MATHTEX(1)
β¨ MATHTEX(1) β¨
okay so bestie, welcome to the mathtex page π this is a General Commands Manual entry (section 1, the classics) and it's gonna be quick, I promise.
π NAME π
mathtex β bestie, this program generas a PNG-file from a LaTeX expression π (yes, that's the original wording, and yes, we're keeping it fr fr)
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
mathtex [-f input_file] [-o output_file] [-m msgfile] [-c cache]
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
so the whole vibe here? this program is mainly designed to act as a CGI script. like, that's its main character era.
the way it works is: you hand it a LaTeX math command, and boom β a picture gets generated, and you can put that picture on a web site. slay. that's it. that's the whole thing β¨
π OPTIONS π
-ooutput_file β the file to write. your output goes here, bestie π«Ά-finput_file β the file to read. this is where your input comes from πΈ-mmsgfile β verbosity level. that's literally all the page says about it, so that's all I'm gonna say too π-ccache β the path to cache directory. point it at your cache dir and let it do its thing β¨
π AUTHOR π
this manual page was written by mahogny mahogny@areta.org for the Debian system β but bestie, it may be used by others too, no gatekeeping here π«Ά
permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation πβ¨
on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL π go read it, it's giving required reading.
okay that's the whole page, no cap π this was a General Commands Manual situation, MATHTEX(1), and there's no date or version stamped on this footer so I can't spill any tea about it β it's just the page as it stands, periodt π ππ¦
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: mathtex 1.03-1.1
- ubuntu jammy: mathtex 1.03-1build1
- ubuntu noble: mathtex 1.03-2
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms