mtx-interface(1)

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version 78010 · 2 versions
, in fedora 44, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

okay bestie, so this is mtx-interface(1), a lil script from the ConTeXt Interface Related Goodies collection. it lives in section 1 of the manual (the "type this in your terminal" section, iykyk). no cap, it's a whole vibe. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mtxrun --script interface [ OPTIONS ...  ] [ FILENAMES ]

that's the whole summoning ritual. mtxrun with --script interface, then whatever options and filenames you wanna throw at it. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ConTeXt Interface Related Goodies. that's the description, and honestly? it ate. it's the interface-goodies part of the ConTeXt tool family. the way this does exactly one thing and does it well… main character energy fr fr. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

okay this is the part you actually came for. every single flag, no skips, no summarising, we're going all in. 🫶

  • --scite — generate the scite interface. giving editor-support realness. 💅
  • --bbedit — generate bbedit interface files. yes, that bbedit. iconic behaviour. 🎀
  • --jedit — generate jedit interface files. another editor gets fed today. 🌸
  • --textpad — generate textpad interface files. textpad girlies, this one's for you. 🦋
  • --vim — generate vim interface files. not me hyping vim in the manpage but here we are, lowkey obsessed. 🔥
  • --text — create text files for commands and environments. words on paper, literally. 📝
  • --raw — report commands to the console. just straight-up telling you stuff, no filter, no cap. 💀
  • --check — generate check file. it's giving "let me verify that real quick". ✅
  • --meaning — report the mening of commands. (yes, the original says "mening", we're keeping it, character for character, that typo is now part of the family 💖) it tells you what the commands mean. 😭
  • --tokens — show the internal representation of commands. the backstage pass, the behind-the-scenes, the lore. 👀
  • --toutf — replace named characters by utf. glow-up for your character encoding, fr. ✨
  • --preprocess — preprocess mkvi files to tex files [force,suffix]. note those two little helpers in brackets, they're part of the option, bestie. 🧚
  • --suffix — use given suffix for output files. you pick the ending, it obeys. 💜
  • --force — force action even when in doubt. it's giving "do it anyway, bestie", and yes it means what it says — it pushes through even when it has doubts. 🚀
  • --pattern — a pattern for meaning lookups. pair it with the meaning stuff and go hunting. 🔍

👑 AUTHOR 👑

More information about ConTeXt and the tools that come with it can be found at:

go say hi, the mailing list is full of the most helpful people alive, ngl. 🫶

🌈 and that's the whole page, bestie. every flag, every path, every email, all present and accounted for. no details were harmed in the making of this rewrite. 💖

this cutie is version 0.13, dated 01-01-2025 — happy new year to the interface goodies specifically. mwah. 💅🎀🦋🌸✨

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