TEXTESTVIS(1)

📦 version 2026.0, in alpine 3.24

✨ TEXTESTVIS(1) ✨

Okay so bestie, let me introduce you to textestvis 💖, the manual name is literally textestvis - visual regression tests for LaTeX 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

textestvis [-cs] [-e ENGINE] [-d DENSITY] [PATTERN]
textestvis approve [-e ENGINE] [PATTERN]
textestvis compare [-d DENSITY] FILE FILE
textestvis perf [-cs] [-e ENGINE] FILE

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Okay this tool is giving visual regression tests for LaTeX documents 💅 It's literally the main character of checking your docs look right 🦋

textestvis : Ngl this is the default vibe 🌸 It creates PDF files for all the tex files matching the pattern and runs a visual regression test on them. If you don't give it a pattern, it tests every file in the current directory, except anything whose name starts with an underscore 🙈

textestvis approve : Replaces the reference files with the test files 💜 Bestie, this is how you say "yes, this is the new look" ✨

textestvis compare : Makes a visual diff for two pdf files 🔥 So you can see exactly what changed, no cap 👀

textestvis perf : Measures how long it takes to create a pdf file from the given tex file ⏱️ Speed check, periodt 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -c — Clears the cache 🧹 Fresh start, no drama 🫶
  • -s — Enables shell escape 🔓 Use with care, it's spicy 🌶️
  • -d DENSITY — Sets the density in ppi, and it defaults to 72 🍓
  • -e ENGINE — Picks the latex engine, and it defaults to xelatex 🧚
  • --help — Prints a help message 💁‍♀️
  • --version — Prints version information 🎀

✨ ENVIRONMENT ✨

Okay this one's important bestie 😭 textestvis requires ImageMagick 7.0 or later, so make sure you've got that installed before you start 🌈

✨ AUTHOR ✨

textestvis was written by Friedemann Bartels, the icon behind it all 👑 You can find them at https://github.com/friedemannbartels 🫶

✨ LICENSE ✨

Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Friedemann Bartels 💜 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License version 1.3c or later. No cap, it's free to use 🦋

Bestie, that's the whole tea ☕ Dec 2023 vibes, from textestvis to you 💖 ✨🌈

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