mtx-interface(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to mtx-interface(1) — the ConTeXt Interface Related Goodies manual page. that's the whole title, and yes, it's giving exactly what it says on the tin 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

that's the whole call, bestie — mtxrun --script interface, then your options, then your filenames. slay 🫶

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

ConTeXt Interface Related Goodies. that's the description, periodt. it's a whole little toolbox for interface-related stuff, and the options below are the main character energy 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --scite — generate the scite interface ✨
  • --bbedit — generate bbedit interface files 🍓
  • --jedit — generate jedit interface files 💜
  • --textpad — generate textpad interface files 🎀
  • --vim — generate vim interface files 👑
  • --text — create text files for commands and environments 📝
  • --raw — report commands to the console 💀
  • --check — generate a check file ✅
  • --meaning — report the mening of commands 😭 yes, that spelling is literally canon, don't come for me
  • --tokens — show the internal representation of commands 🔍
  • --toutf — replace named characters by utf 🌸
  • --preprocess — preprocess mkvi files to tex files [force,suffix] 🧚
  • --suffix — use the given suffix for output files 🎀
  • --force — force the action even when in doubt 💅
  • --pattern — a pattern for meaning lookups 🔥
lowkey important: every flag above is doing its own little job, so don't merge them or rename them in your head. the spelling and punctuation are part of the vibe check 💖

👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

and that's the whole page, bestie — mtx-interface(1), version 0.13, dated 01-01-2026. mwah 💋✨

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