SGML2LYX(1)

💖 SGML2LYX(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the General Commands Manual ✨ you're in the section of the man pages where the little everyday tools live, and today's main character is a converter with a confusing name. buckle up 🎀

(also there's a lil stray e. just vibing at the top of this page. no idea what it's doing there, it's not hurting anybody, we leave it be 🦋)

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sgml2lyx — create LyX output from a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

sgml2lyx [generic-option...]  file[.sgml]

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

so like, sgml2lyx is the old and obsoleted form of the lyx converter command from LinuxDoc-Tools. and ngl, the name is lowkey a liar — it is not a tool for any SGML DTD, it only supports the SGML LinuxDoc DTD. it's giving misleading name, honestly 😭

the recommendation is to switch to the new form linuxdoc -B lyx now. periodt.

what it does: it converts a LinuxDoc DTD SGML source file into LyX output. the output shows up in file.lyx, where file is the name of the SGML source file. iconic behavior honestly 👑

also, the attribute/value pair "output=lyx" gets set for conditionals. yes ma'am, that's the vibe. ✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

sgm2lyx accepts all the generic options described in linuxdoc(1). (yes that's spelled sgm2lyx in the original, we don't touch it, we respect it 🫡)

• file — the SGML source file, named either file or file.sgml 🍓

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🎀 FILES 🎀

many files and executables in /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools and /usr/bin are used. a whole little squad, fr fr 🧚

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💀 BUGS 💀

none known. not a single one. she's flawless. (allegedly 🙈)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

originally written by Frank Pavageau <frank@via.ecp.fr> and Cees de Groot <cg@cdegroot.com> as sgml2lyx, and maintained by Taketoshi Sano <sano@debian.org> for Linuxdoc-Tools. currently maintained by Agustin Martin <agustin6martin AT gmail com> 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

linuxdoc(1), sgml2html(1), sgml2info(1), sgml2latex(1), sgml2rtf(1), sgml2txt(1), sgmlcheck(1) ⭐

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okay that's the whole page bestie, go convert something cute 💜

this little entry is dated 2025-04-06 and lives under the SGML2LYX(1) banner of the General Commands Manual — mwah, bye! 🎀✨🦋