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Convert a Newick tree to raw LaTeX Forest code.

Input:

  • A Newick tree file.
  • If the file contains multiple trees, only the first tree is processed.

Notes:

  • Styles are stored in the comments of each node.
  • Draws a cladogram by default.
  • Use --bl to draw a phylogram with branch lengths.
  • LaTeX special characters ({ } \ # $ % & ~ ^) and underscores in node names, labels, comments, and visualization attributes (dot, bar, rec, tri) are escaped or normalized for safe Forest output.

Examples:

  1. Convert to Forest code necom nwk to-forest tree.nwk

  2. Convert with branch lengths necom nwk to-forest tree.nwk --bl

  3. Save to file necom nwk to-forest tree.nwk -o forest.tex