---
name: "prettifyxtm.pl"
section: "1p"
platform: "linux"
package: "libxtm-perl"
version: "0.37-1"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/prettifyxtm.pl"
---

# prettifyxtm.pl(1p)

formatter for XTM

## NAME

prettifyxtm.pl - formatter for XTM

## SYNOPSIS

```
  cat map.xtm ⎪ prettifyxtm.pl > map2.xtm
```

## DESCRIPTION

This filter consumes on STDIN a topic map written in XTM syntax and indents some tags before it writes the same content onto STDOUT.

Type 'help' within this shell to get an overview over available switches.

## OPTIONS

Following command line switches are understood by the program:

- **help**

  ...does hopefully what you would expect.

- **about** (default: no)

  The program will print out some information about the software itself, (version) and  will terminate thereafter.

## XTM (XML Topic Maps), the Notation

Please refer to the online documentation

```
   http://www.topicmaps.org/xtm/
```

## AUTHOR INFORMATION

Copyright 2002, Robert Barta \<rho@telecoma.net\>, All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html