Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME dvipdf – Convert TeX DVI file to PDF using ghostscript and dvips SYNOPSIS dvipdf [ options ] input.dvi [ output.pdf ] … DESCRIPTION This script invokes dvips(1) with the -q option, and pipes its output into gs(1) with the following options: -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite as well as -sOutputFile and any options from the…
NAME luatex, dviluatex, luahbtex, luajittex, texlua, texluac – An extended version of TeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language SYNOPSIS luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… \FIRST-LINE luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… &FMT [ARGS] DESCRIPTION Run the luaTeX typesetter on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luaTeX input, after TEXNAME…
NAME latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, dvilualatex, cslatex, pdfcslatex, platex, uplatex, lamed – structured text formatting and typesetting SYNOPSIS latex [first-line] DESCRIPTION This manual page is a mere skeleton. The LaTeX language is described in the book LaTeX – A Document Preparation System. LaTeX is a TeX macro package, not a modification to the TeX source…
NAME latex-dev, pdflatex-dev, xelatex-dev, lualatex-dev, dvilualatex-dev, platex-dev, uplatex-dev – release candidate LaTeX testing SYNOPSIS latex-dev [first-line] DESCRIPTION These -dev executables are intended for testing upcoming LaTeX2e kernel changes. They correspond to new formats which have been tested by the LaTeX team for stability and usability. Thus, they are not arbitrary development snapshots; more like release…
NAME dvilj4, dvilj4l, dvilj2p, dvilj – convert a TeX DVI file to PCL, for HP LaserJet printers SYNOPSIS dvilj[–Dnumber][-ccopies][-dmode][-D][-E][-eoutputfile] [-ffrompage][-g][-hheaderfile][-l][-Mflag][-mmag][-ppages] [-q][-r][-ttopage][-spagesize][-v][-Vmode][-w][-xxoff(mm)] [-yyoff(mm)][-Xxoff(dots)][-Yyoff(dots)][-z][filename] DESCRIPTION dvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language) commands suitable for printing on a HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet IIP (using dvilj2p), HP LaserJet 4 (using dvilj4),…
NAME dvilj4, dvilj4l, dvilj2p, dvilj – convert a TeX DVI file to PCL, for HP LaserJet printers SYNOPSIS dvilj[–Dnumber][-ccopies][-dmode][-D][-E][-eoutputfile] [-ffrompage][-g][-hheaderfile][-l][-Mflag][-mmag][-ppages] [-q][-r][-ttopage][-spagesize][-v][-Vmode][-w][-xxoff(mm)] [-yyoff(mm)][-Xxoff(dots)][-Yyoff(dots)][-z][filename] DESCRIPTION dvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language) commands suitable for printing on a HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet IIP (using dvilj2p), HP LaserJet 4 (using dvilj4),…
NAME dvilj4, dvilj4l, dvilj2p, dvilj – convert a TeX DVI file to PCL, for HP LaserJet printers SYNOPSIS dvilj[–Dnumber][-ccopies][-dmode][-D][-E][-eoutputfile] [-ffrompage][-g][-hheaderfile][-l][-Mflag][-mmag][-ppages] [-q][-r][-ttopage][-spagesize][-v][-Vmode][-w][-xxoff(mm)] [-yyoff(mm)][-Xxoff(dots)][-Yyoff(dots)][-z][filename] DESCRIPTION dvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language) commands suitable for printing on a HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet IIP (using dvilj2p), HP LaserJet 4 (using dvilj4),…
NAME dvilj4, dvilj4l, dvilj2p, dvilj – convert a TeX DVI file to PCL, for HP LaserJet printers SYNOPSIS dvilj[–Dnumber][-ccopies][-dmode][-D][-E][-eoutputfile] [-ffrompage][-g][-hheaderfile][-l][-Mflag][-mmag][-ppages] [-q][-r][-ttopage][-spagesize][-v][-Vmode][-w][-xxoff(mm)] [-yyoff(mm)][-Xxoff(dots)][-Yyoff(dots)][-z][filename] DESCRIPTION dvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language) commands suitable for printing on a HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet IIP (using dvilj2p), HP LaserJet 4 (using dvilj4),…
NAME dvilj4, dvilj4l, dvilj2p, dvilj – convert a TeX DVI file to PCL, for HP LaserJet printers SYNOPSIS dvilj[–Dnumber][-ccopies][-dmode][-D][-E][-eoutputfile] [-ffrompage][-g][-hheaderfile][-l][-Mflag][-mmag][-ppages] [-q][-r][-ttopage][-spagesize][-v][-Vmode][-w][-xxoff(mm)] [-yyoff(mm)][-Xxoff(dots)][-Yyoff(dots)][-z][filename] DESCRIPTION dvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language) commands suitable for printing on a HP LaserJet+, HP LaserJet IIP (using dvilj2p), HP LaserJet 4 (using dvilj4),…
NAME dvihp – convert a TeX DVI file to Hewlett-Packard PCL SYNOPSIS dvihp [options] dvifile[.dvi] DESCRIPTION dvihp translates the given dvifile to Hewlett-Packard PCL using dvicopy(1) then $DVILJ (dvilj4 by default). In the absence of other options, pipe the PCL to $SPOOL (lpr by default). OPTIONS Options are recognized from dvips where possible: -A print…
NAME dvipng – A DVI-to-PNG translator SYNOPSIS dvipng [options] filename dvipng [options] [filename] – DESCRIPTION This program makes PNG and/or GIF graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. If GIF support is enabled, GIF output is chosen by using the dvigif binary or with the –gif option. The benefits of dvipng/dvigif…
NAME dvidvi – selects and/or re-arranges pages in a TeX dvi file SYNOPSIS dvidvi [param] infile outfile DESCRIPTION Copyright dvidvi 1.0, Copyright (C) 1988-91, Radical Eye Software Introduction The dvidvi program converts a dvi file into another dvi file, with perhaps certain changes. Parameters -f n page n is first page selected -l n page…
NAME dvicopy, odvicopy – produce modified copy of DVI file SYNOPSIS dvicopy [options] [infile[.dvi] [outfile[.dvi]]] DESCRIPTION This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation. dvicopy reads a DVI file, expands any references to…
NAME dviconcat – concatenate DVI files SYNOPSIS dviconcat [ -m magnification ] [ -o outfile ] list of files DESCRIPTION Dviconcat concatenates the named files (or standard input, if no file names are given) onto the standard output or the given outfile, creating a new DVI file usable by any of the TeX conversion programs,…
NAME dvibook – rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures SYNOPSIS dvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile [ outfile ] ] DESCRIPTION Dvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into “signatures” for printing books or booklets, creating a…
NAME DVIasm – a TeX utility program for editing DVI files directly SYNOPSIS dviasm [<options>] <dvi_file>|<dvi_dump_file> DESCRIPTION DVIasm is a TeX utility program which is designed for editing DeVice-Independent (DVI) files directly. It consists of a single Python script, dviasm.py, in a human readable text format. It runs on any platform in which Python 3…
NAME dvi2tty – preview a TeX DVI file on an ordinary ASCII terminal SYNOPSIS dvi2tty [ options ] dvifile DESCRIPTION dvi2tty converts a TeX DVI file to a format that is appropriate for terminals and line printers. The program is intended to be used for preliminary proofreading of TeX-ed documents. By default the output is…
NAME dvi2fax – convert a TeX DVI file to G3 fax format SYNOPSIS dvi2fax [-hi|-lo] file[.dvi] [options for dvips] DESCRIPTION dvi2fax uses dvips(1) to convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript, then gs(1) to convert the PostScript to G3 fax file format. OPTIONS -hi use high fax resolution (204×196 dpi) (default). -lo use low fax…
NAME dvgrab — Capture DV or MPEG-2 Transport Stream (HDV) video and audio data from FireWire SYNOPSIS dvgrab [options] [base] [-] DESCRIPTION dvgrab is a program that captures DV or HDV (MPEG2-TS) video and audio data from digital camcorders via FireWire (IEEE 1394). The data is stored in one or several files and can later…
NAME dvdxchap – Extract chapter information from DVDs SYNOPSIS dvdxchap [options] DVD-SOURCE DESCRIPTION This program extracts chapter information from a DVD and displays it in a form usable by ogmmerge(1). -t, –title num Use title ‘num‘. Default is 1. -c, –chapter start[-end] Only output the given range of chapters and adjust all timecodes so that…