Copy text into a submission form

fledge submission-text INPUT previews the title, abstract and keywords from a project folder or ZIP. It reads source without compiling TeX or accessing the network, and leaves the original project unchanged. Select the main document with --main main.tex, or use main in the discovered project settings. --config FILE selects settings explicitly; --isolated ignores discovery.

fledge submission-text paper --field title
fledge submission-text paper --field abstract
fledge submission-text paper --field keywords
fledge submission-text paper --json

A selected ready field prints exactly one physical line to stdout. Missing, empty or unresolved fields print diagnostics to stderr and exit with code 3, without exporting text to stdout. JSON returns all fields, statuses, draft text, source locations, candidate texts and interpretation issues. JSON and preview exit with code 3 when any field is unresolved. Input/configuration failures use code 4; with --json they print an object with schema_version and error (the message) to stdout as well as the message to stderr. Missing optional fields do not make a preview fail.

The converter retains the text inside common formatting commands, decodes escaped characters and common accents, preserves Unicode, converts TeX dashes and double quotes, and joins source line breaks. Comment continuation follows TeX semantics: foo% comment followed immediately by bar becomes foobar. Meaningful single hyphens remain intact. \texttt{...} retains literal dashes and quotes, such as --jobs. URL commands retain their address, and \href retains its visible link text. Keywords retain the source punctuation and order; explicit \sep and \and become ; to preserve keyword phrases. Terminal control and directional characters are displayed as visible Unicode escapes and make the affected field unresolved.

Simple inline mathematics such as $n=100$ and common lowercase Greek letters can be converted literally. Scripts, fractions, complex mathematical commands, citations, references and custom macros need manual conversion. Their original fragments remain visible in the draft, and affected fields are unresolved. No macro execution, citation numbering or inferred scientific wording is used. Supported converter commands that are locally defined or redefined in the selected literal source graph also need manual review. Their original fragments remain in the draft, even when the replacement looks simple. Unrelated command definitions do not block an otherwise ready field. Locally assigned active characters, such as a redefined ~, also require review when they appear in the field; the draft retains the original LaTeX.

Multiple declarations are shown as candidates rather than choosing one. Conditional, nested or unclosed declarations and incomplete source graphs need source clarification. The supported declarations are \title{...}, \abstract{...}, the abstract environment, \keywords{...}, and the keywords, keyword and IEEEkeywords environments. Unsupported class-specific declarations and legacy subfiles behavior are outside this bounded converter. Review the preview before pasting, especially the notation and keyword separators.