tikztosvg
TIKZTOSVG(1) TIKZTOSVG(1)
NAME
tikztosvg - Render TikZ diagrams to SVG.
SYNOPSIS
tikztosvg [OPTION]... INPUT_PATH
DESCRIPTION
The tikztosvg(1) command renders TikZ diagrams to SVG.
If INPUT_PATH is set to - the input will be read from stdin.
OPTIONS
-o, --output=OUTPUT_PATH
Write output to file OUTPUT_PATH. If set to - the output will be
written to stdout. Defaults to the base name of the input file
suffixed with the .svg extension. The file is resolved relative to
the working directory.
-p, --package=+PACKAGE
Include \usepackage{PACKAGE} when rendering the diagram. The tikz,
tikz-cd, pgfplots, amsmath and amssymb packages are always included
by default.
-l, --library=+_LIBRARY
Include \usetikzlibrary{LIBRARY} when rendering the diagram.
-q, --quiet
Silence application log messages and script warnings.
--lualatex
Use LuaTeX as the TeX engine. LuaTeX is already the default, so
this option doesn't really do much.
--xelatex
Use XeTeX as the TeX engine.
--pdflatex
Use pdfTeX as the TeX engine.
-h, --help
Print a help message.
-v, --version
Prints version information.
ENVIRONMENT
tikztosvg requires XeTeX and pdf2svg to be installed. Make sure any
additional LaTeX packages are installed before using them in a diagram.
EXIT STATUS
0
Success.
1
Failure (syntax or usage error; configuration error).
[n]
Failure (document processing failure).
AUTHORS
tikztosvg was written by Pablo pablo-escobar@riseup.net.
pdf2svg was written by David Barton davebarton@cityinthesky.co.uk and
Matthew Flaschen matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu.
RESOURCES
Git source repository on sourcehut
https://git.sr.ht/~pablo-pie/tikztosvg
Bug tracker
https://todo.sr.ht/~pablo-pie/tikztosvg
CTAN package
https://www.ctan.org/pkg/tikztosvg
TeXLive
https://tug.org/texlive/
LuaTeX
http://luatex.org/
XeTeX
http://xetex.sourceforge.net/
pdfTeX https://www.tug.org/applications/pdftex/
COPYING
Copyright (C) 2021 Pablo. Free use of this software is granted under
the terms of the GPL-3.0 License.
2021-08-19 TIKZTOSVG(1)
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