---
name: "makeztxt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "makeztxt"
version: "1.62-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/makeztxt"
---

# makeztxt(1)

Create zTXT databases from ASCII files to read them in a Palm

## NAME

makeztxt - Create zTXT databases from ASCII files to read them in a Palm

## SYNOPSIS

**makeztxt --help**\
 **makeztxt \[-hlLnV\] \[-A annofile\] \[-a adjust\] \[-b line\_length\] \[-m markfile\]**\
   **\[-o outfile\] \[-R regexfile\] \[-r regex\] \[-t title\] \[-z comp\_type\] input**\

## OPTIONS

Please note that "input" refers to one and only one file - makeztxt cannot operate on multiple files at once.\

- \-A, --annofile

  file containing zTXT annotations

- \-a, --adjust

  method for linefeed stripping (0, 1, 2, defaults to 0)

  - 0

    strip linefeeds for lines longer than length

  - 1

    strip linefeed if line has any text

  - 2

    no linefeed stripping

- \-b, --length

  lines longer than this get linefeed stripped

- \-h, --help

  this help

- \-l, --list

  list regex generated bookmarks

- \-L, --launchable

  set the launchable bit in the output DB

- \-m, --markfile

  list of bookmarks to use in zTXT

- \-n, --nobackup

  do not set the backup bit in the DB

- \-o, --output

  output file to be created

- \-R, --regexfile

  file containing list of regex to use

- \-r, --regex

  do a regex search for bookmarks

- \-t, --title

  title of database

- \-V, --version

  makeztxt version

- \-z, --compression

  method of compression (1 or 2)

  - 1

    allow random access (default)

  - 2

    one big data stream (10%-15% more compression)

## DESCRIPTION

makeztxt is a simple commandline program that takes a plain ASCII text file and compresses it into a zTXT database.  makeztxt will remove newline characters at the end of lines that contain text so that the paragraphs flow better on the Palm screen.  makeztxt supports the use of regular expressions to automatically generate a list of bookmarks for you.  Lastly, makeztxt can also break an existing zTXT file into it's components (text, bookmarks, annotations) and store them into separate files for you.

## FEATURES

- Creates zTXT databases

  - Deconstructs zTXT databases into component pieces

  - Use regular expression to automatically generate bookmarks

  - Includes libztxt, a small C library, so you can easily add zTXT creation or disection to your program

  - Create zTXTs that allow on-demand decompression, or get 10% - 15% more compression with the original style zTXT.

  - Read regular expressions from a config file (.makeztxtrc)

  ## SEE ALSO

For a full description (with examples) of the options listed above, refer to /usr/share/doc/makeztxt/README.gz

## AUTHOR

John Gruenenfelder (johng@as.arizona.edu)\
 This man page was created for the Debian package by Gunnar Wolf (gwolf@debian.org)

## WEBSITE

http://gutenpalm.sf.net