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.TH "TEXDOC" "1" "February 2025" "Texdoc 4.1.1" "Texdoc manual"
.SH "NAME"
\fBtexdoc\fR \- find & view documentation in TeX Live
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
\fBtexdoc\fR [OPTION]\|\.\|\.\|\. NAME\|\.\|\.\|\.
.br
\fBtexdoc\fR [OPTION]\|\.\|\.\|\. ACTION
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Try to find appropriate TeX documentation for the specified NAME(s)\. Alternatively, perform the given ACTION and exit\.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-view\fR
Use view mode: start a viewer\. \fB(default)\fR
.TP
\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mixed\fR
Use mixed mode (view or list)\.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR
Use list mode: show a list of results\.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-showall\fR
Use showall mode: show also "bad" results\.
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-interact\fR
Use interactive menus\. \fB(default)\fR
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-nointeract\fR
Use plain lists, no interaction required\.
.TP
\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-machine\fR
Machine\-readable output for lists (implies \-I)\.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
Suppress warnings and most error messages\.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print additional information (e\.g\., viewer command)\.
.TP
\fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
Activate all debug output (equal to "\-\-debug=all")\.
.TP
\fB\-d\fR LIST, \fB\-\-debug\fR=LIST
Activate debug output restricted to the categories specified in LIST\.
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Available categories: \fBconfig\fR, \fBfiles\fR, \fBsearch\fR, \fBdocfile\fR, \fBscore\fR, \fBtexdocs\fR, \fBtlpdb\fR, \fBversion\fR, \fBview\fR, and \fBall\fR to activate all of these\.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR NAME=VALUE
Set configuration item NAME to VALUE\.
.SH "ACTIONS"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print this help message\.
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print the version number\.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-files\fR
Print the list of configuration files used\.
.TP
\fB\-\-just\-view\fR FILE
Display FILE, given with full path (no searching)\.
.TP
\fB\-\-print\-completion\fR SHELL
Print SHELL completion\.
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
The following environment variables can be split by colon and used to set viewers:
.TP
\fBBROWSER\fR, \fBBROWSER_texdoc\fR
Set the command to be used for HTML documents\.
.TP
\fBDVIVIEWER\fR, \fBDVIVIEWER_texdoc\fR
Set the command to be used for DVI documents\.
.TP
\fBMDVIEWER\fR, \fBMDVIEWER_texdoc\fR
Set the command to be used for Markdown documents\.
.TP
\fBPAGER\fR, \fBPAGER_texdoc\fR
Set the command to be used for text documents\.
.TP
\fBPDFVIEWER\fR, \fBPDFVIEWER_texdoc\fR
Set the command to be used for PDF documents\.
.TP
\fBPSVIEWER\fR, \fBPSVIEWER_texdoc\fR
Set the command to be used for PS documents\.
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The following environment variables are also used:
.TP
\fBLANG\fR, \fBLC_ALL\fR, \fBLANGUAGE\fR, \fBLANGUAGE_texdoc\fR
Set the locale, which will influence on the search results\.
.TP
\fBTEXDOCS\fR
In addition to the documents included in the TeX Live database, Texdoc also searches documentation under TEXMF trees specified by the kpathsea variable \fBTEXDOCS\fR\.
.SH "FILES"
\fB<texmf>/texdoc/texdoc\.cnf\fR, see output of the \fB\-\-files\fR option\.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
The \fBtexdoc\fR command exists with one of the following values:
.TP
0
Success\.
.TP
1
Internal error\.
.TP
2
Usage error\.
.TP
3
No documentation found\.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to \fItexdoc@tug\.org\fR\.
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Texdoc home page: \fIhttp://tug\.org/texdoc/\fR
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Source: \fIhttps://github\.com/TeX\-Live/texdoc\fR
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 2008\-2025 Manuel Pe'gourie'\-Gonnard, Takuto Asakura, the TeX Live Team\.
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License: GNU GPL version 3 or later \fIhttp://gnu\.org/licenses/gpl\.html\fR\.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it\.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation is maintained as a PDF manual\. The command
.IP "" 4
.nf
texdoc texdoc
.fi
.IP "" 0
.P
should give you access to the complete manual\.