LaTeXtoLaTeX

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This python2 code has been replaced by the python3 code in LaTeX3LaTeX

Do something like

./ltol.py filetype_plus full_path_to_original_directory full_path_to_new_directory

Typically the new_directory is temporary, and after running ltol.py you do whatever you wish with the new files. If you are working on a Git branch, this should be safe.

The supported filetype_plus are: tex, mbx, mbx_pp, mbx_fix, mbx_strict_tex, mbx_strict_html, html, and more.

You may wish to comment out the print statements.

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For prettyprinting PreTeXt documents, assuming the files to be converted are in the src directory:

0. Get on a branch, of course.

1. Copy the PTX files into src_orig for posible reuse later (this step not strictly necessary if you are a Git guru).

2. Make two new directories: src1 and src2.

3. If the file extension is ptx, do

   ./ltol.py ptx_pp path_to_src path_to_src1

   (If the file extension is xml or mbx, replace ptx_pp by xml_pp or mbx_pp, and similarly in the next command.)

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4. If you also want to add permids, do

   ./ltol.py ptx_permid path_to_src1 path_to_src2

   Both of those may print out a possibly annoying number of useless messages.

5. Check if the files in src1 or src2 are okay, depending on whether you wanted to add permids. If they are, copy into src.

The reason I save the src_orig files is that when I need to make a change after doing step 5), I want to start over with the original files. I find it easier to use the files I saved in src_orig instead of switching branches or doing some other Git thing.

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To convert all the files in a directory and its subdirectories then append 'R' (for "recursive") to the command, as in

./ltol.py ptx_permid path_to_src1 path_to_src2 R

With the 'R' option the target directory should not already exist.