## LTXimg – LaTeX environments to image and standalone files

Release v2.1 \[2021-05-21\]

## Description

**ltximg** is a perl *script* that automates the process of extracting and converting
environments provided by **TikZ**, **PStricks** and other packages from input file
to image formats and standalone files using `ghostscript` and `poppler-utils`. Generates a
file with only extracted environments and another with all extracted environments converted to `\includegraphics`.

## Syntax

```
$ ltximg [<options>] [--] <input file>.<tex|ltx>
```

Relative or absolute `paths` for directories and files is not supported. Options that accept a _value_ require either a blank
space or `=` between the option and the _value_. Multiple short options can be bundling and if the last option takes a _comma
separated list_ you need `--` at the end.

## Usage

```
$ ltximg --latex  [<options>] <file.tex>
$ ltximg --arara  [<options>] <file.tex>
$ ltximg [<options>] <file.tex>
$ ltximg <file.tex>
```

If used without `[<options>]` the extracted environments are converted to `pdf` image format
and saved in the `./images` directory using `pdflatex` and `preview` package to process `<input file>`.

## Default environments extract

```
 preview  pspicture  tikzpicture  pgfpicture  psgraph  postscript  PSTexample
```

## Options

```
                                                                    [default]
-h, --help            Display command line help and exit            [off]
-v, --version         Display current version (2.1) and exit        [off]
-V, --verbose         Verbose printing information                  [off]
-l, --log             Write .log file with debug information        [off]
-t, --tif             Create .tif files using ghostscript           [gs]
-b, --bmp             Create .bmp files using ghostscript           [gs]
-j, --jpg             Create .jpg files using ghostscript           [gs]
-p, --png             Create .png files using ghostscript           [gs]
-e, --eps             Create .eps files using poppler-utils         [pdftops]
-s, --svg             Create .svg files using poppler-utils         [pdftocairo]
-P, --ppm             Create .ppm files using poppler-utils         [pdftoppm]
-g, --gray            Gray scale for images using ghostscript       [off]
-f, --force           Capture "\psset" and "\tikzset" to extract    [off]
-n, --noprew          Create images files without "preview" package [off]
-r <integer>, --runs=<integer>
                      Set the number of times the compiler will run
                      on the input file for environment extraction  [1]
-d <integer>, --dpi=<integer>
                      Dots per inch resolution for images           [150]
-m <integer>, --margins=<integer>
                      Set margins in bp for pdfcrop                 [0]
-o <filename>, --output=<filename>
                      Create output file                            [off]
--imgdir=<dirname>    Set name of directory to save images/files    [images]
--prefix=<string>     Set prefix append to each generated files     [fig]
--myverb=<macroname>  Add "\macroname" to verbatim inline search    [myverb]
--clean=doc|pst|tkz|all|off
                      Removes specific block text in output file    [doc]
--zip                 Compress files generated in .zip              [off]
--tar                 Compress files generated in .tar.gz           [off]
--srcenv              Create files with only code of environments   [off]
--subenv              Create standalone files for environments      [off]
--shell               Enable \write18{SHELL COMMAND}                [off]
--latex               Using latex>dvips>ps2pdf for compiler input
                      and pdflatex for compiler output              [off]
--dvips               Using latex>dvips>ps2pdf for compiler input
                      and latex>dvips>ps2pdf for compiler output    [off]
--dvilua              Using dvilualatex>dvips>ps2pdf for compiler
                      input and lualatex for compiler output        [off]
--dvipdf              Using latex>dvipdfmx for compiler input and
                      latex>dvipdfmx for compiler output            [off]
--xetex               Using xelatex for compiler input and output   [off]
--luatex              Using lualatex for compiler input and output  [off]
--arara               Use arara for compiler input and output       [off]
--latexmk             Using latexmk for compiler output file        [off]
--norun               Run script, but no create images files        [off]
--nopdf               Don't create a ".pdf" image files             [off]
--nocrop              Don't run pdfcrop                             [off]
--extrenv=<env1,...>  Add new environments to extract               [empty]
--skipenv=<env1,...>  Skip some default environments to extract     [empty]
--verbenv=<env1,...>  Add new verbatim environments                 [empty]
--writenv=<env1,...>  Add new verbatim write environments           [empty]
--deltenv=<env1,...>  Delete environments in output file            [empty]
```

## Example

```
$ ltximg --latex -e -p --subenv --imgdir mypics -o test-out test-in.ltx
```

Create a `./mypics` directory (if it doesn’t exist) with all extracted environments
converted to images (`.pdf`, `.eps`, `.png`) and _standalone_ files (`.ltx`), a file `test-in-fig-all.ltx`
with all extracted environments and the file `test-out.ltx` with all environments converted to `\includegraphics`
using `latex>dvips>ps2pdf` and `preview` package for `<input file>` and `pdflatex` for `<output file>`.

## Documentation

For full documentation use:

```
$ texdoc ltximg
```

For recreation all documentation use:

```
$ arara ltximg-doc.tex -H
```

## Author

Pablo González L, `<pablgonz@yahoo.com>`.

## Copyright and Licence

Copyright 2013 - 2021 Pablo González L `<pablgonz@yahoo.com>`.

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 3 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.