The Linux Manuals (man pages) document is an important part of Linux documents. Linux Manuals are organized as several sections. Each section has a group of commands for a specific area in Linux usage, administration or development.
dvipos – compute positions in a DVI file Synopsisdvipos [ OPTION… ] infile[.dvi] Descriptiondvipos parses a DVI file looking for pos: specials. It currently recognizes pos:pxy, pos:pxywhd, pos:pxyplus, pos:begbox, pos:endbox, pos:beglines, and pos:endlines. It then outputs the information from those specials along with information that only a DVI postprocessor could determine, such as the current…
dvipng – A DVI-to-PNG translator Synopsisdvipng [options] filename dvipng [options] [filename] – DescriptionThis 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 include * Speed….
dvipdft – create thumbnail images for use with dvipdfm Synopsisdvipdft [DVIPDFM-OPTIONS…] filename[.dvi] Descriptiondvipdft creates thumbnail pictures of the pages in your file and subsequently runs dvipdfm to create a PDF file with these thumbnails. OptionsAll options are simply handed on to dvipdfm See Alsodvipdfm(1)BugsNone known. Authordvipdft was written by Mark A. Wicks and Thomas Esser….
dvipdfmx, xdvipdfmx, dvipdfm – produce PDF files directly from DVI files Synopsisdvipdfmx or dvipdfm [options] file[.dvi] DescriptionThe program dvipdfmx generates a PDF file from a DVI file. DVI files are the output produced by TeX. groff can also generate DVI files using grodvi(-Tdvi). In TeX Live, dvipdfm is another incarnation of dvipdfmx rather than a…
dvipdfmx, xdvipdfmx, dvipdfm – produce PDF files directly from DVI files Synopsisdvipdfmx or dvipdfm [options] file[.dvi] DescriptionThe program dvipdfmx generates a PDF file from a DVI file. DVI files are the output produced by TeX. groff can also generate DVI files using grodvi(-Tdvi). In TeX Live, dvipdfm is another incarnation of dvipdfmx rather than a…
dvipdf – Convert TeX DVI file to PDF using ghostscript and dvips Synopsisdvipdf [ options ] input.dvi [ output.pdf ] … DescriptionThis 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 command-line. See Alsogs(1),…
luatex, dviluatex, luahbtex, luajittex, texlua, texluac – An extended version of TeX using Lua as an embedded scripting language Synopsisluatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS] luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… \FIRST-LINE luatex [–lua=FILE] [OPTION]… &FMT [ARGS] DescriptionRun the luaTeX typesetter on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf. Any remaining COMMANDS are processed as luaTeX input, after TEXNAME is read. Alternatively,…
latex, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, dvilualatex, cslatex, pdfcslatex, platex, uplatex, lamed – structured text formatting and typesetting Synopsislatex [first-line] DescriptionThis 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 program, so all…
latex-dev, pdflatex-dev, xelatex-dev, lualatex-dev, dvilualatex-dev, platex-dev, uplatex-dev – release candidate LaTeX testing Synopsislatex-dev [first-line] DescriptionThese -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 candidates. Wider testing…
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]Descriptiondvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer…
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]Descriptiondvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer…
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]Descriptiondvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer…
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]Descriptiondvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer…
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]Descriptiondvilj and siblings convert TeX-output ".dvi" files into PCL (the Hewlett-Packard Printer…
dvihp – convert a TeX DVI file to Hewlett-Packard PCL Synopsisdvihp [options] dvifile[.dvi] Descriptiondvihp 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). OptionsOptions are recognized from dvips where possible: -A print odd pages -B print…
dvipng – A DVI-to-PNG translator Synopsisdvipng [options] filename dvipng [options] [filename] – DescriptionThis 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 include * Speed….
dvidvi – selects and/or re-arranges pages in a TeX dvi file Synopsisdvidvi [param] infile outfile DescriptionCopyrightdvidvi 1.0, Copyright (C) 1988-91, Radical Eye Software IntroductionThe 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 n is last page selected -n…
dvicopy, odvicopy – produce modified copy of DVI file Synopsisdvicopy [options] [infile[.dvi] [outfile[.dvi]]] DescriptionThis 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 virtual fonts to…
dviconcat – concatenate DVI files Synopsisdviconcat [ -m magnification ] [ -o outfile ] list of files DescriptionDviconcat 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, or even by…
dvibook – rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures Synopsisdvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile [ outfile ] ] DescriptionDvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into “signatures” for printing books or booklets, creating a new DVI file…