65 portable
document maintenance and generation in mind, with less emphasis on accepting all
\LaTeX\ syntax.
68 Tex2RTF is heavily biased towards making on-line, hypertext versions of
69 \rtfsp\LaTeX\ documents, but the
\popref{RTF
}{rtf
} converter can be used to generate linear,
70 paper-based documents too.
72 The latest version of Tex2RTF, plus source code, can be accessedfrom:
75 http://web.ukonline.co.uk/julian.smart/tex2rtf
76 ftp://www.remstar.com/pub/wxwin/tex2rtf
79 It is available in Sun Open Look, Motif, Windows
3.1, Windows
95/NT, and
80 non-GUI UNIX versions.
82 Tex2RTF was developed using the free Open Look, Motif and Windows
3.1
83 C++ class library
\popref{wxWindows
}{wxwindows
}.
85 \section{Status of Tex2RTF
}\index{status of Tex2RTF
}%
87 Tex2RTF is under continual development, often following users'
88 suggestions. From version
1.33, Tex2RTF is effectively in a second phase
89 of development. In addition to the bare minimum of syntax and facilities
90 for producing useable help systems or linear RTF, commands are being
91 added to allow visually effective, even aesthetically pleasing,
92 documentation to be produced.
94 Examples are the
\verb$
\indented$,
\verb$
\twocollist$ and
\verb$
\marginpar$
\rtfsp
95 commands; over time I hope to be able to reproduce most of the popular
96 styles of formatting and presentation in Windows Help files, whilst
97 allowing a reasonable equivalent to be generated in the other formats.
99 Some new developments in the various formats still need to be catered
100 for by Tex2RTF, such as Windows
95 help files and HTML
3.0. Features
101 that can be added to Tex2RTF as a result of these developments include
102 math and inline image map support in HTML, table support in Windows
103 Help, and generally better formatting abilities in both. However, documentation
104 about these formats is sketchy at the time of writing (October
1995).
106 \section{Acknowledgements
}\index{acknowledgements
}%
108 Thanks are due to the many people in AIAI and on the Internet at large
109 who have pointed out bugs or shortcomings in Tex2RTF. Michel Lavaud has been
110 a great help in giving advice for improvements to the manual.
112 \section{Change log
}\index{change log
}%
114 Version
1.65, August
24th
1999
116 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
117 \item Added htmlWorkshopFiles setting, to output .hpp, .hhc
118 and .hhk (HTML Workshop) files, for generating MS HTML Help or wxHTML Help.
121 Version
1.64, October
20th
1998
123 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
124 \item Added
\verb$
\insertatlevel$ command.
127 Version
1.63, October
21st
1997
129 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
130 \item Debugged problem with Word bookmarks not being inserted for unnumbered
134 Version
1.62, August
18th
1997
136 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
137 \item Added contributed changes by Andreas Münzenmaier to support German
138 accents by allowing the characters to be placed in input files, and also
139 converting them back to character codes in the WinHelp
{\tt .cnt
} file.
140 \item Now
\verb$
\helpref$ causes page references to be inserted in linear RTF,
141 or section references if not on Word mode.
142 \item WinHelp table caption bug fixed.
145 Version
1.61, June
11th
1997
147 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
148 \item \verb$
\fcol$ now works in HTML using the FONT tag.
149 \item \verb$
\twocollist$ works in indented paragraphs, and is now
150 implemented properly using tables in HTML.
151 \item New boolean option
{\bf combineSubSections
} added, which switches off
152 the generation of separate HTML files below section level. This can reduce the
153 number of HTML files substantially.
156 Version
1.60, February
18th
1997
158 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
159 \item The index command now allows complex LaTeX instead of inserting the
160 first argument verbatim.
163 Version
1.59, February
14th
1997
165 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
166 \item Added special processing for a chapter called Popups.
169 Version
1.58, August
1st
1996
171 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
172 \item Added HTML settings: backgroundImage, backgroundColour, textColour,
173 linkColour, followedLinkColour.
174 \item Added
\verb$
\backgroundimage$,
\verb$
\backgroundcolour$,
\verb$
\linkcolour$,
175 \verb$followedLinkColour$.
\verb$
\background$ now obsolete (but behaviour is
176 backward compatible).
177 \item The default background colour is now white.
178 \item Debugged HTML
\verb$
\ss$ (put in wrong place in code).
181 Version
1.57, July
27th
1996
183 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
184 \item Added upperCaseNames setting; now all links in HTML files are in lower
185 case unless specified otherwise.
188 Version
1.56, May
25th
1996
190 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
191 \item Debugged
\verb$
\special$ processing for HTML (escaped characters such ampersand).
192 \item Added contentsDepth for Word RTF contents page.
193 \item Removed overlapping href in HTML pages.
196 Version
1.55, May
6th
1996
198 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
199 \item \verb$
\verb$ support corrected for HTML.
200 \item Added
{\it abstractName
} setting.
201 \item Debugged incorrect centring for HTML buttons.
204 Version
1.54, Feburary
28th
1996
206 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
207 \item Bug fix for
24-bit bitmap inclusion when generating RTF:
208 caused a floating point error.
209 \item Added htmlIndex setting, to generate an
{\tt .htx
} index file of an HTML
document for
210 use in wxHelp version
2 or other programs.
211 \item Fixed header/footer bug.
212 \item Change colons to spaces for WinHelp RTF keywords, since the colon has a specific meaning in WinHelp.
215 Version
1.53, January
1995
217 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
218 \item Now stores paths from file inclusions, so that if you include
219 a file A from a separate directory, which then includes a file B
220 relative to that directory, Tex2RTF will search in the path
224 Version
1.52, December
1995
226 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
227 \item \verb$
\helpref$ and related commands now generate italicized instead
228 of bold `anchor' text for linear formats.
229 \item Cured bug where Tex2RTF could hang on start up, while reading
230 the
{\tt tex2rtf.ini
} file. This occurred when a comment finished with
232 \item Split the commands reference in two (
\LaTeX\ and Tex2RTF commands),
233 and added a
{\it Commands by category
} section.
234 \item Removed a bug that caused HTML output to be garbled on the
238 Version
1.51: Windows
95 enhancements.
240 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
241 \item Added settings winHelpContents (for generating
{\tt .cnt
} file), winHelpVersion (for specifying
242 target version of WinHelp).
243 \item Added space to non-scrolling region of topic.
244 \item If winHelpVersion is
4, makes non-scrolling region grey and the rest yellow.
245 \item Added
\verb$
\settransparency$ command for WinHelp
4 transparent bitmaps.
250 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
251 \item Tidied up HTML generation (headers and bodies in the right places).
252 \item Eliminated extra space after verbatim in HTML.
253 \item Added support for simple tables in HTML.
254 \item Added
\verb$
\textcolour$,
\verb$
\background$ for colouring text and background in HTML.
255 \item Added
\verb$
\copyright$,
\verb$
\registered$ symbols in HTML.
256 \item Added
\verb$
\imagel$,
\verb$
\imager$ for left and right aligned images
258 \item Added
\verb$
\brclear$ for clearing image alignment in HTML.
259 \item Added
\LaTeX\ font size support in HTML (
\verb$
\small$,
\verb$
\large$ etc.) using Netscape font extensions.
260 \item HTML button-bar change: always shows the same buttons, but may make one or more insensitive. Changing button positions
261 could be very annoying.
262 \item Tidied up RTF generation for non-Word viewers (
{\it useWord
} set to
{\it false
}). Will now look reasonable using
263 Windows
95 Quick View and WordPad: WordPad doesn't do tables but does bitmaps, and QuickView does tables but not
264 bitmaps. Such is life.
269 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
270 \item Cured some bugs (char used for fgetc instead of int) so now compiles for
276 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
277 \item Added some LaTeX2e fonts commands such as
\verb$
\rmfamily$,
\verb$
\textrm$,
\verb$
\emph$.
278 Most of these are aliases for other commands.
283 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
284 \item Added
\verb$
\backslashraw$,
\verb$
\rbraceraw$ and
\verb$
\lbraceraw$ commands
285 to help output arbitrary RTF.
286 \item Added
\verb$
\sethotspotcolour$,
\verb$
\sethotspotunderline$ commands for controlling
287 WinHelp hotspot appearance.
288 \item Added truncateFilenames option.
289 \item Improved HTML inline image handling.
296 \item Added
\verb$
\urlref$ command for specifying HTML URLs.
297 \item Started support for translating .SHG files to HTML .map files
298 (this works if compiled under Borland, not MS VC++ for some reason!)
299 \item Fixed nasty memory bug in HTML code (thanks Petr).
306 \item Added
{\it generateHPJ
} option for generating the .HPJ WinHelp project file
307 \item Added support for DDE via a small command set
314 \item Option for using Word's INCLUDEPICTURE or IMPORT field, since the method that
315 works for Works, doesn't work for Word! See
{\it bitmapMethod
} in the
323 \item Improved bibliography reading and cured some minor bugs
324 \item Added
\verb$
\ss$ German sharp s
325 \item Added rudimentary
\verb$
\special$ command (simply copies the argument
327 \item Added missing '.' in subsubsection reference
328 \item Added primitive internationalisation support with contentsName, tablesName etc.
335 \item All HTML special characters now correctly delimited by a semicolon.
336 \item Cured HTML section-duplicating bug I introduced in
1.35.
337 \item Cured too much spacing after sections in RTF, introduced in
1.35.
344 \item Added TCHECK tool, to help track down common Tex2RTF syntax problems.
345 \item Included Kresten Thorup's LACHECK
\LaTeX\ checking tool with DOS executable.
346 \item Now ignores
\verb|\@| command.
347 \item Table of contents now includes numbered subsubsections.
354 \item Added
\verb$
\multicolumn$ `support' to stop RTF readers crashing.
355 \item Added
{\it useWord, defaultColumnWidth, compatibility
} options to
{\tt .ini
} file.
356 \item \verb$
\comment$ environment now doesn't complain about unknown syntax.
357 \item Added
\verb$
\toocomplex$ environment that treats its contents as
358 verbatim in output, treated as normal output in true
\LaTeX.
359 \item End-of-line comments allowed in in
{\tt .ini
} files, using semicolon,
360 percent or hash characters to denote a comment.
361 \item For linear RTF, Word for Windows support for
\verb$
\printindex$,
\rtfsp
362 \verb$
\index$,
\verb$
\pageref$,
\verb$
\listoftables$,
\verb$
\listoffigures$, contents page.
363 \item Added RTF support for various symbols.
364 \item Added colour support, with
\verb$
\definecolour$,
\verb$
\fcol$ and
\verb$
\bcol$ commands.
365 \item Fixed some bugs: page numbering problems, macros deleted after first pass.
372 \item Added -charset command-line switch.
373 \item Added
\verb$
\itemsep$,
\verb$
\twocolumn$,
\verb$
\onecolumn$,
\verb$
\setfooter$,
\verb$
\setheader$,
\verb$
\pagestyle$,
374 \verb$
\pagenumbering$,
\verb$
\thechapter$,
\verb$
\thesection$,
\verb$
\thepage$,
\verb$
\thebibliography$,
\verb$
\bibitem$ commands.
375 \item New environment called
\verb$
\twocollist$ for making two-column lists,
376 with formatting optimized for target file format.
377 \item New
\verb$
\indented$ environment for controlling indentation.
378 \item List indentation and bulleting improved.
379 \item Added commands
\verb$
\normalbox$,
\verb$
\normalboxd$ for putting borders around text.
380 \item Many options can now be specified in the
{\tt .ini
} file along with custom macros.
381 \item Cured bug that put too much vertical space after some commands.
382 \item Improved table formatting.
383 \item Optional `Up' button in WinHelp files for easier navigation.
384 \item Verbatim lines followed by
\verb$
\par$ in RTF, to improve WinHelp wrapping.
385 \item Conversion may now be aborted under Windows by attempting to close the application.
386 \item Added conditional output for all formats:
\verb$
\latexignore$,
\verb$
\latexonly$,
\verb$
\rtfignore$,
\verb$
\rtfonly$,
387 \verb$
\winhelpignore$,
\verb$
\winhelponly$,
\verb$
\htmlignore$,
\verb$
\htmlonly$,
\verb$
\xlpignore$,
\verb$
\xlponly$.
388 \item HTML generator can now add Contents, Up, $<<$ and $>>$ buttons (text or bitmap) to
389 each page except titlepage.
396 \item \verb$
\footnote$ command now supported in WinHelp RTF, and
\verb$
\footnotepopup$
\rtfsp
404 \item \verb$
\footnote$ command now supported, in linear RTF only.
405 \item Added
{\tt -bufsize
} option, for converting large documents.
412 \item \verb$
\image$ command now scales metafiles (but not bitmaps).
413 \item Fixed macro loading bug, now informs the user of the found macro filename.
414 \item Now supports paragraph and subparagraph commands.
415 \item Support for some accents added.
416 \item \verb$
\verb$ command now supported.
417 \item Bug in subsubsection handling fixed.
418 \item Can save conversion log in a text file.
425 \item More informative, warns against use of some commands.
426 \item Added compile-time support for non-GUI environments (such as plain UNIX).
427 \item Improved HTML support.
430 \chapter{Running Tex2RTF
}\index{running Tex2RTF
}%
431 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}%
432 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
434 Tex2RTF may be run in a number of ways: with or without command line arguments,
435 interactively or in batch mode, and with an optional initialisation file
436 for specifying
\LaTeX\ macros and detailed options.
438 Tex2RTF accepts two arguments (input and output filenames) and trailing
439 (optional) switches. If both filenames are given, the utility will work
440 in batch mode. Otherwise, if Tex2RTF has been compiled for GUI
441 operation, a main window will be shown, with appropriate menu items for
442 selecting input and output filenames, starting off the conversion
445 Note that if the file
{\tt bullet.bmp
}\index{bullets
} is found by Tex2RTF, this bitmap
446 will be used as the bullet for items in
\verb$
\itemize$ lists, for WinHelp
447 output. Otherwise, a symbol will be inserted (linear RTF) or bold `o'
448 will be used instead (all other formats).
450 Syntax error reporting is fairly minimal. Unrecognised macro errors may
451 actually be produced by an unbalanced brace or passing the wrong number of
452 arguments to a command, so look in the vicinity of the error for the
455 \normalbox{Some of the syntax that is OK for true
\LaTeX\ but which trips up
456 Tex2RTF, may be detected by the TCHECK
\index{TCHECK
} program included in the tools
457 directory of the Tex2RTF distribution. Some
\LaTeX\ errors may be picked up
458 by the LACHECK
\index{LACHECK
} program, also found in the tools directory.
}
460 It is recommended that you run Tex2RTF twice in order to be sure of
461 resolving all references and including an up-to-date contents page.
463 If importing RTF files into Word for Windows
\index{Microsoft Word
}, you may need to reformat
464 the
document. The easiest way to do this is to select all text with
465 CTRL-A, then reformat with F9. Reformat again to ensure all references
466 are resolved. For the second format, respond with
{\it Update Entire
470 \section{Tex2RTF Interface
}
472 This is the Tex2RTF interface under Windows. Click on an area of the
473 picture for more information.
475 $$
\imagemap{1cm;
0cm
}{screen
}{mapref
}$$
477 \subsection{Menu bar
}\label{menubar
}
479 Use the menubar for interactive operations.
481 \subsection{Message area
}\label{messagearea
}
483 Tex2RTF writes warning and error messages on this window.
485 \subsection{Status line
}\label{statusline
}
487 Displays help on menu items as the user drags the cursor over the menus.
489 \subsection{Mode indicator
}\label{modeindicator
}
491 Displays the output mode Tex2RTF is currently in.
494 \section{Command line arguments
}\index{command line arguments
}%
496 These are the optional arguments you may give Tex2RTF on the command line.
500 \twocolitem{{\bf -bufsize
}}{Specifies buffer size in K (default
60 under Windows,
501 500 under UNIX). Large files (particularly large verbatim environments)
502 may require a large buffer size, equal to the largest argument of a
\LaTeX\ command.
503 Note that this value may not be larger than
64 under Windows.
}
504 \twocolitem{{\bf -html
}}{Specifies HTML (World Wide Web) output.
}
505 \twocolitem{{\bf -interactive
}}{Forces interactive mode even if both
506 filenames are given.
}
507 \twocolitem{{\bf -charset charset
}}{Specifies a character set for
508 RTF production. This can be one of ansi, mac, pc, and pca.
509 The default is ansi.
}
510 \twocolitem{{\bf -macros filename
}}{Specifies a file for the custom macro
511 file -- see
\helpref{Macro not found error
}{macronotfound
}.
}
512 \twocolitem{{\bf -rtf
}}{Specifies linear RTF output.
}
513 \twocolitem{{\bf -sync
}}{Forces synchronous mode (no yielding to other
514 processes) -- usually use this in non-interactive mode.
}
515 \twocolitem{{\bf -twice
}}{Tells Tex2RTF to run the conversion twice to ensure all
516 references and citations are resolved and the contents page included.
}
517 \twocolitem{{\bf -winhelp
}}{Specifies Windows Help RTF output.
}
520 \section{Initialisation file syntax
}\label{inifile
}\index{initialisation file
}%
522 The initialisation file contains further detailed options for
523 customising Tex2RTF's behaviour. A file may be specified
524 with the
{\tt -macros
} command line switch, otherwise Tex2RTF
525 looks for the file
{\tt tex2rtf.ini
} in the working directory
526 or input file directory.
528 The file may comprise macro
\index{macros
} (command) definitions or option settings.
530 The syntax for a macro definition is:
533 \name [number of args
] {...LaTeX code...
}
539 \crazy [2]{{\bf #2} is crazy but
#1 is not
}
541 \julian [0]{Julian Smart
}
544 The syntax for an option setting is:
567 Options expecting boolean values accept
{\it 1,
0, true, false, yes, no
} in any combination of upper or
570 End-of-line comments are allowed in an initialisation file, using the
571 hash, semicolon or percent signs to denote the start of a comment, which runs
572 until the end of the line.
574 \subsection{Tex2RTF options
}\index{options in initialisation file
}\index{tex2rtf.ini
}\index{initialisation file
}\index{macros
}%
576 These are the allowable options in an initialisation file.
578 \subsubsection{General options
}\label{generaloptions
}
582 \htmlignore{\twocolitemruled{Option
}{Description
}}
583 \twocolitem{\inioption{compatibility
}}{Set to true for maximum
\LaTeX\ compatibility, e.g. if
584 tables crash RTF readers. Should be false (default) if the Tex2RTF guidelines
585 are followed, e.g. use of $
\backslash$
{\tt row
} command in tabular environment.
}
586 \twocolitem{\inioption{conversionMode
}}{One of RTF, WinHelp, XLP (or wxHelp), and HTML.
}
587 \twocolitem{\inioption{ignoreInput
}}{Adds the filename to the list of files ignored by the $
\backslash$
{\tt input
} command.
588 The only default filename in the list is
{\tt psbox.tex
}.
}
589 \twocolitem{\inioption{isInteractive
}}{If true, runs in interactive mode (the default).
}
590 \twocolitem{\inioption{runTwice
}}{If true, runs the converter twice.
}
593 \subsubsection{Presentation options
}\index{options, presentation
}%
596 \htmlignore{\twocolitemruled{Option
}{Description
}}
597 \twocolitem{\inioption{authorFontSize
}}{Specifies the point size for the author and date (RTF only).
}
598 \twocolitem{\inioption{chapterFontSize
}}{Specifies the point size for chapter headings (RTF only).
}
599 \twocolitem{\inioption{documentFontSize
}}{One of
10,
11 and
12, to specify the main font size
600 independently of the
\LaTeX\
document style command.
}
601 \twocolitem{\inioption{sectionFontSize
}}{Specifies the point size for section headings (RTF only).
}
602 \twocolitem{\inioption{subsectionFontSize
}}{Specifies the point size for subsection headings (RTF only).
}
603 \twocolitem{\inioption{titleFontSize
}}{Specifies the point size for the title (RTF only).
}
604 \twocolitem{\inioption{chapterName
}}{The string used when referencing chapters. The default is ``chapter".
}
605 \twocolitem{\inioption{sectionName
}}{The string used when referencing sections. The default is ``section".
}
606 \twocolitem{\inioption{subsectionName
}}{The string used when referencing subsections. The default is ``subsection".
}
607 \twocolitem{\inioption{subsubsectionName
}}{The string used when referencing subsubsections. The default is ``subsubsection".
}
608 \twocolitem{\inioption{indexName
}}{The string used for printing the index heading. The default is ``Index".
}
609 \twocolitem{\inioption{contentsName
}}{The string used for printing the contents heading. The default is ``Contents".
}
610 \twocolitem{\inioption{abstractName
}}{The string used for printing the abstract heading. The default is ``Abstract".
}
611 \twocolitem{\inioption{tablesName
}}{The string used for printing the list of tables heading. The default is ``List of Tables".
}
612 \twocolitem{\inioption{tableName
}}{The string used when referencing a table. The default is ``table".
}
613 \twocolitem{\inioption{figuresName
}}{The string used for printing the list of figures heading. The default is ``List of Figures".
}
614 \twocolitem{\inioption{figureName
}}{The string used when referencing a figure. The default is ``figure".
}
615 \twocolitem{\inioption{glossaryName
}}{The string used for printing the glossary heading. The default is ``Glossary".
}
616 \twocolitem{\inioption{referencesName
}}{The string used for printing the references heading. The default is ``References".
}
619 \subsubsection{RTF and WinHelp options
}\label{rtfwinhelpoptions
}\index{options, RTF
}\index{RTF
}%
622 \htmlignore{\twocolitemruled{Option
}{Description
}}
623 \twocolitem{\inioption{bitmapMethod
}}{Can be ``hex'' (embed the hex data in the file with a $
\backslash$dibitmap keyword),
624 ``includepicture'' (use the MS Word
6.0 INCLUDEPICTURE field) or ``import'' (an earlier name
625 for INCLUDEPICTURE). ``hex'' may be used for importing into MS Works, but this doesn't work
626 for Word
6.0. The default is ``includepicture''.
}
627 \twocolitem{\inioption{contentsDepth
}}{The depth of headings that is displayed in the table of contents. The default
628 is
4 but you may wish to reduce this, for example for manuals that
document C++ and have a large number of
629 headings for member functions.
}
630 \twocolitem{\inioption{defaultColumnWidth
}}{The width in points for columns in tables
631 where the width of the column is not set by using
{\it p
} in the tabular
632 argument. The default is
100.
}
633 \twocolitem{\inioption{footerRule
}}{If true, draws a rule above footers (linear RTF only).
}
634 \twocolitem{\inioption{generateHPJ
}}{If true, generates a .HPJ project file (WinHelp mode only).
}
635 \twocolitem{\inioption{headerRule
}}{If true, draws a rule below headers (linear RTF only).
}
636 \twocolitem{\inioption{listLabelIndent
}}{Specifies the size of list item label indentation, in points.
638 \twocolitem{\inioption{listItemIndent
}}{Specifies the size of list item indentation, in points. The default
640 \twocolitem{\inioption{indexSubsections
}}{If true (the default), subsection and subsubsection
641 titles are indexed in RTF mode.
}
642 \twocolitem{\inioption{mirrorMargins
}}{If true, margins are mirrored in twosided documents (linear RTF only).
}
643 \twocolitem{\inioption{useWord
}}{If true (the default), Word for Windows RTF
644 formatting is used where possibly, e.g. for the table of contents, list of
645 tables, and list of figures.
}
646 \twocolitem{\inioption{useHeadingStyles
}}{If true (the default), sections are marked with
647 appropriate heading styles for generating the table of contents in RTF.
}
648 \twocolitem{\inioption{useUpButton
}}{If true (the default), WinHelp files will be generated with an
{\bf Up
}\rtfsp
649 button to make browsing easier. Note that you need to put an extra line in the CONFIG section
652 {\tt CreateButton("Up", "\&Up", "JumpId(`name.hlp', `Contents')")
}
654 where
{\tt name.hlp
} is the name of your help file.
}
655 %%% NEED TO BREAK THE LIST AT THE PAGE BREAK BECAUSE LATEX IS STUPID
656 %%% UNFORTUNATELY, Tex2RTF IS STUPIDER SO NEED TO COMMENT OUT THIS
657 %%% LINE WHEN MAKING HTML, RTF, XLP
658 %\latexonly{\end{twocollist}\newpage\begin{twocollist}}
659 \twocolitem{\inioption{winHelpContents
}}{If yes, ok or true, a WinHelp
{\tt .cnt
} file will be generated (used in Windows
95 for either old WinHelp
660 files or new WinHelp
4 files).
}
661 \twocolitem{\inioption{winHelpVersion
}}{The version of WinHelp being targetted. This affects the generated
{\tt .hpj
} file and features
662 such as transparent bitmaps which are new to version
4 or later. The default is
3.
}
663 \twocolitem{\inioption{winHelpTitle
}}{Windows Help file title, inserted into the project file if
{\it generateHPJ
} is true.
}
666 \subsubsection{HTML options
}\label{htmloptions
}\index{options, HTML
}\index{HTML
}%
669 \htmlignore{\twocolitemruled{Option
}{Description
}}
670 \twocolitem{\inioption{htmlBrowseButtons
}}{Allows generation of Contents, Up, browse back and browse forward
671 buttons on each HTML page except title page. Specify none, text or bitmap. If you specify
672 bitmap, make sure that the files
{\tt contents.gif
},
{\tt up.gif
},
{\tt back.gif
} and
{\tt forward.gif
} are in the
673 directory where the HTML files will reside: samples are given in the docs directory.
}
674 \twocolitem{\inioption{truncateFilenames
}}{If true, uses
{\tt .htm
} suffix instead of
{\tt .html
},
675 and truncates filenames within HTML documents.
}
676 \twocolitem{\inioption{htmlIndex
}}{If true, specifies generation of an
{\tt .htx
} index file for an HTML
document.
677 This file can be used in wxHelp version
2 or other programs. The file consists of a number of lines,
678 each line with three fields separated by bar characters: the indexed phrase, the file, and a label in the file.
}
680 \twocolitem{\inioption{htmlWorkshopFiles
}}{If true, specifies generation of
{\tt .hpp, .hhc
} and
{\tt .hhk
} files
681 which can be used to create both MS HTML Help and wxHTML Help files. wxHTML Help
682 is the HTML help facility that can be used by wxWindows
2 applications (see the wxWindows manual
683 and the wxWindows HTML sample).
}
684 \twocolitem{\inioption{upperCaseNames
}}{If true, filenames in links are in upper case. By default
685 filenames are in lower case.
}
686 \twocolitem{\inioption{backgroundColour
}}{Specifies the RGB background colour for the
document, e.g.
{\tt 255;
255;
255} for white.
687 The default is white.
}
688 \twocolitem{\inioption{backgroundImage
}}{Specifies the RGB background image for the
document, e.g.
{\tt tile.gif
}.
}
689 \twocolitem{\inioption{textColour
}}{Specifies the RGB text colour for the
document, e.g.
{\tt 0;
0;
0} for black.
}
690 \twocolitem{\inioption{linkColour
}}{Specifies the RGB link colour for the
document, e.g.
{\tt 0;
0;
255} for blue.
}
691 \twocolitem{\inioption{followedLinkColour
}}{Specifies the RGB followed link colour for the
document, e.g.
{\tt 0;
0;
255} for blue.
}
692 \twocolitem{\inioption{combineSubSections
}}{If true (or yes), switches off
693 the generation of separate HTML files below section level. This can reduce the
694 number of HTML files substantially. A subsection contents list is inserted before
695 the first subsection.
}
698 \section{DDE commands
}\index{DDE
}%
700 A Windows program can hold a conversation with Tex2RTF using DDE. The Tex2RTF server name is
701 ``TEX2RTF'', and the topic name to use is also ``TEX2RTF''.
703 Tex2RTF functionality is accessed using the DDE
{\it Execute
} message.
704 The
{\it Execute
} data should consist of a command name and possibly one
708 INPUT c:
\docs\mine.tex
711 If the command is not recognised, a standard TEX2RTF.INI option is assumed.
713 The
{\it Request
} DDE message can be used to query the return status of an
{\it Execute
}
714 command, and will be one of
{\it OK
} (no error),
{\it CONVERSION ERROR
}, or a more
715 specific error string.
717 The following DDE commands may be used:
720 \htmlignore{\twocolitemruled{Command
}{Description
}}
721 \twocolitem{\inioption{EXIT
}}{Takes no argument, and exits Tex2RTF.
}
722 \twocolitem{\inioption{GO
}}{Takes no argument, and initiates the conversion.
}
723 \twocolitem{\inioption{INPUT
}}{Takes a file name as the argument, and sets the input file to be this name.
}
724 \twocolitem{\inioption{MINIMIZE
}}{Takes no argument, and minimizes Tex2RTF.
}
725 \twocolitem{\inioption{OUTPUT
}}{Takes a file name as the argument, and sets the input file to be this name.
}
726 \twocolitem{\inioption{RESTORE
}}{The same as SHOW.
}
727 \twocolitem{\inioption{SHOW
}}{Takes no argument, and unminimizes Tex2RTF.
}
730 \section{Performance issues
}\index{performance
}%
732 Since Tex2RTF reads the whole file into memory, a lot of memory is needed.
733 For very large documents,
16MB of RAM is adviseable.
735 I tested conversion of the wxWindows
1.63 manual on both VC++
1.5 and
736 Watcom WIN32s versions of Tex2RTF, both running under Windows
3.11 on a
737 Gateway P60 with
16MB of RAM and a
2MB disk cache. Two passes were
738 made, with
1.5MB of WinHelp RTF being generated. The unoptimized
16-bit
739 version took
169 seconds. The optimized WIN32s version took
126 seconds,
740 a significant improvement. Systems with faster disk subsystems should see
741 an even better relative performance of the
32-bit version.
743 \chapter{Writing documents with Tex2RTF
}\index{LaTeX
}%
744 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}%
745 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
747 \section{Why use
\LaTeX?
}
749 \LaTeX\ happens to be a very convenient format if you need to produce
750 documents (such as manuals, help facilities, up-to-date information) in
751 both printed and on-line media. Being a language rather than a WYSIWYG system,
752 it allows explicit specification of layout and
document structure, lending
753 itself well to hypertext applications and automatic
document generation.
754 Many people also prefer to use
\LaTeX\ for ordinary use since it encourages
755 a logical
document structure and the user is not distracted by having to perfect
756 the appearance; many layout decisions are taken by
\LaTeX\ automatically.
758 Although
\LaTeX\ is not as fancy as modern word processors and desk-top
759 publishing packages, it is for many purposes quite adequate, and sometimes
760 more flexible than its modern counterparts.
762 The conversion utility gives
\LaTeX\ a new lease of life by allowing
763 virtually all other wordprocessor formats to be generated from documents
764 containing a reasonable subset of
\LaTeX\ syntax. From the same
\LaTeX\
765 sources, we can now generate printed manuals, Windows Help files,
\popref{wxHelp
}{wxhelp
}\rtfsp
766 files, RTF-compatible word processor formats such as MS Word, and
\popref{HTML
}{html
}\rtfsp
767 files for use in the World Wide Web. Since the conversion tool is
768 free, as are
\LaTeX, HTML viewers, wxHelp and (effectively) Windows
769 Help, there are no financial or time penalties for providing
770 documentation in a wide range of printed and hypertext formats.
772 \section{Help versus the printed page
}\index{on-line help
}%
774 The purist may argue, quite rightly, that on-line help systems and
775 printed manuals have different characteristics; help windows tend to be
776 much smaller than pages, help topics should be more stand-alone than
777 pages in a manual, navigation methods are very different, etc. Therefore,
778 help systems should be
{\it based
} on printed documentation but
779 separately hand-crafted into hypertext help, preferably by an
780 independent person or team.
782 This might be the ideal, but many organisations or individuals simply
783 do not have the time: on-line help wouldn't get done if the
784 documentation effort had to be doubled. However, Tex2RTF does provide
785 some commands to allow tailoring the documentation to printed or
786 on-line form, such as
\verb$
\helponly$ and
\verb$
\helpignore$. An awareness
787 of the design issues should go a long way to making the compromise
788 a good one, so a book such as
{\it Developing On-line Help for Windows
} \cite{helpbook
} is highly recommended.
790 \section{Output Formats
}\index{output formats
}%
792 At present the following output formats are supported:
796 \item RTF (Rich Text Format)
\index{RTF
}. This is the most well developed
797 converter. RTF is commonly used as a
document exchange format amongst
798 Windows-based applications, and is the input for the Windows Help
799 Compiler. Tex2RTF supports both linear documents and Windows Help
801 \item HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
\index{HTML
}. This an SGML-based format
802 commonly used by documents in the World Wide Web distributed hypertext
803 system, and formats text dynamically rather like Windows Help.
804 \item wxHelp
\index{wxHelp
}. This is the platform-independent help system for
805 the class library wxWindows (see the wxWindows User Manual
\cite{smart93a
}).
806 It can display ASCII files with embedded codes
807 for changing font styles, but no formatting is done by wxHelp.
810 \section{What compromises must I make?
}\index{compromises
}\index{LaTeX
}%
812 As a
\LaTeX\ user, you need to be aware that some commands or facilities
813 don't transfer to other formats, either because they are not supported
814 by the target format or because the converter does not support them.
815 Maths formatting is a good example of an unsupported feature.
817 Sometimes
\LaTeX\ facilities must be accessed in a slightly different
818 way to support the variety of formats, particularly hypertext formats
819 where
\LaTeX\ references are often replaced by hypertext jumps (but must
820 still look right in printed documentation). Tables don't transfer well
821 to RTF and HTML (and not at all to wxHelp) but an attempt is made
822 to approximate tables so long as special row commands are used, instead
823 of the usual end of row delimiter.
825 Bibliographies are handled quite well since the utilities can read in
\rtfsp
826 {\tt .bib
} files and resolve citations. Numbers are used in citations;
827 the references are not yet sorted alphabetically.
829 Pictures
\index{pictures
} are handled in a limited way: if the PSBOX
\index{PSBOX
} macro package is
830 used, an
\verb$
\image$ command can be used to place Encapsulated PostScript
831 files in
\LaTeX, and Windows RGB-encoded bitmap files or placeable
832 metafiles when converting to RTF.
834 Nested file inclusion
\index{file inclusion
} is handled with
\verb$
\input$,
\verb$
\include$ and
\verb$
\verbatiminput$,
835 and the comment environment is supported. However, using
\verb$
\input$
\rtfsp
836 to include macro packages is not advisable. If you do this,
837 make sure you add a line in the Tex2RTF initialisation file to ignore
838 this file, unless it's a simple
\LaTeX\ file that conforms to Tex2RTF
839 restrictions. The file
{\tt psbox.tex
} is the only file ignored
840 by Tex2RTF by default.
842 Because of the way
\LaTeX\ is parsed, some syntax
\index{syntax restrictions
} has to conform to a
843 few simple rules. Commands such as
\verb$
\bf$ and
\verb$
\it$ need to occur
844 immediately after a left brace, and have a block of their own, since
845 the text within their scope is regarded as its argument. This syntax
846 means the same thing as using
\verb$
\begin ...
\end$, which is usually
847 a one argument command (the argument is the text between the
\verb$
\begin$
\rtfsp
848 and
\verb$
\end$). See
\helpref{Space
}{space
}.
850 As a Windows hypertext help writer
\index{on-line help
}, you don't have access to all RTF
851 commands but you'll be able to get most of what you want. In particular,
852 any
\LaTeX\
document you write will automatically be a hypertext
853 document, because the converter takes advantage of the hierarchy of
854 sections. Further jumps can be placed using the commands
855 \rtfsp\commandrefn{label
}{label
},
\commandrefn{helpref
}{helpref
},
856 \rtfsp\commandrefn{helprefn
}{helprefn
}, and
\commandrefn{popref
}{popref
}.
857 Tex2RTF outputs help files that may be read linearly using the
858 \rtfsp$<<$ and $>>$ buttons, and an additonal Up button for
861 When writing HTML, multiple files are generated from one
\LaTeX\ file
862 since browsing HTML works best with many small files rather than a few
865 wxHelp files are least well supported since there is no formatting
866 support, only font style, sizes and colours. Still, some hypertext help
867 support on UNIX/X platforms is better than none. wxHelp is now being rewritten (March
1996)
870 Sometimes you will use a local macro package that is unrecognised by
871 the converters. In this case, you may define a custom macro file
872 where macros are defined in terms of supported
\LaTeX\ commands
873 and text. Even if the result is not the same as in
\LaTeX, you
874 can probably end up with something adequate, and at least avoid
875 undefined macro errors. See
\helpref{Initialisation file syntax
}{inifile
} for
878 \section{Changes to LaTeX syntax
}
880 Here are the conventions you need to observe to satisfy the Tex2RTF
883 \subsection{Space
}\label{space
}\index{space
}%
885 Tex2RTF attempts to insert spaces where
\LaTeX\ assumes whitespace.
886 However, for the benefit of RTF conversion, you need to use the
\commandrefn{rtfsp
}{rtfsp
} command
887 where a command or brace within a paragraph begins or ends with a macro. For example:
890 Within a paragraph, you need to be careful about commands
891 \rtfsp{\it that begin at the start of a line.
}
894 As normal with
\LaTeX, two newlines represents a paragraph break,
895 although
\commandrefn{par
}{par
} can also be used at the end of a paragraph.
897 You need to have a blank line between section and some environment
898 commands and the first paragraph or your
document will look rather
899 weird, e.g. headings running into paragraphs.
901 wxHelp is more fussy than
\LaTeX\ or RTF: you need to use percent
902 characters at line ends liberally to eliminate newlines after commands
905 \subsection{Command arguments
}\index{LaTeX commands
}%
907 Commands that have one or more arguments can be used in the following
920 The first method is a normal
\LaTeX\ command.
922 The second method is called an
{\it environment
};
\LaTeX\ has specific
923 environments that do not always correspond to normal commands, but
924 Tex2RTF recognizes environments and normal commands interchangeably, so
925 long as the command has no more than two arguments.
927 With the third method, it is important that the command has its own
928 pair of braces, and that the command immediately follows the first brace.
929 Otherwise, the parser cannot parse the argument(s) properly.
930 With multiple arguments, each should be enclosed in braces.
932 Optional arguments are specified using square brackets or parentheses.
934 The braces that start command arguments must not be seperated from
935 the other arguments by whitespace. For example, the following produces
943 and should be replaced by
946 \image{5cm;
0cm
}{picture.eps
}
949 \subsection{Avoid the setlength command
}
951 Using the $
\backslash$setlength command doesn't work, since its first
952 argument looks like a command with the wrong number of arguments. Use an
953 alternative form instead, e.g.
962 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt
}
965 \subsection{Units
}\index{units
}%
967 Only a subset of
\LaTeX\ units may be used for specifying dimensions.
968 Valid units are
{\tt pt, mm, cm
} and
{\tt in
}. Units should usually
969 be specified for dimensions or the results may be unexpected.
971 \subsection{Labels
}\index{labels
}%
973 The
\verb$
\label$ command may be used for sections and figure captions,
974 but must come immediately after the section or caption commands with no
975 intervening whitespace.
977 \subsection{Tables
}\label{tables
}\index{tables
}%
979 For best layout, table rows should be enclosed in a
\verb$
\row$
\rtfsp
980 or
\verb$
\ruledrow$ command, since Tex2RTF can't cope with parsing
981 the
\LaTeX\ tabular syntax unaided. However, if you really don't want
982 to go through
\LaTeX\ files inserting new syntax, set the
{\it compatibility
}\rtfsp
983 flag to TRUE in your
{\tt tex2rtf.ini
} file. In this mode, Tex2RTF tries to make
984 the best of a bad job, but the results won't be optimal (e.g., no table
985 borders). Without this flag set, normal
\LaTeX\ tables can crash RTF readers
986 such as Word for Windows.
988 \section{Tex2RTF for non-LaTeX users
}\index{LaTeX
}%
990 You don't need to have
\LaTeX\ installed to use Tex2RTF. You
991 can still output RTF files to be imported into your favourite
992 word processor, and hypertext files for on-line help.
994 This chapter gives a very brief introduction to
\LaTeX. For further
995 information, Kopka and Daly's
{\it A Guide to
\LaTeX} \cite{kopka
} is
998 \subsection{What is
\LaTeX?
}
1000 \LaTeX\ is a macro package built on top of the typesetting package,
1001 \TeX.
\TeX\ was written by Donald Knuth in the
1970s, and Leslie
1002 Lamport wrote
\LaTeX\ as a higher-level, easier way to write
\TeX.
1004 \TeX\ was quite advanced for its day, and is still used (particularly by
1005 academics) because of its free availability and its flexibility in
1006 typesetting maths and other symbols. It's more like a programming
1007 language than a word processor, with embedded commands prefixed by a
1008 backslash and block structure. Like programs,
\TeX\ documents are
1009 processed by a `compiler', outputting a .dvi file, which is a device
1010 independent file which can be read by many converters for output
1011 onto physical devices, such as screens and printers.
1013 A reason for its longevity is the ability to add facilities to
1014 \TeX, using macro packages that define new commands.
1016 \LaTeX\ is the most popular way to write
\TeX. Although WYSIWYG
1017 word processors and DTP packages are outstripping
\LaTeX, the increasing
1018 interest in hypertext and mark-up languages makes
\LaTeX\ relevant as
1019 a similar language to SGML documents (such as World Wide Web HTML files).
1021 Also, languages such as
\LaTeX\ (and Rich Text Format, which it resembles
1022 in many ways) are
{\it complementary
} to WYSIWYG packages. These languages
1023 allow automatic production and translation of documents, where manual
1024 mark-up is impractical or undesirable.
1026 Since the source code of
\TeX\ and
\LaTeX\ is in the public domain,
1027 there are many free and commercial implementations of
\LaTeX\ for almost
1028 every computer in existance. Of PC implementations, EmTeX is arguably
1029 the best and most complete. You can download it from various FTP sites.
1031 If you don't want to use
\LaTeX\ itself, you may wish to use a program
1032 called lacheck to check your documents before using Tex2RTF, since it
1033 catches some mistakes that Tex2RTF doesn't.
1035 \subsection{Document structure
}
1037 Here is a sample of a typical
\LaTeX\
document:
1040 \documentstyle[a4,texhelp
]{report}
1042 \author{Julian Smart
}
1047 \chapter{Introduction
}
1058 The first line is always a
\verb$
\documentstyle$ command. The square brackets
1059 enclose optional
{\it style
} files (suffix
{\tt .sty
}) that alter the appearance
1060 of the
document or provide new commands, and the curly brackets enclose
1061 the mandatory style, in this case `
report'.
1063 Before the
document begins properly with
\verb$
\begin{document}$,
1064 you can write various commands that have an effect on the appearance of the
1065 document or define title page information. The
\verb$
\maketitle$ command
1066 writes the title page using information defined previously (title, author,
1069 A
report has chapters, which are divided into sections, and can be further
1070 divided into subsections and subsubsections. To start a new section, you
1071 write the appropriate section command with the section heading; there is
1072 no specific end section command, since a new section heading or the end
1073 of the
document will indicate the end of the previous section.
1075 An article is divided into sections, subsections and subsubsections, but
1076 has no chapters. This is so an article can be included in a
report as a chapter.
1078 Tex2RTF is written to deal with reports best, so stick with the
report
1081 \subsection{Command syntax
}
1083 There are several kinds of commands in
\LaTeX. Most involve a keyword
1084 prefixed with a backslash. Here are some examples:
1089 \centerline{This is a centred line
}
1096 {\bf This is bold font
}
1099 The first example has no arguments. The second has one argument. The third
1100 example is an
{\it environment
} which uses the begin and end keywords instead
1101 of a pair of braces to enclose an argument (usually one). The fourth is an example
1102 of using a command within a pair of braces: the command applies to the scope within
1103 the braces. Tex2RTF treats this form as if it were a command with one argument,
1104 with the right brace delimiting the argument. In this case, the command must
1105 immediately follow a left brace as shown.
1107 Commands may be nested, but not overlapped.
1109 \subsection{Space
}\index{space
}%
1111 In
\LaTeX, white space is mostly ignored, line breaks make no difference.
1112 However,
\LaTeX\ interprets two successive newlines (a blank line) as
1113 denoting a paragraph break. You may also use the
\verb$
\par$ command to end
1116 \section{Hypertext features
}\index{hypertext
}%
1118 \LaTeX\ is inherently suitable for specifying hypertext documents since
1119 it encourages description of the logical structure of a
document using
1120 section commands. Therefore, a
\LaTeX\
document is automatically
1121 a hypertext
document, without any further editing.
1123 For Windows Help, a single RTF file is generated with topics
1124 corresponding to sections. A top level contents page shows each chapter
1125 or top-level section, and each chapter or section ends with a list of
1126 further sections or subsections. Tex2RTF outputs help files that may be
1127 read linearly using the
\rtfsp$<<$ and $>>$ buttons.
1129 Similarly, a single wxHelp XLP file is generated.
1131 For HTML, a different file is generated for each section, since the
1132 XMOSAIC browser works best with a large number of small files. The files
1133 are named automatically based on the name of the output file, with the
1134 contents page filename being formed from the output filename with
{\tt
1135 \_contents} appended to the name. If the truncateFilenames option is
1136 begin used, then the contents page is just the root name, with a .htm
1137 suffix. The conversion may result in the generation of several hundred
1138 files for a large
\LaTeX\ input file.
1140 To specify explicit jumps around a hypertext file, the
\commandrefn{helpref
}{helpref
} command is
1141 used. The first argument is the text to be displayed at the point of reference,
1142 which will be highlighted in a hypertext file to allow jumping to a reference.
1143 The second argument is the reference label (there should be a corresponding
1144 \rtfsp\commandrefn{label
}{label
} command in the file, following a section or figure).
1146 To use extra Tex2RTF features in proper
\LaTeX, such as
\verb$
\helpref$
\rtfsp
1147 and the C++ and CLIPS class reference documentation features, include
1148 the style file
{\tt texhelp.sty
}.
1150 \section{Special sections
}\index{special sections
}%
1152 The treatment of bibliography, glossary and index are worth special mention.
1154 \subsection{Bibliography
}\label{bibsection
}\index{bibliography
}%
1156 Tex2RTF recognises standard
\LaTeX\ bibliography files (usually with
{\tt .bib
} extension)
1157 and resolves citations. The
\commandrefn{bibliography
}{bibliographycmd
}\rtfsp
1158 command reads the given
{\tt .bib
} file and includes a list of
1159 references at that point in the input. Only numbered, unsorted
1160 references are catered for at the moment, with no variation in
1161 bibliography style. A
{\bf References
} heading is placed in the contents
1162 section. Note that Tex2RTF must be run twice to ensure the citations are
1165 Tex2RTF can also cope with the
\verb$
\thebibliography$ environment, with
\rtfsp
1166 \verb$
\bibitem$ commands, so long as the text following the first
\verb$
\bibitem$
\rtfsp
1167 argument is enclosed in braces as if it were a second argument.
1169 \subsection{Glossary
}\label{glossarysection
}\index{glossary
}%
1171 Glossaries are formatted according to the following scheme.
1172 The
\commandrefn{helpglossary
}{helpglossary
} environment is used together with
1173 the
\commandrefn{gloss
}{gloss
} command for glossary entries. In
\LaTeX\ this
1174 is interpreted as a description list, and each glossary entry is an item.
1175 In on-line help, each glossary entry is a section.
1177 A labelled glossary entry command may be referenced by
\commandrefn{popref
}{popref
}\rtfsp
1178 to provide a quick popup explanation of a term.
1180 \subsection{Index
}\index{index
}%
1182 The explicit index is assumed to be redundant in on-line help, since
1183 search facilities are provided. Therefore the
\verb$
\printindex$ command
1184 does nothing in on-line versions. In linear RTF an index field is
1185 added, and
\commandrefn{index
}{index
} marks words for inserting in the index.
1187 In Windows Help, all section headings and C++ function names are treated
1188 as keywords. A keyword may be ambiguous, that is, refer to more than one
1189 section in the help file. This automatic indexing may not always be
1190 adequate, so the
\LaTeX\
\commandrefn{index
}{index
} command may be used
1193 In wxHelp, all section headings are indexed.
1195 \section{Authoring HTML documents
}
1197 When an HTML
document is generated, the suffix `
\_contents' is appended
1198 to the input file root. This will be the contents page for the
document.
1199 A number of further HTML files will be generated, possibly a large number
1200 for a
document with a large number of sections. If you are running
1201 a
16-bit Windows version of Tex2RTF, you may wish to use
1202 the
{\it truncateFilenames
} option to generate DOS filenames with
1203 appropriately truncated references inside the HTML files.
1205 \normalbox{Tip: to reduce the number of sections generated and make
1206 the
document more linear, you could define new chapter and section
1207 commands. Alias them to the normal commands in real LaTeX (edit
{\tt texhelp.sty
}), and
1208 to appropriate bold/large headings (but not section commands) in
1209 the Tex2RTF initialisation file.
}
1211 Each HTML section file (except for the contents page) is given browse
1212 buttons, similar to a Windows Help file: Contents, Up, Down, Back, Forward.
1213 You can set
{\it htmlBrowseButtons
} to specify whether bitmaps or text should
1214 be used for these buttons. On a text-only browser, the buttons will show
1215 as text even if images have been specified.
1217 As well as the usual jumps within a
document, you can use the
\commandref{urlref
}{urlref
} command to jump
1218 to other documents. `Advanced features' which are implemented for HTML include:
1220 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
1221 \item Simple tables:
\commandref{tabular
}{tabular
} command
1222 \item Background colour/bitmap:
\commandref{backgroundcolour
}{backgroundcolour
} and
1223 \rtfsp\commandref{backgroundimage
}{backgroundimage
}
1224 \item Text colour:
\commandref{textcolour
}{textcolour
} command
1227 See
\helpref{HTML options
}{htmloptions
} for relevant initialisation file
1230 \section{Authoring Windows Help documents
}\index{WinHelp files
}%
1232 To produce a Windows Help file, you need to generate a WinHelp RTF file
1233 with Tex2RTF and then invoke a Windows Help compiler (such as hc505.exe)
1234 to translate this to a .hlp file.
1236 WinHelp support has split into two streams, Windows
3.1 help format
1237 and Windows
95 (WinHelp
4) format. You control this with the
{\it winHelpVersion
} option,
1238 setting it to
3 for Windows
3.1, and
4 for Windows
95. In the latter case,
1239 you also need the Help Compiler for Windows (hcw.exe and associated components)
1240 which are available in the WIN32 SDK and with Windows
95 compilers.
1242 Tex2RTF can produce a Windows
95 {\tt .cnt
} file if
{\it winHelpContents
}\index{CNT file
} is switched
1243 on. This file is used to generate the new-style contents page, allowing
1244 hierarchical browsing of the topic contents. In fact this file can be used
1245 with ordinary Windows
3.1 files on Windows
95: so to hedge your bets,
1246 generate a Windows
3.1 help file along with
{\tt .cnt
} file.
1248 Tex2RTF also generates (optionally) a
{\tt .hpj
} (Help Project) file
\index{HPJ file
} which is
1249 fed to the help compiler and specifies the RTF file being used amongst
1250 other things. In WinHelp
4 mode, Tex2RTF adds entries to the project
1251 to enhance the appearance of the help file. In particular, the
1252 non-scrolling (topic title) region is coloured grey, and the rest
1253 is coloured a light yellow in keeping with other Windows
95 help
1256 \normalbox{Tip: you can maintain two versions of a help file
1257 by specifying an alternative
{\tt .ini
} file on the command
1258 line when invoking Tex2RTF, and compiling to a different directory.
1259 Tex2RTF instructs the help compiler to use the input file directory
1260 to find bitmaps and metafiles, so using a different output directory
1261 is not a problem. See the Tex2RTF
{\tt src/makefile.dos
} for an example
1262 of maintaining both formats.
}
1264 There is a slight wrinkle with generation of the
{\tt .cnt
} file:
1265 to work around a `feature' in the Windows
95 help compiler, Tex2RTF may insert
1266 extra book icons in the contents page. So your contents page
1267 may not exactly match the structure in your LaTeX file.
1269 `Advanced features' which are implemented for WinHelp include:
1271 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
1272 \item Transparency:
\commandref{settransparency
}{settransparency
} command
1273 \item Colour:
\commandref{definecolour
}{definecolour
},
\commandref{fcol
}{fcol
},
\commandref{bcol
}{bcol
} commands
1274 \item Hot spot appearance:
\commandref{sethotspotcolour
}{sethotspotcolour
},
\commandref{sethotspotunderline
}{sethotspotunderline
} commands
1277 Tex2RTF automatically generates browse buttons for jumping to the
1278 above, previous and next topics.
1280 See
\helpref{RTF/WinHelp options
}{rtfwinhelpoptions
} for
1281 relevant initialisation file switches.
1283 \section{Authoring linear RTF documents
}\index{RTF
}%
1285 Linear RTF documents come in two main flavours. It can produce simple
1286 RTF that can be read by a wide variety of readers, such as
1287 Windows
95 WordPad, the Windows
95 viewer, and most word processors.
1288 Tex2RTF can also output MS Word compatible RTF which has special
1289 fields for contents page and index formatting, headings, and
1292 Use the
{\it useWord
} initialisation file flag to switch Word mode
1294 Hypertext links (using
\verb$
\helpref$ and other commands) will be formatted as
1295 bold `anchor' text plus a section or figure number in parentheses.
1297 In Word mode, using an index section generates a proper Word index.
1298 Similarly, a Word table of contents, list of figures, list of tables
1299 and page reference may be generated.
1301 See
\helpref{RTF/WinHelp options
}{rtfwinhelpoptions
} for
1302 relevant initialisation file switches.
1304 \section{Authoring wxHelp documents
}\index{wxHelp
}%
1306 The wxHelp (.xlp) file is the most basic kind of file that Tex2RTF
1307 can handle. Since spacing is passed through to the output, you need to
1308 format your input
document appropriately, with lines of reasonable length.
1310 The generated xlp file is an ASCII file that can be read directly by
1311 wxHelp, the generic wxWindows help viewer.
1313 \chapter{Command reference
}\index{command reference
}%
1314 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}%
1315 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
1317 The following lists commands which are recognised by the converters. The reader
1318 can assume that commands not mentioned here are unrecognised or ignored.
1320 Each command is listed with its name, the number of arguments it takes
1321 (excluding optional arguments), and a description. Note that if the
1322 command is used as an environment (using
\verb$
\begin$ and
\verb$
\end$) then
1323 the number of arguments must be either one or two. For example, the
\rtfsp
1324 \verb$
\tabular$ environment takes two arguments: a first argument for
1325 specifying the formatting, and the second argument for the body of the
1329 \begin{tabular
}{|l|l|
}
1335 \section{\LaTeX\ Commands
}
1337 \subsection*
{abstract:
1}\label{abstract
}
1339 This standard
\LaTeX\ environment prepares an abstract page, and is
1340 treated as an ordinary chapter or section in on-line help.
1342 \subsection*
{addcontentsline:
3}\label{addcontentsline
}
1344 Adds a chapter title to the contents page. Linear RTF. Rarely required.
1346 %\subsection*{appendix}
1347 %\subsection*{arabic}
1348 %\subsection*{array}
1349 \subsection*
{author:
1}\label{author
}
1351 Defines the author, for output when
\verb$
\maketitle$ is used.
1353 \subsection*
{backslash:
0}\label{backslash
}
1355 Outputs a backslash in math mode (should be enclosed by two dollar symbols).
1357 \subsection*
{bf:
1}\label{bf
}
1359 Specifies bold font.
1361 \subsection*
{bffamily:
1}\label{bffamily
}
1363 Specifies bold font.
1365 \subsection*
{bibitem:
2}\label{bibitem
}
1367 For parsing convenience,
\verb$
\bibitem$ requires two arguments: a cite key and item.
1368 \rtfsp\LaTeX\ syntax permits writing this as if it were two arguments,
1369 even though it is in fact only one. This command is used within
1370 a
\commandrefn{thebibliography
}{thebibliography
} environment. The preferred
1371 method is to store references in
{\tt .bib
} files and use the
\commandrefn{bibliography
}{bibliographycmd
}\rtfsp
1372 command to generate a bibliography section automatically.
1374 \subsection*
{bibliographystyle:
1}\label{bibliographystyle
}
1376 Currently doesn't affect the style of bibliography, but probably will
1379 \subsection*
{bibliography:
0}\label{bibliographycmd
}
1381 Includes the bibliography at this point in the
document. See the section
1382 on
\helpref{bibliographies
}{bibsection
}.
1384 %\subsection*{caption*}
1385 \subsection*
{caption:
1}\label{caption
}
1387 Specifies a caption (within a
\commandrefn{figure
}{figure
} or
\commandrefn{table
}{table
} environment). This may
1388 be followed immediately by a
\commandrefn{label
}{label
} command.
1390 \subsection*
{cdots:
0}\label{cdots
}
1394 \subsection*
{centerline:
1}\label{centerline
}
1396 Centres (or centers!) a line of text.
1398 %\subsection*{centering}
1399 \subsection*
{center:
1}\label{center
}
1401 Centres a block of text.
1403 \subsection*
{chapter:
1}\label{chapter
}
1405 Outputs a chapter heading. If the chapter's name is Popups
\index{popups
}, the chapter title will not be
1406 put in the contents, to allow popups to be placed in a
document without the popup
1407 sections being directly accessible.
1409 \subsection*
{chapter*:
1}\label{chaptersX
}
1411 Outputs a chapter heading with no contents entry.
1413 \subsection*
{cite:
1}\label{cite
}
1415 Cite a reference. The argument is a reference key as defined in a
\LaTeX\
{\tt .bib
}\rtfsp
1418 \subsection*
{comment:
1}\label{comment
}
1420 An environment that allows large comments in
\LaTeX\ files: the argument
1421 is ignored in all formats. Useful for commenting out parts of files that
1422 cannot be handled by
\LaTeX, such as the picture environment. See also
\rtfsp
1423 \commandrefn{toocomplex
}{toocomplex
}.
1425 \subsection*
{date:
1}\label{date
}
1427 Specifies the date of a
document; only output by
\commandrefn{maketitle
}{maketitle
}.
1429 \subsection*
{description:
1}\label{description
}
1431 A list environment, where each
\commandrefn{item
}{item
} command must be
1432 followed by optional square-bracketed text which will be highlighted.
1434 %\subsection*{destruct:1}\label{destruct}
1436 \subsection*
{document:
1}\label{document}
1438 This environment should enclose the body of a
document.
1440 \subsection*
{documentstyle:
1}\label{documentstyle
}
1442 Specifies the main style (
report, article etc.) and, optionally, style files
1443 such as
{\tt texhelp.sty
}. A
report has
\commandrefn{chapters
}{chapter
}, while an article's top-level
1444 sections are specified using
\commandrefn{section
}{section
}.
1446 %\subsection*{doublespace}\label{doublespace}
1447 \subsection*
{em:
1}\label{em
}
1449 Emphasizes text (italic in RTF).
1451 \subsection*
{emph:
1}\label{emph
}
1453 Same as
\commandrefn{em
}{em
}.
1455 \subsection*
{enumerate:
1}\label{enumerate
}
1457 Enumerate list environment: numbers the
\commandrefn{items
}{item
}.
1459 %\subsection*{equation}\label{equation}
1460 %\subsection*{evensidemargin}
1461 %\subsection*{fbox:1}\label{fbox}
1463 \subsection*
{figure:
1}\label{figure
}
1465 A figure environment: does nothing special, except allows interpretation of
1466 embedded
\helpref{caption
}{caption
} commands as figures rather than (say) tables.
1468 \subsection*
{flushleft:
1}\label{flushleft
}
1470 Flushes the given text to the left margin.
1472 \subsection*
{flushright:
1}\label{flushright
}
1474 Flushes the given text to the right margin.
1476 %\subsection*{footheight}\label{footheight}
1477 \subsection*
{footnote:
1}\label{footnote
}
1479 In linear RTF, a footnote is created. Whether this appears at the end of
1480 the section or the bottom of the page appears to depend on the current
1481 document style, at least for MS Word
6.0 for Windows. The default seems
1482 to be to put the footnotes at the end of the section, which is probably
1483 not the best assumption.
1485 In WinHelp RTF, a bracketed number is generated for the footnote
1486 and the footnote becomes a popup topic. It is probably preferable
1487 to change footnote commands to
\commandref{footnotepopup
}{footnotepopup
},
1488 or
\commandref{popref
}{popref
} references to glossary entries.
1490 This command is not supported for formats other than
\LaTeX,
1491 linear RTF and WinHelp RTF.
1493 \subsection*
{hline:
0}\label{hline
}
1495 Within a
\commandrefn{tabular
}{tabular
} environment, draws a horizontal
1496 rule below the current row. Note that this does not work in RTF for the
1497 last row of a table, in which case the command
\commandrefn{ruledrow
}{ruledrow
}\rtfsp
1498 should be used instead.
1500 \subsection*
{hrule:
0}\label{hrule
}
1502 Draws a horizontal line below the current paragraph. For example:
1505 This paragraph should have a horizontal rule following it.
\hrule
1510 This paragraph should have a horizontal rule following it.
\hrule
1512 %\subsection*{hspace*}\label{hspaceX}
1513 %\subsection*{hspace}\label{hspace}
1514 %\subsection*{hskip*}\label{hskipX}
1515 %\subsection*{hskip}\label{hskip}
1517 \subsection*
{huge:
1}\label{huge1
}
1519 Outputs the argument in huge text.
1521 \subsection*
{Huge:
1}\label{Huge2
}
1523 Outputs the argument in huger text than
\commandrefn{huge
}{huge1
}.
1525 \subsection*
{HUGE:
1}\label{HUGE3
}
1527 Outputs the argument in huger text than
\commandrefn{Huge
}{Huge2
}.
1529 \subsection*
{include:
1}\label{include
}
1531 Include the given file. The command must not be preceded by any whitespace,
1532 and spurious whitespace between elements of the command will also
1535 \subsection*
{index:
1}\label{index
}
1537 In WinHelp mode, adds a keyword to the keyword list for the current
1538 topic. This keyword must currently be straight text, with no embedded
1539 commands. The conversion process must be run twice (without quitting
1540 Tex2RTF inbetween) to resolve the keyword references.
1542 \subsection*
{input:
1}\label{input
}
1544 Include the given file. The command must not be preceded by any whitespace,
1545 and spurious whitespace between elements of the command will also
1548 \subsection*
{insertatlevel:
2}\label{insertatlevel
}
1550 Insert some text at a particular level of the
document. For example,
1553 \insertatlevel{2}{Some text
}
1556 inserts "Some text" at level
2 (for a
report, the current section). This
1557 allows you to insert headings into an automatically-generated section contents,
1560 \subsection*
{it:
1}\label{it
}
1562 Marks the argument in italic.
1564 \subsection*
{itemize:
1}\label{itemize
}
1566 Indents each
\commandrefn{item
}{item
} of a list and precedes with a bullet.
1567 If the file
{\tt bullet.bmp
} is found by Tex2RTF, this bitmap will be
1568 used as the bullet (WinHelp RTF); otherwise, a symbol or bold `o' will be used instead,
1569 depending on output format.
1571 Use
\commandrefn{itemsep
}{itemsep
} to specify the separation between
1572 list items. Currently this only works for linear or WinHelp RTF output.
1573 If the value is more than zero, an extra paragraph is inserted.
1575 \subsection*
{item:
0}\label{item
}
1577 Marks an item of a
\commandrefn{itemize
}{itemize
},
\commandrefn{description
}{description
} or
\commandrefn{enumerate
}{enumerate
}
1578 list. Items within a description environment should have an `optional' argument
1579 in square brackets which will be highlighted.
1581 \subsection*
{itemsep:
0}\label{itemsep
}
1583 Use this command to specify the separation between
1584 list items. Currently this only works for linear or WinHelp RTF output.
1585 If the value is zero, no extra paragraph is inserted; if the value
1586 is more than zero, an extra paragraph is inserted.
1588 \subsection*
{itshape:
1}\label{itshape
}
1590 Marks the argument in italic.
1592 %\subsection*{kill}\label{kill}
1593 \subsection*
{label:
1}\label{label
}
1595 Labels the chapter, section, subsection, subsubsection or figure caption
1596 with the given label. This must be an ASCII string, and duplicate items
1597 with different case letters are not allowed.
1599 The command must follow immediately after the section or caption command,
1600 with no intervening whitespace.
1602 \subsection*
{large:
1}\label{large1
}
1604 Marks the argument in large text.
1606 \subsection*
{Large:
1}\label{Large2
}
1608 Makes the argument display in larger text than
\commandrefn{large
}{large1
}.
1610 \subsection*
{LARGE:
1}\label{LARGE3
}
1612 Makes the argument display in larger text than
\commandrefn{Large
}{Large2
}.
1614 \subsection*
{LaTeX:
0}\label{LaTeX
}
1616 Outputs the annoying
\LaTeX\ upper and lower case name.
1618 \subsection*
{ldots:
0}\label{ldots
}
1622 %\subsection*{linebreak}\label{linebreak}
1623 %\subsection*{listoffigures}\label{listoffigures}
1624 %\subsection*{listoftables}\label{listoftables}
1625 %\subsection*{makeglossary}\label{makeglossary}
1626 %\subsection*{makeindex}\label{makeindex}
1627 \subsection*
{maketitle:
0}\label{maketitle
}
1629 Makes the article or
report title by outputting the
\commandrefn{title
}{title
},
1630 \rtfsp\commandrefn{author
}{author
} and optionally
\commandrefn{date
}{date
}.
1632 %\subsection*{markright}\label{markright}
1633 %\subsection*{markboth}\label{markboth}
1635 \subsection*
{marginparwidth:
1}\label{marginparwidth
}
1637 Specifies the width of a margin paragraph.
1639 \subsection*
{marginpar:
1}\label{marginpar
}
1641 Inserts a marginal note. It is best to use the Tex2RTF extensions
\rtfsp
1642 \commandrefn{marginparodd
}{marginparodd
} and
\commandrefn{marginpareven
}{marginpareven
} \rtfsp
1645 \subsection*
{marginpareven:
1}\label{marginpareven
}
1647 Inserts a marginal note on even pages. This is required for RTF generation since
1648 it is impossible for Tex2RTF to know in advance which side of paper the marginal note
1649 will fall upon, and the text has to be positioned using absolute dimensions.
1650 If only one sided output is required, use
\commandrefn{marginparodd
}{marginparodd
} \rtfsp
1653 \subsection*
{marginparodd:
1}\label{marginparodd
}
1655 Inserts a marginal note on odd pages. This is required for RTF generation since
1656 it is impossible for Tex2RTF to know in advance which side of paper the marginal note
1657 will fall upon, and the text has to be positioned using absolute dimensions.
1659 Also, even if one-sided output is required, this command should be used instead
1660 of
\verb$
\marginpar$ because the
\LaTeX\ command allows it to be used
1661 just before a paragraph. Normally, if this were done, the marginal note would
1662 not be aligned with the paragraph succeeding it. For example:
1665 \marginparodd{{\it Note:
} if nothing happens, perhaps you
1666 have not plugged your computer in at the mains.
}%
1667 To start using your computer, push the Power button
1668 and wait for text to appear on the screen.
1671 Note the percent sign after the
\verb$
\marginparodd$ command: without it,
1672 \LaTeX\ refuses to believe that the following text is part of the
1673 same paragraph, and will print the note at the wrong place.
1675 You should use
\commandrefn{textwidth
}{textwidth
} to allow space for marginal
1676 notes, and also
\commandrefn{marginparwidth
}{marginparwidth
} to specify the size of
1679 In WinHelp, HTML and wxHelp, marginal notes are treated as normal text delineated
1680 with horizontal rules above and below.
1682 %\subsection*{mbox:1}\label{mbox}
1684 \subsection*
{mdseries:
1}\label{mdseries
}
1686 Changes to a medium-weight font. Un-emboldens in RTF mode, no effect in other modes.
1688 \subsection*
{multicolumn:
3}\label{multicolumn
}
1690 Used in
\commandrefn{tabular
}{tabular
} environment to denote a cell that
1691 spans more than one column. Only supplied for compatibility with
1692 existing
\LaTeX\ files, since all it does in RTF is output the correct
1693 number of cell commands, with the multicolumn text squashed into one cell.
1695 \subsection*
{newcommand:
3}\label{newcommand
}
1697 Define a new command; arguments are the command, the number of
1698 arguments, and the command body. For example:
1701 \newcommand{\crazy}[2]{{\bf #1} is crazy but
{\bf #2} is not.
}
1704 The command must have no whitespace at the start of the line or between
1705 the three arguments.
1707 New commands may also be defined in the
{\tt tex2rtf.ini
} file using
1708 slightly different syntax (see
\helpref{Macro not found error
}{macronotfound
}).
1710 %\subsection*{newcounter}\label{newcounter}
1711 %\subsection*{newline}\label{newline}
1712 \subsection*
{newpage:
0}\label{newpage
}
1714 Inserts a page break.
1716 \subsection*
{nocite:
1}\label{nocite
}
1718 Specifies that this reference should appear in the bibliography,
1719 but the citation should not appear in the text.
1721 See also
\commandrefn{cite
}{cite
}.
1723 \subsection*
{noindent:
0}\label{noindent
}
1725 Sets paragraph indentation to zero. See also
\commandrefn{parindent
}{parindent
}.
1727 %\subsection*{nolinebreak}\label{nolinebreak}
1728 %\subsection*{nopagebreak}\label{nopagebreak}
1730 \subsection*
{normalsize:
1}\label{normalsize
}
1732 Sets the font size back to normal.
1734 \subsection*
{onecolumn:
0}\label{onecolumn
}
1736 Sets the number of columns to one.
\LaTeX\ and linear RTF only.
1738 %\subsection*{oddsidemargin}\label{oddsidemargin}
1739 %\subsection*{pagebreak}\label{pagebreak}
1740 \subsection*
{pageref:
1}\label{pageref
}
1742 In linear RTF, generates a page reference to the given label.
1744 \subsection*
{pagestyle:
1}\label{pagestyle
}
1746 If argument is
{\tt fancyplain
} or
{\tt fancy
}, Tex2RTF
1747 separates the header from the rest of the page with a rule.
1748 This command must be defined for headers and footers to
1749 work properly. See also
\commandrefn{setheader
}{setheader
},
1750 \commandrefn{setfooter
}{setfooter
}.
1752 \LaTeX\ and linear RTF only.
1754 \subsection*
{pagenumbering:
1}\label{pagenumbering
}
1756 The argument may be one of:
1760 \item[alph
] a, b, ...
1761 \item[Alph
] A, B, ...
1762 \item[arabic
] 1,
2, ...
1763 \item[roman
] i, ii, ...
1764 \item[Roman
] I, II, ...
1767 \LaTeX\ and linear RTF only.
1769 \subsection*
{paragraph:
0}\label{paragraph
}
1771 Behaves as for a subsubsection.
1773 \subsection*
{paragraph*:
0}\label{paragraphX
}
1775 Behaves as for a subsubsection.
1777 \subsection*
{parindent:
1}\label{parindent
}
1779 Indents the first line of succeeding paragraphs by the given amount.
1781 \subsection*
{parskip:
1}\label{parskip
}
1783 Changes the spacing between paragraphs. In fact, in RTF this will cause
1784 two
\commandrefn{par
}{par
} commands to be output if parskip is greater
1787 %\subsection*{part*}\label{partX}
1788 %\subsection*{part}\label{part}
1789 \subsection*
{par:
0}\label{par
}
1791 Causes the paragraph to end at this point.
\LaTeX\ and Tex2RTF also
1792 treat two consecutive newlines as a paragraph break.
1794 %\subsection*{pfunc}\label{pfunc}
1795 %\subsection*{picture}\label{picture}
1796 \subsection*
{printindex:
0}\label{printindex
}
1798 In linear RTF, inserts an index.
1800 \subsection*
{quote:
1}\label{quote
}
1802 Indents a short quotation.
1804 \subsection*
{quotation:
1}\label{quotation
}
1806 Indents a long quotation.
1808 %\subsection*{raggedbottom}\label{raggedbottom}
1809 %\subsection*{raggedleft}\label{raggedleft}
1810 %\subsection*{raggedright}\label{raggedright}
1812 \subsection*
{ref:
1}\label{ref
}
1814 In
\LaTeX\ and linear RTF, refers to a
\commandrefn{label
}{label
} and
1815 causes the number of that section or figure to be printed.
1817 \subsection*
{rm:
1}\label{rm
}
1819 Causes the argument to be formatted in a plain, roman font.
1820 In fact, does nothing in RTF, HTML and XLP modes.
1822 \subsection*
{rmfamily:
1}\label{rmfamily
}
1824 Causes the argument to be formatted in a plain, roman font.
1825 In fact, does nothing in RTF, HTML and XLP modes.
1827 %\subsection*{roman}\label{roman1}
1828 %\subsection*{Roman}\label{Roman2}
1830 \subsection*
{sc:
1}\label{sc
}
1832 Prints the output in small capitals.
1834 \subsection*
{scshape:
1}\label{scshape
}
1836 Prints the output in small capitals.
1838 \subsection*
{section:
1}\label{section
}
1840 Section header, with an entry in the contents page.
1842 \subsection*
{section*:
1}\label{sectionX
}
1844 Section header, with no entry in the contents page.
1846 %\subsection*{setcounter}\label{setcounter}
1847 \subsection*
{sf:
1}\label{sf
}
1849 Should format in a sans-serif font. Does nothing in Tex2RTF.
1851 \subsection*
{sffamily:
1}\label{sffamily
}
1853 Should format in a sans-serif font. Does nothing in Tex2RTF.
1855 \subsection*
{shortcite:
1}\label{shortcite
}
1857 The same as
\commandrefn{cite
}{cite
}.
1859 %\subsection*{singlespace}\label{singlespace}
1860 %\subsection*{sloppypar}\label{sloppypar}
1861 %\subsection*{sloppy}\label{sloppy}
1863 \subsection*
{sl:
1}\label{sl
}
1865 In Tex2RTF, the same as
\commandrefn{it
}{it
}. The LaTeX interpretation is `slanted text'.
1867 \subsection*
{slshape:
1}\label{slshape
}
1869 In Tex2RTF, the same as
\commandrefn{itshape
}{itshape
}. The LaTeX interpretation is `slanted text'.
1871 \subsection*
{small:
1}\label{small
}
1873 Prints the argument in a small font.
1875 \subsection*
{special:
1}\label{special
}
1877 Simply copies the argument to the output file without processing
1878 (except
\verb$\
}$ is translated to
\verb$
}$, and
\verb$\
{$ is
1879 translated to
\verb$
{$, to allow for insertion of braces).
1881 \subsection*
{ss:
0}\label{ss
}
1883 Outputs the German sharp S character
\ss.
1885 %\subsection*{subitem}\label{subitem}
1886 \subsection*
{subparagraph:
1}\label{subparagraph
}
1888 Behaves as for a subsubsection.
1890 \subsection*
{subparagraph*:
1}\label{subparagraphX
}
1892 Behaves as for a subsubsection.
1894 \subsection*
{subsection:
1}\label{subsection
}
1896 Subsection header, with an entry in the contents page.
1898 \subsection*
{subsection*:
1}\label{subsectionX
}
1900 Subsection header, with no entry in the contents page.
1902 \subsection*
{subsubsection:
1}\label{subsubsection
}
1904 Subsubsection header, with an entry in the contents page.
1906 \subsection*
{subsubsection*:
1}\label{subsubsectionX
}
1908 Subsubsection header, with no entry in the contents page.
1910 \subsection*
{tabbing:
1}\label{tabbing}
1912 Tabbing environment: doesn't work properly in RTF.
1914 \subsection*
{table:
1}\label{table
}
1916 An environment for tables. The only thing that Tex2RTF does with this
1917 is to interpret an embedded
\helpref{caption
}{caption
} command differently
1920 \subsection*
{tableofcontents:
0}\label{tableofcontents
}
1922 Inserts the table of contents at this point. In linear RTF mode, a
1923 proper Word for Windows table of contents will be inserted unless either
1924 of the variables
{\it insertTOC
} or
{\it useWord
} is set to
{\it false
}.
1926 \subsection*
{tabular:
2}\label{tabular
}
1928 Tabular environment: an attempt is made to output something
1929 reasonable in RTF and HTML formats, although currently only simple
1930 tables will work. The first argument specifies the column formatting.
1931 a pipe symbol (
\verb$|$) denotes a vertical border, one of
{\tt l, r, c
}\rtfsp
1932 signifies a normal column of default width, and
{\tt p
} followed by
1933 a dimension specifies a column of given width. It is recommended that
1934 the
{\tt p
} is used since Tex2RTF cannot deduce a column width in the
1935 same way that
\LaTeX\ can.
1937 Horizontal rules are achieved with
\commandrefn{hline
}{hline
}; two together
1938 signify a double rule. Note that in HTML, all rows and the table itself are bordered
1941 Use the Tex2RTF
\commandrefn{row
}{row
} and
\commandrefn{ruledrow
}{ruledrow
} commands
1944 For two-column tables that work in WinHelp files, use
\commandrefn{twocollist
}{twocollist
} instead.
1949 \begin{tabular
}{|l|p
{8.5cm
}|
}\hline
1950 \row{{\bf A.I.
}&
{\bf Simulation
}}\hline\hline
1951 \row{rules&constraints/methods
}
1952 \row{planning&design of experiments
}
1953 \row{diagnosis&analysis of results
}
1954 \ruledrow{learning&detection of connections
}
1960 \begin{tabular
}{|l|p
{8.5cm
}|
}\hline
1961 \row{{\bf A.I.
}&
{\bf Simulation
}}\hline\hline
1962 \row{rules&constraints/methods
}
1963 \row{planning&design of experiments
}
1964 \row{diagnosis&analysis of results
}
1965 \ruledrow{learning&detection of connections
}
1968 %\subsection*{tab:1}\label{tab}
1969 \subsection*
{TeX:
0}\label{TeX
}
1971 Outputs the annoying
\TeX\ upper and lower case name.
1973 \subsection*
{textbf:
1}\label{textbf
}
1975 Same as
\commandrefn{bf
}{bf
}.
1977 \subsection*
{textit:
1}\label{textit
}
1979 Same as
\commandrefn{it
}{it
}.
1981 \subsection*
{textrm:
1}\label{textrm
}
1983 Same as
\commandrefn{rm
}{rm
}.
1985 \subsection*
{textsf:
1}\label{textsf
}
1987 Same as
\commandrefn{sf
}{sf
}.
1989 \subsection*
{textsc:
1}\label{textsc
}
1991 Same as
\commandrefn{sc
}{sc
}.
1993 \subsection*
{textsl:
1}\label{textsl
}
1995 Same as
\commandrefn{sl
}{sl
}.
1997 \subsection*
{texttt:
1}\label{texttt
}
1999 Same as
\commandrefn{tt
}{tt
}.
2002 \subsection*
{textwidth:
1}\label{textwidth
}
2004 Sets the text width (valid for RTF only). This might be used
2005 in conjunction with
\commandrefn{marginpar
}{marginpar
}, for example,
2006 to leave space for marginal notes.
2008 %\subsection*{textheight}\label{textheight}
2009 \subsection*
{thebibliography:
1}\label{thebibliography
}
2011 An environment for specifying the bibliography as a series of
\rtfsp
2012 \commandrefn{bibitem
}{bibitem
} commands; the preferred method is to use
2013 \rtfsp{\tt .bib
} files and
\commandrefn{bibliography
}{bibliographycmd
} instead.
2015 %\subsection*{titlepage:0}\label{titlepage}
2017 \subsection*
{title:
1}\label{title
}
2019 Sets the title, to be output when the command
\commandrefn{maketitle
}{maketitle
}\rtfsp
2022 \subsection*
{tiny:
1}\label{tiny
}
2024 Prints the argument in a very small font.
2026 \subsection*
{today:
0}\label{today
}
2028 Outputs today's date.
2030 %\subsection*{topmargin}\label{topmargin}
2031 %\subsection*{topskip}\label{topskip}
2032 \subsection*
{tt:
1}\label{tt
}
2034 Outputs the argument in teletype font.
2036 \subsection*
{ttfamily:
1}\label{ttfamily
}
2038 Outputs the argument in teletype font.
2040 %\subsection*{typein}\label{typein}
2041 \subsection*
{typeout:
1}\label{typeout
}
2043 Outputs the text on the Tex2RTF text window.
2045 \subsection*
{twocolumn:
0}\label{twocolumn
}
2047 Sets the number of columns to two.
\LaTeX\ and linear RTF only.
2049 \subsection*
{underline:
1}\label{underline
}
2051 Underlines the argument.
2053 \subsection*
{upshape:
1}\label{upshape
}
2055 Changes to an upright font. Un-italicizes in RTF mode, no effect in other modes.
2057 \subsection*
{verbatiminput:
1}\label{verbatiminput
}
2059 Include the given file as if it were within a
\commandrefn{verbatim
}{verbatim
}\rtfsp
2060 environment. The command must not be preceded by any whitespace,
2061 and spurious whitespace between elements of the command will also
2064 \subsection*
{verbatim:
1}\label{verbatim
}
2066 Uses a fixed-width font to format the argument without interpreting
2067 any
\LaTeX\ commands.
2069 \subsection*
{verb
}\label{verb
}
2071 The
\verb$
\verb$ command is like the
\commandref{verbatim
}{verbatim
} environment,
2072 but for small amounts of text. The syntax is:
2075 \verb<char><text><char>
2078 The character
{\it char
} is used as a delimiter; it may be any character
2079 not ocurring in the following text, except asterisk.
2081 For example,
\verb@
\verb$
\thing%^&$@ produces \verb$\thing%^&$.
2083 %\subsection*{verse}\label{verse}
2084 %\subsection*{vfill}\label{vfill}
2085 %\subsection*{vline}\label{vline}
2086 %\subsection*{void}\label{void}
2087 %\subsection*{vrule}\label{vrule}
2088 %\subsection*{vspace*}\label{vspaceX}
2089 %\subsection*{vskip*}\label{vskipX}
2090 %\subsection*{vspace}\label{vspace}
2091 %\subsection*{vskip}\label{vskip}
2094 \section{Tex2RTF Commands
}
2096 \subsection*
{backgroundcolour:
1}\label{backgroundcolour
}
2098 Specifies the page background colour, in HTML only. The argument consists
2099 of three numbers from
0 to
255 separated by semicolons, for red, green and blue values respectively.
2102 \backgroundcolour{255;
255;
255}
2103 \backgroundcolour{0;
0;
255}
2106 The first example sets the background to white, the second sets the background to blue.
2108 Instead of using a LaTeX command, you may find it more convenient to use the equivalent
{\tt .ini
} file
2109 setting,
{\it backgroundColour
}.
2111 \subsection*
{backgroundimage:
1}\label{backgroundimage
}
2113 Specifies the page background image, in HTML only. The argument
2114 is a URL for the GIF file to be used as the background.
2119 \backgroundimage{tile.gif
}
2122 This sets the background to a tile file.
2124 Instead of using a LaTeX command, you may find it more convenient to use the equivalent
{\tt .ini
} file
2125 setting,
{\it backgroundImage
}.
2127 \subsection*
{backslashraw:
0}\label{backslashraw
}
2129 Outputs a raw backslash into the output (not LaTeX). Useful when
2130 inserting RTF (for example) that cannot be dealt with by Tex2RTF.
2137 inserts the text
\verb$\'e3$ into the RTF file.
2139 \subsection*
{bcol:
2}\label{bcol
}
2141 Sets the background colour for a block of text (RTF only). Has no known effect
2142 in the RTF readers currently tried (Word for Window and Windows Help).
2144 See also
\commandrefn{definecolour
}{definecolour
},
\commandrefn{fcol
}{fcol
}.
2146 %\subsection*{baselineskip}
2147 %\subsection*{boxit:1}\label{boxit}
2149 \subsection*
{brclear:
0}\label{brclear
}
2151 Stops aligning content following a left or right-aligned image in HTML only.
2153 See also
\commandrefn{imagel
}{imagel
},
\commandrefn{imager
}{imager
}.
2155 \subsection*
{cextract:
0}\label{cextract
}
2157 Prints a C++ extraction operator (
\cextract).
2159 \subsection*
{chapterheading:
1}\label{chapterheading
}
2161 Like
\commandrefn{chapter
}{chapter
}, but does not increment the chapter
2162 number and does not print a chapter number in the printed documentation
2163 contents page, or in the chapter heading. Used to implement
\helpref{glossaries
}{glossarysection
} and
2164 other sections that are not real chapters.
2166 \subsection*
{cinsert:
0}\label{cinsert
}
2168 Prints a C++ insertion operator (
\cinsert).
2170 \subsection*
{class:
1}\label{class
}
2172 Outputs the argument, an index entry (
\LaTeX\ only) and a keyword entry (WinHelp only).
2173 Used in class reference documentation.
2175 %\subsection*{cleardoublepage}
2176 %\subsection*{clearpage}
2177 %\subsection*{cline}
2178 \subsection*
{clipsfunc:
3}\label{clipsfunc
}
2180 Formats a CLIPS function, given the return value, function name, and
2183 %\subsection*{columnsep}
2184 \subsection*
{copyright:
0}\label{copyright
}
2186 Outputs the copyright symbol.
2188 \subsection*
{cparam:
2}\label{cparam
}
2190 Formats a CLIPS type and argument. Used within the third argument of
2191 a
\commandrefn{clipsfunc
}{clipsfunc
} command.
2193 \subsection*
{definecolour:
4}\label{definecolour
}
2195 Defines a new colour that can be used in the
document (RTF only). This
2196 command can also be spelt
\verb$
\definecolor$.
2198 The first argument is the lower-case name of the colour, and the following
2199 three arguments specify the red, green and blue intensities, in the range
0 to
255.
2201 The default colours are equivalent to the following definitions:
2204 \definecolour{black
}{0}{0}{0}
2205 \definecolour{cyan
}{0}{255}{255}
2206 \definecolour{green
}{0}{255}{0}
2207 \definecolour{magenta
}{255}{0}{255}
2208 \definecolour{red
}{255}{0}{0}
2209 \definecolour{yellow
}{255}{255}{0}
2210 \definecolour{white
}{255}{255}{255}
2213 To use colours in a
document, use the
\commandrefn{fcol
}{fcol
} and
\commandrefn{bcol
}{bcol
} commands.
2215 Note that a
document that defines its own colours should be converted twice within
2216 the same Tex2RTF session.
2218 \subsection*
{fcol:
2}\label{fcol
}
2220 Sets the foreground colour for a block of text (RTF and HTML).
2225 This sentence is brightened up by some
\fcol{red
}{red text
}.
2230 This sentence is brightened up by some
\fcol{red
}{red text
}.
2232 See also
\commandrefn{definecolour
}{definecolour
},
\commandrefn{bcol
}{bcol
}.
2234 \subsection*
{followedlinkcolour:
1}\label{followedlinkcolour
}
2236 Specifies the followed link colour for the whole page, HTML only. The argument consists
2237 of three numbers from
0 to
255 separated by semicolons, for red, green and blue values respectively.
2242 \followedlinkcolour{255;
255;
255}
2243 \followedlinkcolour{0;
0;
255}
2246 The first example sets the followed link text to white, and the second sets the followed link text to blue.
2248 See also
\commandrefn{backgroundcolour
}{backgroundcolour
},
\commandrefn{textcolour
}{textcolour
},
2249 \rtfsp\commandrefn{linkcolour
}{linkcolour
}.
2251 Instead of using a LaTeX command, you may find it more convenient to use the equivalent
{\tt .ini
} file
2252 setting,
{\it followedLinkColour
}.
2254 \subsection*
{footnotepopup:
2}\label{footnotepopup
}
2256 In linear RTF, a footnote is created following the first argument, as with
2257 \commandref{footnote
}{footnote
}.
2259 In WinHelp RTF, a the first argument is highlighted and becomes
2260 a popup reference to the second argument. See also
\commandref{footnote
}{footnote
}\rtfsp
2261 and
\commandref{popref
}{popref
}.
2263 This command is not supported for formats other than
\LaTeX,
2264 linear RTF and WinHelp RTF.
2266 %\subsection*{footskip}\label{footskip}
2267 %\subsection*{framebox:1}\label{framebox}
2269 \subsection*
{functionsection:
1}\label{functionsection
}
2271 Defines a subsection, adding the C++ function name to the
\LaTeX\ index or the
2272 WinHelp keyword list.
2274 Should be followed by a
\commandrefn{func
}{func
} command to specify function
2277 \subsection*
{func:
3}\label{func
}
2279 Defines a C++ function, given the return type, function name, and parameter list.
2281 Should occur after a
\commandrefn{functionsection
}{functionsection
} command.
2283 %\subsection*{glossary:}\label{glossary}
2284 \subsection*
{gloss:
1}\label{gloss
}
2286 Marks a glossary entry. In
\LaTeX, this is a synonym for an
\commandrefn{item
}{item
}
2287 with an optional argument, within a
\commandrefn{description
}{description
} environment,
2288 and the argument is added to the index.
2290 In Windows Help, this is identical to a
\commandrefn{section*
}{sectionX
} in a
report.
2292 If labels are associated with the glossary entries, they can be referenced by
2293 \commandref{helpref
}{helpref
} or
\commandref{popref
}{popref
} jumps. A glossary entry is
2294 currently the only type of destination that popref may refer to.
2296 This is an example of making a glossary in a
report:
2299 \begin{helpglossary
}
2301 \gloss{API
}\label{api
}
2303 Application Programmer's Interface - a set of calls and
2304 classes defining how a library (in this case, wxWindows)
2307 \gloss{Canvas
}\label{canvas
}
2309 A canvas in XView and wxWindows is a subwindow...
2311 \gloss{DDE
}\label{dde
}
2313 Dynamic Data Exchange - Microsoft's interprocess
2314 communication protocol. wxWindows provides an abstraction
2315 of DDE under both Windows and UNIX.
2320 %\subsection*{headheight}\label{headheight}
2321 \subsection*
{helpglossary:
1}\label{helpglossary
}
2323 An environment for making a glossary (not standard
\LaTeX). See
\commandrefn{gloss
}{gloss
} for
2326 \subsection*
{helpignore:
1}\label{helpignore
}
2328 Ignores the argument in Tex2RTF generated files, but not
\LaTeX.
2330 \subsection*
{helponly:
1}\label{helponly
}
2332 Only outputs the argument in Tex2RTF generated files.
2334 \subsection*
{helpinput:
1}\label{helpinput
}
2336 Only includes the given file in Tex2RTF generated files.
2338 \subsection*
{helpfontfamily:
1}\label{helpfontfamily
}
2340 Specifies the font family for Tex2RTF generated files. The argument
2341 may be Swiss or Times.
2343 \subsection*
{helpfontsize:
1}\label{helpfontsize
}
2345 Specifies the font size for Tex2RTF generated files.
2347 \subsection*
{helpref:
2}\label{helpref
}
2349 Specifies a jump to a labelled chapter, section, subsection subsubsection
2352 The first argument is text to be highlighted (mouseable in help systems)
2353 and the second is the reference label. In linear documents, the section number
2354 is given following the text, unless the
\commandrefn{helprefn
}{helprefn
} command
2355 is used instead, where the section number is suppressed.
2357 Note that when generating HTML, the label
{\it contents
} is automatically defined,
2358 and may be referenced using
\verb$
\helpref$.
2360 \subsection*
{helprefn:
2}\label{helprefn
}
2362 Specifies a jump to a labelled chapter, section, subsection subsubsection
2365 The first argument is text to be highlighted (mouseable in help systems)
2366 and the second is the reference label. See
\commandrefn{helpref
}{helpref
} for
2367 the form where the section number is printed in linear documents.
2369 %\subsection*{hfill}\label{hfill}
2370 \subsection*
{htmlignore:
1}\label{htmlignore
}
2372 Ignores the argument in HTML.
2374 \subsection*
{htmlonly:
1}\label{htmlonly
}
2376 Only outputs the argument in HTML.
2378 \subsection*
{image:
2}\label{image
}
2380 This is translated to a PSBOX macro package
\verb$
\psboxto$ command in
\LaTeX,
2381 the first argument being a sizing command and the second a filename.
2383 In HTML mode, the second argument is used to generate a PostScript file reference.
2385 In RTF mode, the second argument is tried with first a BMP extension and
2386 then a WMF extension to find a suitable Windows bitmap file, placeable
2387 metafile, or segmented hypergraphics file (.SHG). If a suitable file is
2388 found, in Windows Help mode a
{\tt bmc
}\rtfsp command is inserted into
2389 the RTF file with a reference to the file. In linear RTF mode, the
2390 bitmap or metafile is converted into hex and inserted into the RTF
2393 Note that only RGB-encoded Windows bitmaps, or placeable metafiles, are
2394 valid for input to Tex2RTF. You can convert a RLE (run length encoded)
2395 bitmap file into a (bigger) RGB file using a program such as Paintshop
2396 Pro. A placeable metafile has a special header with dimension
2397 information. One may be constructed by a wxWindows program by calling
2398 the function wxMakeMetafilePlaceable. The Microsoft Windows SDK has a
2399 sample program that loads and steps through placeable and ordinary
2402 Another wrinkle is that programs differ in the methods they
2403 use to recognise pictures in RTF files. You may need to use the
{\it bitmapMethod
} setting,
2404 which can be ``hex'' (embed the hex data in the file with a
\verb$
\dibitmap$ keyword),
2405 ``includepicture'' (use the MS Word
6.0 INCLUDEPICTURE field) or ``import''
2406 (an earlier name for INCLUDEPICTURE).
2408 Here is an example of using the
\verb$
\image$ command.
2412 $$
\image{5cm;
0cm
}{heart.ps
}$$
2414 \caption{My picture
}\label{piccy
}
2418 The dollars centre the image in the horizontal plane. The syntax
2419 of the first argument to
\verb$
\image$ is taken from syntax used by the
\verb$
\psbox$
\rtfsp
2420 package: it allows specification of the horizontal and vertical
2421 dimensions of the image. Scaling will take place for PostScript
2422 and metafile images. A value of zero indicates that the image should
2423 be scaled in proportion to the non-zero dimension. Zeros for both
2424 dimensions will leave the image unscaled in the case of metafiles,
2425 or scaled to fit the page in the case of PostScript.
2427 See also
\commandrefn{imagel
}{imagel
},
\commandrefn{imager
}{imager
} for aligned images in
2430 \subsection*
{imagel:
2}\label{imagel
}
2432 Similar to
\commandrefn{image
}{image
}, but left-aligns the image with respect to the following
2433 content. Use
\commandrefn{brclear
}{brclear
} to stop aligning the content to the right of the image.
2435 See also
\commandrefn{imager
}{imager
}.
2437 \subsection*
{imagemap:
3}\label{imagemap
}
2439 This is translated to an HTML image map reference, or (in LaTeX) a PostScript psbox
2440 command. This allows images in HTML to have hotspots, where the user clicks on a
2441 part of the image and the browser jumps to a particular file.
2443 The first argument is the same as the first argument to the
\commandref{image
}{image
}\rtfsp
2444 command (ignored in HTML). The second argument must be the name of the
2445 image map entry, and the second is the filename to be displayed inline.
2448 \imagemap{}{tree.gif
}{myname
}
2454 <a href="/cgi-bin/imagemap/mymap">
2455 <img src="tree.gif" ismap></a><p>
2458 The snag with this is that, apart from the inconvenience of having to
2459 register a map file with the server, the map file will also have
2460 references to particular HTML files. If they exist in the current
2461 document, these names are not known until the file is generated. In which case, the
2462 map entries should probably refer to symbolic links that can be easily
2465 \subsection*
{imager:
2}\label{imager
}
2467 Similar to
\commandrefn{image
}{image
}, but right-aligns the image with respect to the following
2468 content. Use
\commandrefn{brclear
}{brclear
} to stop aligning the content to the left of the image.
2470 See also
\commandrefn{imagel
}{imagel
}.
2472 %\subsection*{includeonly}\label{includeonly}
2473 \subsection*
{indented:
2}\label{indented
}
2475 Environment supplied by Tex2RTF to allow (possibly nested) indentation of
2476 \LaTeX\ and RTF text. The first argument is the amount to be indented.
2481 \begin{indented
}{2cm
}
2482 This text should be indented by a couple of centimetres.
2483 This can be useful to highlight paragraphs.
2489 \begin{indented
}{2cm
}
2490 This text should be indented by a couple of centimetres. This can be
2491 useful to highlight paragraphs.
2494 \subsection*
{latexignore:
1}\label{latexignore
}
2496 Ignores the argument in
\LaTeX.
2498 \subsection*
{latexonly:
1}\label{latexonly
}
2500 Only prints the argument in
\LaTeX.
2502 %\subsection*{lbox}\label{lbox}
2504 \subsection*
{lbraceraw:
0}\label{lbraceraw
}
2506 Outputs a raw left brace into the output (not LaTeX). Useful when
2507 inserting RTF (for example) that cannot be dealt with by Tex2RTF.
2509 \subsection*
{linkcolour:
1}\label{linkcolour
}
2511 Specifies the link colour for the whole page, HTML only. The argument consists
2512 of three numbers from
0 to
255 separated by semicolons, for red, green and blue values respectively.
2517 \linkcolour{255;
255;
255}
2518 \linkcolour{0;
0;
255}
2521 The first example sets the link text to white, and the second sets the link text to blue.
2523 See also
\commandrefn{backgroundcolour
}{backgroundcolour
},
\commandrefn{textcolour
}{textcolour
},
2524 \rtfsp\commandrefn{followedlinkcolour
}{followedlinkcolour
}.
2526 Instead of using a LaTeX command, you may find it more convenient to use the equivalent
{\tt .ini
} file
2527 setting,
{\it linkColour
}.
2529 \subsection*
{membersection:
1}\label{membersection
}
2531 Used when formatting C++ classes to print a subsection for the member name.
2533 \subsection*
{member:
1}\label{member
}
2535 Used to format a C++ member variable name.
2537 \subsection*
{normalbox:
1}\label{normalbox
}
2539 Draws a box around the given paragraph in
\LaTeX\ and RTF. In HTML
2540 and XLP formats, horizontal rules are drawn before and after the text.
2545 \normalbox{This should be a boxed paragraph for highlighting
2546 important information, such as information for registering
2547 a shareware program.
}
2552 \normalbox{This should be a boxed paragraph for highlighting important
2553 information, such as information for registering a shareware program.
}
2555 See also
\commandrefn{normalboxd
}{normalboxd
} for double-bordered text.
2557 \subsection*
{normalboxd:
1}\label{normalboxd
}
2559 Draws a double border around the given paragraph in
\LaTeX\ and RTF. In
2560 HTML and XLP formats, horizontal rules are drawn before and after the
2566 \normalboxd{This should be a boxed paragraph for
2567 highlighting important information, such as information
2568 for registering a shareware program.
}
2573 \normalboxd{This should be a boxed paragraph for highlighting important
2574 information,such as information for registering a shareware program.
}
2576 See also
\commandrefn{normalbox
}{normalbox
} for single-bordered text.
2578 \subsection*
{param:
1}\label{param
}
2580 Formats a C++ type and argument pair. Should be used within the third argument
2581 of a a
\commandrefn{func
}{func
} command.
2583 \subsection*
{popref:
2}\label{popref
}
2585 Similar to
\commandrefn{helprefn
}{helprefn
}, except that in Windows Help,
2586 the destination text is popped up in a small window to be dismissed with
2587 a mouse click, instead of going to a separate section.
2589 Currently this command can only refer to a labelled glossary entry; see
2590 \commandrefn{gloss
}{gloss
}.
2592 \subsection*
{psboxto:
2}\label{psboxto
}
2594 Identical to
\commandrefn{image
}{image
}.
2596 %\subsection*{psbox}\label{psbox}
2597 \subsection*
{rbraceraw:
0}\label{rbraceraw
}
2599 Outputs a raw right brace into the output (not LaTeX). Useful when
2600 inserting RTF (for example) that cannot be dealt with by Tex2RTF.
2602 \subsection*
{registered:
0}\label{registered
}
2604 Outputs the `registered' symbol in HTML, and (r) in other formats.
2606 \subsection*
{row:
1}\label{row
}
2608 A Tex2RTF command signifying the row of a table within the
\commandrefn{tabular
}{tabular
}\rtfsp
2609 environment. See also
\commandrefn{ruledrow
}{ruledrow
}.
2611 \subsection*
{ruledrow:
1}\label{ruledrow
}
2613 A Tex2RTF command signifying a ruled row of a table within the
\commandrefn{tabular
}{tabular
}\rtfsp
2614 environment. See also
\commandrefn{row
}{row
}.
2616 \subsection*
{rtfignore:
1}\label{rtfignore
}
2618 Ignores the argument in linear RTF.
2620 \subsection*
{rtfonly:
1}\label{rtfonly
}
2622 Only outputs the argument in linear RTF.
2624 \subsection*
{rtfsp:
0}\label{rtfsp
}
2626 Outputs a space in RTF. Tex2RTF tries to insert a space where one is implied
2627 by a newline, but cannot cope where a line starts or ends with a command,
2628 in the middle of a paragraph. Use this command to insert a space explicitly.
2630 \subsection*
{sectionheading:
1}\label{sectionheading
}
2632 Like
\commandrefn{section
}{section
}, but does not increment the section
2633 number and does not print a section number in the printed documentation
2634 contents page, or in the section heading.
2636 \subsection*
{setfooter:
6}\label{setfooter
}
2638 Tex2RTF has a non-standard way of setting headers and footers,
2639 but the default macro definitions in
{\tt texhelp.sty
} may be altered
2640 to your current method.
2642 The arguments are as follows:
2646 \item Left footer, even pages
2647 \item Centre footer, even pages
2648 \item Right footer, even pages
2649 \item Left footer, odd pages
2650 \item Centre footer, odd pages
2651 \item Right footer, odd pages
2654 For many documents, the first three arguments will be left empty.
2656 The behaviour for first pages of a chapter, section or
document
2657 is to have a blank header, but print the footer.
2659 For best results, define headers and footers for
{\it each chapter or
2662 Note that this command works only for
\LaTeX\ and linear RTF. See also
\rtfsp
2663 \commandrefn{setheader
}{setheader
}.
2665 \subsection*
{setheader:
6}\label{setheader
}
2667 Tex2RTF has a non-standard way of setting headers and footers,
2668 but the default macro definitions in
{\tt texhelp.sty
} may be altered
2669 to your current method.
2671 The arguments are as follows:
2675 \item Left header, even pages
2676 \item Centre header, even pages
2677 \item Right header, even pages
2678 \item Left header, odd pages
2679 \item Centre header, odd pages
2680 \item Right header, odd pages
2683 For many documents, the first three arguments will be left empty.
2684 If
\commandrefn{pagestyle
}{pagestyle
} is not plain or empty, the
2685 header will separated from the rest of the page by a rule.
2687 The behaviour for first pages of a chapter, section or
document
2688 is to have a blank header, but print the footer.
2690 For best results, define headers and footers for
{\it each chapter or
2693 Note that this command works only for
\LaTeX\ and linear RTF. See also
\rtfsp
2694 \commandrefn{setfooter
}{setfooter
}.
2696 \subsection*
{sethotspotcolour:
1}\label{sethotspotcolour
}
2698 If the argument is yes, on or ok, subsequent WinHelp hotspots will be green.
2699 If any other value, the hotspots will be the normal text colour. Note that this
2700 doesn't apply to section hotspots, only to helpref hotspots.
2702 \subsection*
{sethotspotunderline:
1}\label{sethotspotunderline
}
2704 If the argument is yes, on or ok, subsequent WinHelp hotspots will be
2705 underlined (the default). If any other value, the hotspots will not be
2706 underlined. Note that this doesn't apply to section hotspots, only to
2709 \subsection*
{settransparency:
1}\label{settransparency
}
2711 WinHelp mode only (version
4 of WinHelp). If the argument is yes, on or ok, subsequent bitmaps
2712 will be inserted in transparent mode: areas of white will be made transparent.
2713 If the argument is any other value (such as no, ok or false), the bitmaps will not be transparent.
2715 \subsection*
{textcolour:
1}\label{textcolour
}
2717 Specifies the text foreground colour for the whole page, HTML only. The argument consists
2718 of three numbers from
0 to
255 separated by semicolons, for red, green and blue values respectively.
2723 \textcolour{255;
255;
255}
2724 \textcolour{0;
0;
255}
2727 The first example sets the text to white, and the second sets the text to blue.
2729 See also
\commandrefn{backgroundcolour
}{backgroundcolour
},
\commandrefn{linkcolour
}{linkcolour
},
2730 \rtfsp\commandrefn{followedlinkcolour
}{followedlinkcolour
}.
2732 Instead of using a LaTeX command, you may find it more convenient to use the equivalent
{\tt .ini
} file
2733 setting,
{\it textColour
}.
2735 \subsection*
{toocomplex:
1}\label{toocomplex
}
2737 An environment for dealing with complex
\LaTeX\ commands that
2738 Tex2RTF cannot handle. In normal
\LaTeX, the argument will be output
2739 as normal. In Tex2RTF output, the argument will be output as verbatim text,
2740 for the user to hand-translate into the desired output format.
2742 See also
\commandrefn{comment
}{comment
}.
2744 \subsection*
{twocolitem:
2}\label{twocolitem
}
2746 Used to specify a row for a two column list, a Tex2RTF
2747 extension to optimize two-column lists for different
2748 file formats. See
\commandrefn{twocollist
}{twocollist
},
2749 \rtfsp\commandrefn{twocolitemruled
}{twocolitemruled
}.
2751 \subsection*
{twocolitemruled:
2}\label{twocolitemruled
}
2753 Used to specify a ruled row for a two column list, a Tex2RTF
2754 extension to optimize two-column lists for different
2755 file formats. See
\commandrefn{twocollist
}{twocollist
},
2756 \rtfsp\commandrefn{twocolitem
}{twocolitem
}.
2758 \subsection*
{twocollist:
1}\label{twocollist
}
2760 A Tex2RTF environment for specifying a table of two columns, often
2761 used in manuals and help files (for example, for listing commands and
2762 their meanings). The first column should be one line only, and
2763 the second can be an arbitrary number of paragraphs.
2765 The reason that a normal tabular environment cannot be used is that
2766 WinHelp does not allow borders in table cells, so a different method
2767 must be employed if any of the rows are to be ruled. In
\LaTeX, a table
2768 is used to implement this environment. In RTF, indentation is used instead.
2770 Use this environment in conjunction with
\commandrefn{twocolitem
}{twocolitem
} and
\rtfsp
2771 \commandrefn{twocolitemruled
}{twocolitemruled
}. To set the widths of the first
2772 and second column, use
\commandrefn{twocolwidtha
}{twocolwidtha
} and
\rtfsp
2773 \commandrefn{twocolwidthb
}{twocolwidthb
}.
2778 \htmlignore{\begin{twocollist
}}
2779 \twocolitemruled{{\bf Command
}}{{\bf Description
}}
2780 \twocolitem{File
}{The file menu is used to select various
2781 file-related operations, such as saving and loading.
}
2782 \twocolitem{Edit
}{The Edit menu is used for
2783 selection, copying, pasting, etc.
}
2790 \twocolitemruled{{\bf Command
}}{{\bf Description
}}
2791 \twocolitem{File
}{The file menu is used to select various file-related
2792 operations, such as saving and loading.
}
2793 \twocolitem{Edit
}{The Edit menu is used for selection, copying, pasting, etc.
}
2796 \subsection*
{twocolwidtha:
1}\label{twocolwidtha
}
2798 Sets the width of the first column in a two column list to the given
2799 dimension. See also
\commandrefn{twocollist
}{twocollist
} and
\commandrefn{twocolwidthb
}{twocolwidthb
}.
2801 \subsection*
{twocolwidthb:
1}\label{twocolwidthb
}
2803 Sets the width of the second column in a two column list to the given
2804 dimension. See also
\commandrefn{twocollist
}{twocollist
} and
\commandrefn{twocolwidtha
}{twocolwidtha
}.
2806 \subsection*
{urlref:
2}\label{urlref
}
2808 Specifies a jump to a URL (univeral resource location).
2810 The first argument is text to be highlighted (mouseable in HTML browsers)
2811 and the second is the URL. In linear documents, the URL
2812 is given following the text.
2817 See also the
\urlref{wxWindows manual
}
2818 {http://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~jacs.html
}.
2821 (the line is broken only to keep to this manual's page width).
2823 \subsection*
{winhelpignore:
1}\label{winhelpignore
}
2825 Ignores the argument in WinHelp RTF.
2827 \subsection*
{winhelponly:
1}\label{winhelponly
}
2829 Only outputs the argument in WinHelp RTF.
2831 \subsection*
{xlpignore:
1}\label{xlpignore
}
2833 Ignores the argument in XLP mode (wxHelp files).
2835 \subsection*
{xlponly:
1}\label{xlponly
}
2837 Only outputs the argument in XLP mode (wxHelp files).
2839 \section{Accents
}\label{accents
}
2841 The following
\LaTeX\ accents work for RTF and HTML production:
2845 \item \verb$\'
{a
}$ produces \'
{a
}. Valid for a, e, i, o, u, A, E, I, O, U
2846 \item \verb$\`
{a
}$ produces \`
{a
}. Valid for a, e, i, o, u, y, A, E, I, O, U, Y
2847 \item \verb$\^
{a
}$ produces \^
{a
}. Valid for a, e, i, o, u, A, E, I, O, U
2848 \item \verb$\~
{a
}$ produces \~
{a
}. Valid for a, n, o, A, N, O
2849 \item \verb$\"
{a
}$ produces \"
{a
}. Valid for a, e, i, o, u, y, A, E, I, O, U, Y
2850 \item \verb$\.
{a
}$ produces \.
{a
}. Valid for a, A
2853 \section{Commands by category
}\index{commands
}%
2855 Below are categories of
\LaTeX\ commands, to help you find the right
2856 command for a particular purpose.
2858 \subsection{Font commands
}
2860 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2861 \item \commandpageref{bf
}{bf
}
2862 \item \commandpageref{bffamily
}{bffamily
}
2863 \item \commandpageref{em
}{em
}
2864 \item \commandpageref{emph
}{emph
}
2865 \item \commandpageref{huge
}{huge1
}
2866 \item \commandpageref{Huge
}{Huge2
}
2867 \item \commandpageref{HUGE
}{HUGE3
}
2868 \item \commandpageref{it
}{it
}
2869 \item \commandpageref{itshape
}{itshape
}
2870 \item \commandpageref{large
}{large1
}
2871 \item \commandpageref{Large
}{Large2
}
2872 \item \commandpageref{LARGE
}{LARGE3
}
2873 \item \commandpageref{mdseries
}{mdseries
}
2874 \item \commandpageref{normalsize
}{normalsize
}
2875 \item \commandpageref{rm
}{rm
}
2876 \item \commandpageref{rmfamily
}{rmfamily
}
2877 \item \commandpageref{sc
}{sc
}
2878 \item \commandpageref{scshape
}{scshape
}
2879 \item \commandpageref{sf
}{sf
}
2880 \item \commandpageref{sffamily
}{sffamily
}
2881 \item \commandpageref{sl
}{sl
}
2882 \item \commandpageref{slshape
}{slshape
}
2883 \item \commandpageref{small
}{small
}
2884 \item \commandpageref{textbf
}{textbf
}
2885 \item \commandpageref{textit
}{textit
}
2886 \item \commandpageref{textrm
}{textrm
}
2887 \item \commandpageref{textsf
}{textsf
}
2888 \item \commandpageref{textsc
}{textsc
}
2889 \item \commandpageref{textsl
}{textsl
}
2890 \item \commandpageref{texttt
}{texttt
}
2891 \item \commandpageref{tiny
}{tiny
}
2892 \item \commandpageref{tt
}{tt
}
2893 \item \commandpageref{ttfamily
}{ttfamily
}
2894 \item \commandpageref{underline
}{underline
}
2895 \item \commandpageref{upshape
}{upshape
}
2898 \subsection{Paragraph formatting
}
2900 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2901 \item \commandpageref{centerline
}{centerline
}
2902 \item \commandpageref{comment
}{comment
}
2903 \item \commandpageref{flushleft
}{flushleft
}
2904 \item \commandpageref{footnote
}{footnote
}
2905 \item \commandpageref{indented
}{indented
}
2906 \item \commandpageref{marginparwidth
}{marginparwidth
}
2907 \item \commandpageref{marginpar
}{marginpar
}
2908 \item \commandpageref{marginpareven
}{marginpareven
}
2909 \item \commandpageref{marginparodd
}{marginparodd
}
2910 \item \commandpageref{multicolumn
}{multicolumn
}
2911 \item \commandpageref{newpage
}{newpage
}
2912 \item \commandpageref{noindent
}{noindent
}
2913 \item \commandpageref{onecolumn
}{onecolumn
}
2914 \item \commandpageref{parindent
}{parindent
}
2915 \item \commandpageref{parskip
}{parskip
}
2916 \item \commandpageref{par
}{par
}
2917 \item \commandpageref{quote
}{quote
}
2918 \item \commandpageref{quotation
}{quotation
}
2919 \item \commandpageref{textwidth
}{textwidth
}
2920 \item \commandpageref{twocolumn
}{twocolumn
}
2921 \item \commandpageref{verbatim
}{verbatim
}
2922 \item \commandpageref{verb
}{verb
}
2925 \subsection{Special effects
}
2927 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2928 \item \commandpageref{backgroundcolour
}{backgroundcolour
}
2929 \item \commandpageref{backgroundimage
}{backgroundimage
}
2930 \item \commandpageref{backslashraw
}{backslashraw
}
2931 \item \commandpageref{bcol
}{bcol
}
2932 \item \commandpageref{definecolour
}{definecolour
}
2933 \item \commandpageref{fcol
}{fcol
}
2934 \item \commandpageref{followedlinkcolour
}{followedlinkcolour
}
2935 \item \commandpageref{helpfontfamily
}{helpfontfamily
}
2936 \item \commandpageref{helpfontsize
}{helpfontsize
}
2937 \item \commandpageref{hrule
}{hrule
}
2938 \item \commandpageref{linkcolour
}{linkcolour
}
2939 \item \commandpageref{normalbox
}{normalbox
}
2940 \item \commandpageref{normalboxd
}{normalboxd
}
2941 \item \commandpageref{sethotspotcolour
}{sethotspotcolour
}
2942 \item \commandpageref{sethotspotunderline
}{sethotspotunderline
}
2943 \item \commandpageref{settransparency
}{settransparency
}
2944 \item \commandpageref{textcolour
}{textcolour
}
2945 \item \commandpageref{typeout
}{typeout
}
2950 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2951 \item \commandpageref{description
}{description
}
2952 \item \commandpageref{enumerate
}{enumerate
}
2953 \item \commandpageref{itemize
}{itemize
}
2954 \item \commandpageref{item
}{item
}
2955 \item \commandpageref{itemsep
}{itemsep
}
2956 \item \commandpageref{twocolitem
}{twocolitem
}
2957 \item \commandpageref{twocolitemruled
}{twocolitemruled
}
2958 \item \commandpageref{twocollist
}{twocollist
}
2959 \item \commandpageref{twocolwidtha
}{twocolwidtha
}
2960 \item \commandpageref{twocolwidthb
}{twocolwidthb
}
2963 \subsection{Sectioning
}
2965 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2966 \item \commandpageref{chapter
}{chapter
}
2967 \item \commandpageref{chapter*
}{chaptersX
}
2968 \item \commandpageref{chapterheading
}{chapterheading
}
2969 \item \commandpageref{insertatlevel
}{insertatlevel
}
2970 \item \commandpageref{paragraph
}{paragraph
}
2971 \item \commandpageref{paragraph*
}{paragraphX
}
2972 \item \commandpageref{section
}{section
}
2973 \item \commandpageref{section*
}{sectionX
}
2974 \item \commandpageref{sectionheading
}{sectionheading
}
2975 \item \commandpageref{subparagraph
}{subparagraph
}
2976 \item \commandpageref{subparagraph*
}{subparagraphX
}
2977 \item \commandpageref{subsection
}{subsection
}
2978 \item \commandpageref{subsection*
}{subsectionX
}
2979 \item \commandpageref{subsubsection
}{subsubsection
}
2980 \item \commandpageref{subsubsection*
}{subsubsectionX
}
2983 \subsection{Pictures
}
2985 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2986 \item \commandpageref{brclear
}{brclear
}
2987 \item \commandpageref{image
}{image
}
2988 \item \commandpageref{imagel
}{imagel
}
2989 \item \commandpageref{imagemap
}{imagemap
}
2990 \item \commandpageref{imager
}{imager
}
2991 \item \commandpageref{psboxto
}{psboxto
}
2994 \subsection{References and jumps
}
2996 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
2997 \item \commandpageref{footnotepopup
}{footnotepopup
}
2998 \item \commandpageref{helpref
}{helpref
}
2999 \item \commandpageref{helprefn
}{helprefn
}
3000 \item \commandpageref{label
}{label
}
3001 \item \commandpageref{pageref
}{pageref
}
3002 \item \commandpageref{popref
}{popref
}
3003 \item \commandpageref{ref
}{ref
}
3004 \item \commandpageref{urlref
}{urlref
}
3007 \subsection{Tables and figures
}
3009 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
3010 \item \commandpageref{caption
}{caption
}
3011 \item \commandpageref{figure
}{figure
}
3012 \item \commandpageref{hline
}{hline
}
3013 \item \commandpageref{ruledrow
}{ruledrow
}
3014 \item \commandpageref{tabbing}{tabbing}
3015 \item \commandpageref{tabular
}{tabular
}
3018 \subsection{Table of contents
}
3020 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
3021 \item \commandpageref{addcontentsline
}{addcontentsline
}
3022 \item \commandpageref{author
}{author
}
3023 \item \commandpageref{date
}{date
}
3024 \item \commandpageref{maketitle
}{maketitle
}
3025 \item \commandpageref{tableofcontents
}{tableofcontents
}
3026 \item \commandpageref{title
}{title
}
3029 \subsection{Special sections
}
3031 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
3032 \item \commandpageref{bibitem
}{bibitem
}
3033 \item \commandpageref{bibliographystyle
}{bibliographystyle
}
3034 \item \commandpageref{bibliography
}{bibliographycmd
}
3035 \item \commandpageref{cite
}{cite
}
3036 \item \commandpageref{gloss
}{gloss
}
3037 \item \commandpageref{helpglossary
}{helpglossary
}
3038 \item \commandpageref{index
}{index
}
3039 \item \commandpageref{nocite
}{nocite
}
3040 \item \commandpageref{printindex
}{printindex
}
3041 \item \commandpageref{shortcite
}{shortcite
}
3042 \item \commandpageref{thebibliography
}{thebibliography
}
3046 \subsection{Symbols
}
3048 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
3049 \item \commandpageref{backslash
}{backslash
}
3050 \item \commandpageref{cdots
}{cdots
}
3051 \item \commandpageref{cextract
}{cextract
}
3052 \item \commandpageref{cinsert
}{cinsert
}
3053 \item \commandpageref{copyright
}{copyright
}
3054 \item \commandpageref{LaTeX
}{LaTeX
}
3055 \item \commandpageref{lbraceraw
}{lbraceraw
}
3056 \item \commandpageref{ldots
}{ldots
}
3057 \item \commandpageref{rbraceraw
}{rbraceraw
}
3058 \item \commandpageref{registered
}{registered
}
3059 \item \commandpageref{rtfsp
}{rtfsp
}
3060 \item \commandpageref{ss
}{ss
}
3061 \item \commandpageref{TeX
}{TeX
}
3062 \item \commandpageref{today
}{today
}
3065 \subsection{Document organisation
}
3067 \begin{itemize
}\itemsep=
0pt
3068 \item \commandpageref{document}{document}
3069 \item \commandpageref{documentstyle
}{documentstyle
}
3070 \item \commandpageref{helpignore
}{helpignore
}
3071 \item \commandpageref{helponly
}{helponly
}
3072 \item \commandpageref{helpinput
}{helpinput
}
3073 \item \commandpageref{htmlignore
}{htmlignore
}
3074 \item \commandpageref{htmlonly
}{htmlonly
}
3075 \item \commandpageref{include
}{include
}
3076 \item \commandpageref{input
}{input
}
3077 \item \commandpageref{latexignore
}{latexignore
}
3078 \item \commandpageref{latexonly
}{latexonly
}
3079 \item \commandpageref{newcommand
}{newcommand
}
3080 \item \commandpageref{pagestyle
}{pagestyle
}
3081 \item \commandpageref{pagenumbering
}{pagenumbering
}
3082 \item \commandpageref{rtfignore
}{rtfignore
}
3083 \item \commandpageref{rtfonly
}{rtfonly
}
3084 \item \commandpageref{setfooter
}{setfooter
}
3085 \item \commandpageref{setheader
}{setheader
}
3086 \item \commandpageref{special
}{special
}
3087 \item \commandpageref{toocomplex
}{toocomplex
}
3088 \item \commandpageref{verbatiminput
}{verbatiminput
}
3089 \item \commandpageref{winhelpignore
}{winhelpignore
}
3090 \item \commandpageref{winhelponly
}{winhelponly
}
3091 \item \commandpageref{xlpignore
}{xlpignore
}
3092 \item \commandpageref{xlponly
}{xlponly
}
3095 \chapter{Bugs and troubleshooting
}\label{errors
}\index{bugs
}\index{errors
}\index{troubleshooting
}%
3096 \setheader{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}{}{}{}{}{{\it CHAPTER
\thechapter}}%
3097 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
3102 \item[Command parsing.
] If a command is used followed by inappropriate
3103 argument syntax, Tex2RTF can crash. This an occur when a command is
3104 used in an asterisk form that is only formed in the non-asterisk
3105 variety. The non-asterisk form is assumed, which makes the following
3106 asterisk trip up the parser.
3107 \item[Setlength.
] Using the $
\backslash$setlength command doesn't work,
3108 since its first argument looks like a command with the wrong number
3109 of arguments. Use an alternative form instead, e.g.
\verb$
\parindent 0pt$ instead
3110 of
\verb$
\setlength{parindent
}{0pt
}$.
3111 \item[Newcommand bug.
] Environments in a command definition confuse
3112 Tex2RTF. Use the command form instead (e.g. $
\backslash$flushleft\
{...\
} instead
3113 of $
\backslash$begin\
{flushleft\
} ... $
\backslash$end\
{flushleft\
}.
3114 \item[Bibliography.
] There's no flexibility in the way references
3115 are output: I expect I'll get round to doing something better,
3116 but only if people tell me they need it!
3117 \item[Tables.
] Tables can't handle all
\LaTeX\ syntax, and require
3118 the Tex2RTF
\verb$
\row$ commands for decent formatting. Still, it's
3119 better than it was (RTF only).
3120 \item[Indexes and glossaries.
] Not completely supported.
3121 \item[Crashes.
] Crashes may be due to an input file exceeding the fixed-size
3122 buffer used for converting command arguments, especially for the
\verb$
\verbatim$
\rtfsp
3123 command. Use the
{\tt -bufsize
} switch to increase the buffer size.
3124 \item[Verbatiminput.
] Verbatiminput files which do not end with a blank line
3125 can trip up following commands.
3128 \section{Troubleshooting
}
3130 Below are some common problems and possible solutions.
3132 \normalbox{Some of the syntax that is OK for true
\LaTeX\ but which trips up
3133 Tex2RTF, may be detected by the TCHECK program included in the tools
3134 directory of the Tex2RTF distribution. Some
\LaTeX\ errors may be picked up
3135 by the LACHECK program, also found in the tools directory.
}
3137 \subsection{Macro not found
}\label{macronotfound
}\index{macro not found error
}%
3139 This error may indicate that Tex2RTF has not implemented a standard
3140 \rtfsp\LaTeX\ command, or that a local macro package is being used that
3141 Tex2RTF does not know about. It can cause spurious secondary
3142 errors, such as not recognising the end
document command.
3144 You can get round this by defining a macro file (default name
{\tt tex2rtf.ini
})
3145 containing command definitions, such as:
3148 \crazy [2]{{\bf #2} is crazy but
#1 is not
}
3150 \julian [0]{Julian Smart
}
3153 New commands may be defined in
\LaTeX\ files, but custom macro files
3154 will have to be defined when local style files are being used. See
\rtfsp
3155 \helpref{Initialisation file syntax
}{inifile
} for further details.
3157 The `Macro not found' error can also be caused by a syntax error such as
3158 an unbalanced brace or passing the wrong number of arguments to a command,
3159 so look in the vicinity of the reported error for the real cause.
3161 Here is one obscure situation that causes this error:
3165 {\large{\underline{A
}}}
3169 The problem is too many curly brackets. This should be rewritten as:
3173 {\large \underline{A
}}
3177 Often you get a `Macro not found' error for
\verb$
\end{document}$. This
3178 is a spurious side-effect of an earlier error, usually an incorrect number
3179 of arguments to a command. The location of the true error is then anywhere
3180 in the
document. To home in on the error, try putting a verbatim environment
3181 \rtfsp\verb$
\begin{comment
}...
\end{comment
}$ around much of the
document,
3182 and then move the
\verb$
\begin{comment
}$ line down until the error
3185 \subsection{Unresolved reference
}\index{references, unresolved
}%
3187 References and citations are usually resolved on a second pass of
3188 Tex2RTF. If this doesn't work, then a missing label or bibliographical
3191 \subsection{Output crashes the RTF reader
}
3193 This could be due to confusing table syntax. Set
{\it compatibility
} to
\rtfsp
3194 {\it TRUE
} in
{\tt .ini
} file; also check for end of row characters backslash characters
3195 on their own on a line, and insert correct number of ampersands for the number of
3210 \subsection{Erratic list indentation
}
3212 Try increasing the value of the variable
{\it listItemIndent
} (default
40
3213 points) to give more space between label and following text. A global
3214 replacement of
\verb$
\item [$ with
\verb$
\item[$ may also be helpful to remove
3215 unnecessary space before the item label.
3217 \subsection{Missing figure or section reference
}
3219 Ensure all labels
{\it directly
} follow captions or sections (no intervening
3222 \subsection{Linear RTF looks odd
}
3224 For viewing by programs other than MS Word, you should set the variable
{\it useWord
} to
{\it false
}. This
3225 will turn off some of the special RTF keywords recognised by Word (and possibly other advanced RTF readers).
3227 \subsection{Paragraphs preceding lists are formatted weirdly.
}
3229 If a list has spurious spacing in it, e.g. before a
\verb$
\item$ command, the preceding
3230 paragraph can take on some of the list's indentation. This may be a WinHelp bug, or an aspect
3231 of RTF I don't fully understand. The solution is to remove unnecessary space.
3233 \subsection{Unresolved references in Word for Windows
}\index{Microsoft Word
}%
3235 If question marks appear instead of numbers for figures and tables,
3236 select all (e.g. CTRL-A), then press F9
{\it twice
} to reformat the
3237 document twice. For the second format, respond with
{\it Update Entire
3238 Table
} to any prompts.
3240 \subsection{The Windows
95 help file contents hierarchy looks wrong
}\index{WinHelp files
}%
3242 WinHelp version
4 (or the WIN32 Help Compiler) does not allow a
3243 book in the contents list to be followed by a page at the same level.
3244 A book must be followed by a book, for some strange reason, otherwise
3245 the page will be tacked on to the pages of the book above it, i.e. placed
3248 To get around this, Tex2RTF inserts a book in some places, if there
3249 was a book preceding it on the same level. This results in more
3250 navigation than necessary, but is better than a wrong contents page.
3254 % Puts books in the bibliography without needing to cite them in the
3261 \addcontentsline{toc
}{chapter
}{Bibliography
}
3262 \setheader{{\it REFERENCES
}}{}{}{}{}{{\it REFERENCES
}}%
3263 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
3265 \begin{helpglossary
}
3266 \setheader{{\it GLOSSARY
}}{}{}{}{}{{\it GLOSSARY
}}%
3267 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%
3271 Graphical User Interface, such as Windows
3 or X.
3273 \gloss{HTML
}\label{html
}
3275 Hypertext Markup Language; an SGML
document type, used for providing
3276 hypertext information on the World Wide Web, a distributed hypertext
3277 system on the Internet.
3279 \gloss{LaTeX
}\label{latexgloss
}
3281 A typesetting language implemented as a set of
\TeX\ macros. It is
3282 distinguished for allowing specification of the
document structure,
3283 whilst taking care of most layout concerns. It represents the opposite
3284 end of the spectrum from WYSIWYG word processors.
3286 \gloss{RTF
}\label{rtf
}
3288 Rich Text Format: an interchange format for word processor files,
3289 used for importing and exporting formatted documents, and as the
3290 input to the Windows Help compiler.
3292 \gloss{wxHelp
}\label{wxhelp
}
3294 wxHelp is the hypertext help facility used to provide on-line
3295 documentation for UNIX-based wxWindows applications. Under Windows
3.1,
3296 Windows Help is used instead.
3298 \gloss{wxWindows
}\label{wxwindows
}
3300 wxWindows is a free C++ toolkit for writing applications that are
3301 portable across several platforms. Currently these are Motif, Open Look,
3302 Windows
3.1 and Windows NT. Tex2RTF is written using wxWindows.
3306 \addcontentsline{toc
}{chapter
}{Index
}
3307 \setheader{{\it INDEX
}}{}{}{}{}{{\it INDEX
}}%
3308 \setfooter{\thepage}{}{}{}{}{\thepage}%