NAME¶

elyxer - convert LyX files to html

SYNOPSIS¶

elyxer [options] [infile] [outfile]

DESCRIPTION¶

eLyXer (pronounced elixir) is a LyX to HTML converter. It's written in plain Python and doesn't rely on any kind of TeX to html converters.

COMMON OPTIONS¶

--help

Display help.

--quiet

Disable all runtime messages.

ADVANCED OPTIONS¶

--debug

Enable debugging messages (for developers).

--version

Show version number and release date.

--lyxformat

Return the highest supported LyX version that can be converted.

HTML OUTPUT OPTIONS¶

--title title

Set the generated page title.

--css file.css

Use a custom CSS file.

--embedcss file.css

Embed the CSS file into the HTML output instead of including a separate file.

--html

Output HTML 4.0 instead of the default XHTML.

--unicode

Full unicode output.

--iso885915

Output the document with ISO-8859-15 encoding instead of UTF-8.

--nofooter

Don't include the 'created by eLyXer' footer.

--simplemath

Do not generate fancy math constructions.

IMAGE OUTPUT OPTIONS¶

--directory image_dir

Look for images in the specified directory.

--destdirectorty dest_dir

Place converted images into this directory.

--forceformat .extension (deprecated)

Starting with eLyXer 1.1.1 this option has been replaced by the --imageformat option.

--imageformat .extension | copy

Force the image output format, default is PNG.

This option is helpful in cases were you'd like to override the automatic conversion to the PNG image format. If you'd like to preserve all images in the original format use the copy command.

--converter inkscape

Use Inkscape as the image converter.

--noconvert

Do not convert images, just use them in the current available format they're stored in.

Be aware that you've to copy your image files to the output directory if you create the html output outside of the source directory.

FOODNOTE OPTIONS¶

--numberfoot

Label footnotes with numbers instead of letters.

--symbolfoot

Label footnotes with symbols instead of letters, e.g. *, **.

--hoverfoot

Show footnotes as hovering text (default).

--marginfoot

Show footnotes on the page margin.

--endfoot

Show footnotes at the end of the page.

--supfoot

Use superscript for footnote markers (default).

--alignfoot

Use aligned text for footnote markers.

--footnotes number,symbol,hover,margin,end,sup,align

You can specify one or more of the above footnote options as a comma speparated list.

ADVANCED OUTPUT OPTIONS¶

--splitpart level

Split the resulting webpage at the given level.

--tocfor page

Generate a TOC that points to the given page.

--toc (deprecated)

Create a table of contents.

--target frame

Let all links point to the given frame.

--toctarget page (deprecated)

Generate a TOC that points to the given page.

--notoclabels

Omit the part lables like 'Chapter' in the TOC.

--lowmem

Force on the fly conversion to conserve memory.

 

This is the old behaviour of eLyXer prior to 0.36.

--raw

Generate HTML without header or footer.

--jsmath URL (deprecated)

Use jsMath fomr the given URL to display equations.

--mathjax URL | remote

Use MathJax from the given URL to display equations. If you use --mathjax with the keyword remote instead of an URL you can use the MathJax CDN instead of a local copy.

--googlecharts

Use Google Charts to generate formular images.

--template file

Use a template, put everything into <!--$content-->.

--copyright

Add a copyright notice at the bottom.

--nocopy (deprecated)

Disables the copyright notice at the bottom. With eLyXer 0.99 the default changed to not include a copyright notice. See also --copyright if you would like to have copyright notice printed.

AUTHOR¶

This manpage was written by Sven Hoexter <sven@timegate.de> for the Debian operating system. eLyXer was written by Alex Fernández <elyxer@gmail.com>.

COPYRIGHT¶

eLyXer is copyright © 2009-13 Alex Fernández. This manpage is copyright © 2009-13 Sven Hoexter and Alex Fernández. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

On a Debian operating system you can find the full documentation for eLyXer in /usr/share/doc/elyxer/. The website of eLyXer is <http://www.nongnu.org/elyxer/>