LATEX2PNG(1)

💅 LATEX2PNG(1) — like, the latex2png manual page, bestie

okay so bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about latex2png — it's a User command manual, section 1, and honestly? it's giving "tiny utility, huge main character energy." let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

latex2png — literally the manual page for latex2png 1.1. that's it, that's the name section. slay. 👑

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it do? okay:

latex2png -- Convert a LaTeX file to a PNG image

and here's the usage, verbatim, no cap:

latex2png [-d density] [-h] [-k] [-c] [-g] [-m] [-H home dir]
file[.tex|.eps]

the latex2png command converts a LaTeX file into a PNG image. only the first page gets translated into an image, at whatever resolution you specified. and bestie, plot twist: latex2png can also be used to convert encapsulated postscript (EPS) files to PNG images. versatile icon. 🌈

🦋 OPTIONS: 🦋

one bullet per flag, exactly like the original, because we do not skip details in this house:

• -c — produce a color image 🌸
• -d density — density is the number of dots per inch to use in the created image (default 144 dpi). it's giving resolution queen. ✨
• -g — produce gray images
• -h — help 🫶
• -H home_dir — home_dir is a directory to be included in the search path (default is the directory that contains the LaTeX file). this exists so you can create PNG images in another directory (e.g., /tmp) and still let LaTeX find the files it needs to include. very "have your cake and eat it" of it. 🍓
• -k — keep intermediate files (for debugging) 🙈
• -m — produce a monochrome (black and white) image — and yes, this is the default 💀
• -v — version

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💖 EXAMPLES: 💖

real ones, copied exactly, comments and all:

latex2png -d 144 /tmp/file
       #create /tmp/file.png at 144 dpi

latex2png file.eps
       #create file.png

latex2png file.tex
       #create file.png via latex

latex2png -H . /tmp/file
       #search the cwd for image files

see how -H . makes it search the cwd for image files? that's the whole vibe check right there. 🔥

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so latex2png is a part of latex2rtf and has a special mode to assist in finding the baseline of a latex equation (iykyk). documentation for latex2rtf may be found in:

• latex2rtf.info
• the PDF file latex2rtf.pdf
• or the HTML file latex2rtf.html

…which are all made from the TeXInfo source file latex2rtf.texi. literally the whole family tree. 🌳

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heads up bestie: -m monochrome is the default, so if you want color you gotta say -c out loud. no assumptions. 💅

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and that's the page! 🎀 this was latex2png version 1.90, dated October 2012, and it's a LATEX2PNG(1) situation through and through. go convert something iconic, bestie. 🦋✨