---
name: "texvc"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "texvc"
version: "2:3.0.0+git20160613-1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/texvc"
---

# texvc(1)

math equation PNG renderer

## NAME

texvc - math equation PNG renderer

## SYNOPSIS

**texvc** {tempdir} {outputdir} {texcode} {encoding}

## DESCRIPTION

**texvc** is designed to render math equations written in latex code into PNG images.

## OPTIONS

{tempdir}

directory where temporary files are created.

{outputdir}

directory where the result image is stored.

{texcode}

latex code string representing math equations.

{encoding}

used encoding in latex code string.

## OUTPUT

Status codes and HTML/MathML transformations are returned on stdout. A rasterized PNG file will be written to the output directory, named for the MD5 hash code.

texvc output format is like this:

• +%5 ok, but not html or mathml

• c%5%h ok, conservative html, no mathml

• m%5%h ok, moderate html, no mathml

• l%5%h ok, liberal html, no mathml

• C%5%h\\0%m ok, conservative html, with mathml

• M%5%h\\0%m ok, moderate html, with mathml

• L%5%h\\0%m ok, liberal html, with mathml

• X%5%m ok, no html, with mathml

• S syntax error

• E lexing error

• F%s unknown function %s

• - other error

with the following codes:

• \\0 - null character

• %5 - md5, 32 hex characters

• %h - html code, without \\0 characters

• %m - mathml code, without \\0 characters

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Marc Dequ\\\[\`e\]nes (Duck) \<Duck@DuckCorp.org\> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## AUTHOR

**Marc Dequ\\\[\`e\]nes**

Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003 Marc Dequènes (Duck)\