Basic Usage

perl sty2dtx.pl infile [infile ...] outfile

or

perl sty2dtx.pl < file.sty > file.dtx

Supported Definitions

The following macro definitions are detected when they are at the start of a line (can be prefixed by \global, \long, \protected and/or \outer):

\def   \edef   \gdef   \xdef
\newcommand{\name}     \newcommand*{\name}
\newcommand\name       \newcommand*\name
\renewcommand{\name}   \renewcommand*{\name}
\renewcommand\name     \renewcommand*\name
\providecommand{\name} \providecommand*{\name}
\providecommand\name   \providecommand*\name
\@namedef{\name}       \@namedef\name

The following environment definitions are detected when they are at the start of a line:

\newenvironment{name}  \renewenvironemnt{name}  \provideenvironment{name}

The macro and environment definition must either end at the same line or with a '"}"' on its own on a line.

Files

• can be '"-"' for STDIN or STDOUT, which is the default if no files are given
• multiple input files are merged to one output file

Variables

Variables can be defined using

--<VAR>=<VALUE>

or

--<VAR> <VALUE>

and will be used for substitutions in the template file.

Common variables:

author, email, maintainer, year (for copyright),
version, date, description (of package/class),
type (either 'package' default or 'class'),
filebase (automatically set from output or input file name),

Options

-h           Print this help text

-H           Print extended help

-V           Print version and copyright

-v           Be verbose

-o output    Use given file as output

-O           Overwrite already existing output file(s)

-B           Use basename of single input file for output file

-I           Also create .ins (install) file

-c           Only use code section (like v1.0)

-r           Remove existing 'macro', 'macrocode', etc. environments.

-R           Do not remove existing 'macro', 'macrocode', etc. environments.

-i ins-file  Create .ins file with given name

-t template  Use this file as template instead of the default one

-T template  Use this file as template for the .ins file

-e file      Export default .dtx template to file and exit

-E file      Export default .ins template to file and exit

-D           Use current date as file date

-F file      Read more options and variables from file.

-N           Do not read default config file; must be the first option

Config files

A default config file either named 'sty2dtx.cfg' or '.sty2dtx.cfg' is searched in the current directory, the users home directory and the directory of this script, in this order. The first one found is loaded. If none is found the 'texmf' tree is searched for a 'sty2dtx.cfg' config file. As with -F files the config file should contain one option or variable per line. Lines starting with '"%"' or '"#"' are ignored.