OpenDetex

Improved version of Detex, tool for extracting plain text from TeX and LaTeX sources. OpenDetex is a program to remove TeX constructs from a text file. It recognizes the \input command. This program assumes it is dealing with LaTeX input if it sees the string "\begin{document}" in the text. It recognizes the \include and \includeonly commands.

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Detailed history of changes done in different versions of the program
Documentation available
Examples available
Makefile for generating detex
Lex/Flex and C source for the detex program
Tool for extracting plain text from TeX and LaTeX sources

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University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License

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