.\" Process this file with .\" groff -man -Tascii sgml2latex.1 .\" .TH SGML2LATEX 1 "7 Jan 1996" .SH NAME sgml2latex \- create plain text output from a SGML source file .SH SYNOPSIS .B sgml2latex [-2e] [-aCdglps] [-style .I s .B ] [-t .I n .B ] .IR file [.sgml] .SH DESCRIPTION .B sgml2latex converts a SGML source file to LaTeX output, using the .BR sgmls (1) parser, and the .BR sgmlsasp (1) translator. Using the LaTeX output, and the .BR latex (1) text formatter, you can then create DVI output, and PostScript output using the .BR dvips (1) converter. Output will appear in .I file.tex for LaTeX output, .I file.dvi for DVI output, or .I file.ps for PostScript output, where .I file is the name of the SGML source file. .SH OPTIONS .IP -2e Uses LaTeX2e instead of LaTeX 2.09 .IP -a Uses DIN A4 page layout, default US letter .IP -C Single chapter .IP -d Creates DVI output instead of LaTeX .IP -l Allows use of latin1 (ISO-8859-1) characters in the SGML source file, default ASCII only .IP -g Uses german.sty .IP -p Creates PostScript output instead of LaTeX .IP -s Saves all LaTeX temporary files .IP "-style s" In addition to the default mapping file, uses the file .I $LINUXDOCLIB/lib/rep/latex/mapping for customizations .IP "-t n" Sets tabstops each columns, default 8 .IP file The SGML source file, named either .I file or .I file.sgml .SH FILES Many files in $LINUXDOCLIB are used. .SH ENVIRONMENT .IP LINUXDOCBIN location of other executables that .B sgml2latex needs .IP LINUXDOCLIB location of library files that .B sgml2latex needs .IP "Both variables are hardcoded into the script at install time." .SH BUGS None known. .SH AUTHOR Greg Hankins , based on scripts by Tom Gordon and Alexander Horz .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR sgml2html (1), .BR sgml2info (1), .BR sgml2lyx (1), .BR sgml2rtf (1), .BR sgml2txt (1), .BR sgmlcheck (1).