makeglossaries-lite(1) makeglossaries-lite Lua Script makeglossaries-lite(1)
NAME
makeglossaries-lite - Calls makeindex/xindy for LaTeX documents using
glossaries package
SYNOPSIS
makeglossaries [-o file] [-q] [-n] [-s file] [-t file] [-L language]
[-c] [-g] [-l] [-p num] [-r] [-m file] [-x file] [--version] [--help]
filename
DESCRIPTION
makeglossaries-lite is cut-down Lua alternative to the makeglossaries
Perl script. It's designed for use with LaTeX documents that use the
glossaries package. Some options that are available to makeglossaries
aren't available with makeglossaries-lite.
The mandatory argument filename should be the name of the aux file. The
.aux extension may be omitted except where the filename includes
additional dots in its name.
Alternatively, the filename may be the name of a specific glossary file
if only one glossary should be processed (for example, when working on
a draft document). In this case, the aux file is still expected to
exist and is inferred from the basename of filename.
makeglossaries-lite will read the auxiliary file to determine whether
makeindex or xindy should be called. All the information required to be
passed to the relevant indexing application should also be contained in
the auxiliary file, but may be overridden by the option arguments to
makeglossaries-lite.
OPTIONS
-q Quiet mode. Reduces chatter to standard output.
-n Print the commands that would normally be executed but don't run
them.
-o file
Use file as the output file. (Only suitable for documents
containing a single glossary, otherwise each glossary will be
overridden.)
-s file
Use file as the style file. Note that if you use this option, you
need to know whether makeindex or xindy will be called, as they
have different style files.
-t file
Use file as the transcript file.
-l Letter ordering.
-L language
This option only has an effect if xindy is called. Sets the
language. See xindy documentation for further details.
-c Compress intermediate blanks (makeindex only).
-g Employ German word ordering (makeindex only).
-p num
Sets the starting page number to be num (makeindex only).
-r Disable implicit page range formation (makeindex only).
-m file
Specify the full path name for makeindex to file in the event that
makeindex isn't on the operating system's path.
-x file
Specify the full path name for xindy to file in the event that
xindy isn't on the operating system's path.
--version
Prints version number and exits.
--help
Prints help message and exits.
REQUIRES
texlua and makeindex or xindy (depending on glossaries package
options).
LICENSE
This is free software distributed under the LaTeX Project Public
License. There is NO WARRANTY. See
<http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt> for details.
AUTHOR
Nicola L. C. Talbot, <http://www.dickimaw-books.com/>
RECOMMENDED READING
The glossaries manual:
texdoc glossaries
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