chkweb(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

💖 chkweb 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to chkweb — she's a lil General Commands Manual girly and she has ONE job and she does it slayfully ✨

✨ NAME ✨

chkweb — runs the LaTeX parts of a CWEB file through chktex 💅

like. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she takes your CWEB file, finds the LaTeX bits, and hands them over to chktex for a full inspection. no cap. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

chkweb [-hiqrW] [-l <rcfile>] [-[wemn] <[1-42]|all>] [-d[0-...]] [-o
<outfile>] [-[btxgI][0|1]] file1 file2 ...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

chkweb runs the LaTeX parts of a CWEB file through chktex. that's the tea 🍵 — she doesn't do the whole file, she specifically scoops out the LaTeX sections and runs those through the checker. main character energy fr fr 💜

💅 OPTIONS 💅

🌈 Miscellaneous options

  • -h, --help — prints a help screen, so you can ✨read✨ instead of guessing.
  • -i, --license — shows the distribution info. the legal girlies gotta eat too 📜
  • -l, --localrc — read a local .chktexrc formatted file. your personal config, your personal rules 🎀
  • -d, --debug — debug information. give it a number, bestie — she wants specifics 🔍
  • -r, --reset — resets settings back to default. factory reset but make it cute 🧚

🔇 Muting warning messages

  • -w, --warnon — makes msg # given a warning and turns it on.
  • -e, --erroron — makes msg # given an error and turns it on.
  • -m, --msgon — makes msg # given a message and turns it on.
  • -n, --nowarn — mutes msg # given. shhh. she's not listening to that one anymore 🙈

🖨️ Output control flags

  • -V, --pipeverb — how errors are displayed when stdout != tty. defaults to the same as -v.
  • -s, --splitchar — the string used to split fields when doing -v0.
  • -o, --output — redirect the error report to a file. receipts, but on disk 🧾
  • -q, --quiet — shuts up about version information. she's being demure, she's being mindful 🤫
  • -f, --format — the format to use for output.

🔀 Boolean switches (1 -> enables / 0 -> disables)

  • -b, --backup — backup the output file. safety first, always 🫶
  • -x, --wipeverb — ignore contents of `\verb' commands. yes, the backtick-quote situation is real and it's exactly as written 😭
  • -g, --globalrc — read the global .chktexrc file.
  • -I, --inputfiles — execute \input statements.
  • -H, --headererr — show errors found in front of \begin{document}. yes girl, the preamble counts too 👑
  • -W, --version — version information.
okay so if you don't name any LaTeX files on the command line, she'll read from stdin instead. no files? no problem, she's flexible like that 💖
and for the full explanation of all those warning/error messages, please consult the main document at /usr/share/doc/chktex/ChkTeX.dvi.gz — that's the homework, bestie, i don't make the rules 📚

📜 DISTRIBUTION 📜

Copyright (C) 1996 Jens T. Berger Thielemann

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

okay so real talk: that warranty disclaimer is NOT a joke. no promises, no guarantees, that's the whole deal. she's free software, she's doing her best 💀

🌍 ENVIRONMENT 🌍

No environment variables are used. zero. none. she does not read your vibes from the environment, she reads them from the command line ✨

📁 FILES 📁

None. nothing. nada. she's not out here touching files behind your back 🎀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Jens T. Berger Thielemann, <jensthi@ifi.uio.no>

This manual page was cobbled together by Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>, based on the output of chktex --help and deweb(1).

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the 7th Edition, dated March 30, 2001 💖 go forth and check your web, you absolute icon 🦋✨👑

📦 where this page comes from