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dvitype - translate a dvi file for humans
dvitype
dvi_name[.dvi]
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.
The complete documentation for this version of can be found in the info
file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.
The dvitype program translates
a DVI (DeVice Independent) file output by (for example) tex(1)
or gftodvi(1)
,
to a file that humans can read. It also serves as a DVI file-validating
program (i.e., if dvitype can read it, it's correct) and as an example of
a DVI-reading program for future device drivers.
The output file can include
all commands, just the important ones, or none at all (in which case only
errors are reported). A subinterval of pages may be selected for transliteration;
the magnification and resolution of the ``output device'' may be changed;
and so on. All options are specified with an on-line dialog.
The .dvi extension
is supplied if omitted from dvi_name. The output goes to stdout.
The environment variable TEXFONTS is used to search for the TFM files
used in the DVI file. See tex(1)
for the details of the searching. If TEXFONTS
is not set, it uses the system default.
gftype(1)
, pktype(1)
.
Donald E. Knuth, Xware.
The interactive dialog should be replaced
by command-line options, as with gftype.
Donald E. Knuth wrote
the program. It was published as part of the Xware technical report,
available from the Users Group. Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally
ported it to Unix.
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