---
name: "texify"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texify"
version: "1.20-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/texify"
---

# texify(1)

format code for use with LaTeX

## NAME

texify - format code for use with LaTeX

## SYNOPSIS

**texify\<input-type\>** \[OPTION\]...

## DESCRIPTION

**texify** translates source code written in any of several different  languages to [**latex**(1)](/latex/1.md) source files.  The purpose is to make source code  embedded in documents more readable, by providing syntax highliting.

## OPTIONS

- **-i** *FILE*

  Read from *FILE* instead of standard input.

- **-o** *FILE*

  Write to *FILE* instead of standard output.

- **-l** *LENGTH*

  Limit line length to *LENGTH*.

- **-t** *LENGTH*

  Make a tab correspond to *LENGTH* spaces. Default is 6.

- **-num INTERVAL**

  Prefix output lines with the corresponding line number from the input, skipping INTERVAL lines between each time a prefix is added.  An interval of 1 will ensure that every line is prefixed.

- **-numsize \\texsize**

  Replace the TeX code used to set the size of the line numbers.  The default is \\footnotesize.

## INPUT TYPES

- **abel**

  ABEL source code

- **ada**

  Ada source code

- **asm**

  Assembly code

- **axiom**

  AXIOM code

- **B**

  B source code

- **beta**

  BETA source code

- **bison**

  Bison source code

- **c**

  C source code

- **c++**

  C++ source code

- **idl**

  OMG/CORBA IDL source code

- **java**

  Java source code

- **lex**

  Lex source code

- **lisp**

  LISP source code

- **logla**

  LOGLA source code

- **matlab**

  MATLAB script

- **ml**

  ML source code

- **perl**

  Perl source code

- **promela**

  Promela source code

- **python**

  Python source code

- **scheme**

  Scheme soruce code

- **sim**

  SIMULA source code

- **sql**

  SQL queries

- **ruby**

  Ruby source code

- **vhdl**

  VHDL description

This manual page was written for the Debian operating system because the  original program does not have a manual page.

## EXAMPLES

- Say you want to format a Java source file. Just type:

  **texifyjava \< input.java \> output.tex**

- You can also format the output of some program without storing its output in a temporary file. If you want to format the output of a PostgreSQL database dump, just type:

  **pg\_dump foobar \| texifysql \> output.tex**

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Morten Hustveit \<morten@debian.org\>.