---
name: "tmexpand"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tmexpand"
version: "0.1.2.0-5"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tmexpand"
---

# tmexpand(1)

jed text-macro processor

## NAME

tmexpand - jed text-macro processor

## SYNOPSIS

**tmexpand** \[ **--version**\]  \[ **-g**\]  \[ **-I***include-dir* **-I***include-dir* **...**\]  \[ *input-file***\|-**\]  \[ *output-file***\|-**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**tmexpand** is a simple **jed-script** program for expanding a text-macro file.  Both the S-Lang and **jed** documentation, as well as the jedsoft.org web pages are written in text-macro format.

Included in the **tmexpand** distribution are macros for the creation of jedsoft.org style HTML pages, macros for producing linuxdoc and docbook SGML files, and macros for expanding S-Lang function text-macro documentation to the S-Lang help file format.

## OPTIONS

- **--version**

  Print version information

- **-g**

  Load with \_traceback set to 1.  This is useful for debugging **tmexpand** itself.

- **-I***include-dir*

  Append the directory to the macro-directory search list.

## REQUIREMENTS

**tmexpand** is a S-Lang script that is processed by the **jed** editor. Version 0.99-17 or later of the **jed** editor is required to run the script.  To get the most out of **tmexpand**, jed should be compiled against S-Lang version 2.

## USAGE

This section is incomplete.

## BUGS

Debugging the output when something goes wrong can be tricky.

## AUTHOR

The author of **tmexpand** is John E. Davis \<jed@jedsoft.org\>.

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*