diff --git a/hxtool b/hxtool
index 8f65532..d499dc0 100644
--- a/hxtool
+++ b/hxtool
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         case $str in
             HXCOMM*)
             ;;
-            STEXI*|ETEXI*) flag=$(($flag^1))
+            STEXI*|ETEXI*|SQMP*|EQMP*) flag=$(($flag^1))
             ;;
             *)
             test $flag -eq 1 && printf "%s\n" "$str"
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
             fi
             flag=0
             ;;
+            SQMP*|EQMP*)
+            if test $flag -eq 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected ETEXI, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            ;;
             DEFHEADING*)
             echo "$(expr "$str" : "DEFHEADING(\(.*\))")"
             ;;
@@ -49,9 +55,45 @@
     done
 }
 
+hxtoqmp()
+{
+    IFS=
+    flag=0
+    while read -r str; do
+        case "$str" in
+            HXCOMM*)
+            ;;
+            SQMP*)
+            if test $flag -eq 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected EQMP, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            flag=1
+            ;;
+            EQMP*)
+            if test $flag -ne 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected SQMP, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            flag=0
+            ;;
+            STEXI*|ETEXI*)
+            if test $flag -eq 1 ; then
+                echo "line $line: syntax error: expected EQMP, found $str" >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            ;;
+            *)
+            test $flag -eq 1 && echo "$str"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
 case "$1" in
 "-h") hxtoh ;;
 "-t") hxtotexi ;;
+"-q") hxtoqmp ;;
 *) exit 1 ;;
 esac