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NAME

       weave - translate WEB to TeX


SYNOPSIS

       weave [-p] [-x] webfile[.web] [{changefile[.ch]|-} [outfile[.tex]]]


DESCRIPTION

       This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete
       documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or
       manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

       The weave program is used to create a TeX file for viewing a Web
       program.  It takes appropriate care of typographic details like page
       layout and the use of indentation, italics, boldface, etc., and it
       supplies extensive cross-index information that it gathers
       automatically.  The command line arguments are the same as for tangle
       except for the options: -p says to use alternative macros more suited
       for PDF output.  -x says to omit the index, module name list, and table
       of contents pages.  (A CONTENTS.tex file will still be written when the
       TeX file is processed, however, unless some macros in webmac.tex are
       redefined.)

       The output TeX file name is formed by adding .tex to the root of the
       Web file name or from the third argument.  In this case you can specify
       '-' as an empty change file.

       There are several macros that probably should be redefined by the
       programmer at the beginning of the Web file.  It is a good idea to set
       \title to the name of the program.  And, to cause output of only
       changed modules, one can say \let\maybe=\iffalse (usually as the first
       change in the change file).


ENVIRONMENT

       The environment variable WEBINPUTS is used to search for the input
       files, or the system default if WEBINPUTS is not set.  See tex(1) for
       the details of the searching.


FILES

       $TEXMFMAIN/tex/plain/knuth-lib/webmac.tex
         TeX macros used by weave output.

       $TEXMFMAIN/tex/plain/pwebmac/pwebmac.tex
         alternative TeX macros used for PDF output.


SEE ALSO

       tangle(1) for references, authors, and other information.

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