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NAME dviselect – extract pages from DVI files SYNOPSIS dviselect [ -s ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] list of pages [ infile [ outfile ] ] DESCRIPTION Dviselect selects pages from a DVI file produced by TeX, creating a new DVI file usable by any of the TeX conversion programs, or…
NAME dvired – print dvi-files SYNOPSIS dvired [ options ] file DESCRIPTION dvired behaves like dvips, except for the fact that two logical pages are put onto each physical sheet of paper. For options, see dvips(1). This program only interprets the following options: -o file – redirect output into file. -P printer – direct output…
NAME dvips – convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript SYNOPSIS dvips [OPTIONS] file[.dvi] DESCRIPTION THIS MAN PAGE IS OBSOLETE! See the Texinfo documentation instead. You can read it either in Emacs or with the standalone info program which comes with the GNU texinfo distribution as ftp.gnu.org:pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo*.tar.gz. The program dvips takes a DVI file file[.dvi]…
NAME dvipost, pptex, pplatex – post processing of dvi files SYNOPSIS dvipost [-debug] [-version] [-help] in out pplatex [-debug] [-version] [-help] [LaTeX-Arguments] pptex [-debug] [-version] [-help] [TeX-Arguments] DESCRIPTION The command dvipost is a post procesor for dvi files, created by latex or tex. It is used for special modes, which normally needs the support of…
NAME dvipos – compute positions in a DVI file SYNOPSIS dvipos [ OPTION… ] infile[.dvi] DESCRIPTION dvipos 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…
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 dvipdft – create thumbnail images for use with dvipdfm SYNOPSIS dvipdft [DVIPDFM-OPTIONS…] filename[.dvi] DESCRIPTION dvipdft creates thumbnail pictures of the pages in your file and subsequently runs dvipdfm to create a PDF file with these thumbnails. OPTIONS All options are simply handed on to dvipdfm SEE ALSO dvipdfm(1) BUGS None known. AUTHOR dvipdft was…
NAME dvipdfmx, xdvipdfmx, dvipdfm – produce PDF files directly from DVI files SYNOPSIS dvipdfmx or dvipdfm [options] file[.dvi] DESCRIPTION The 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…
NAME dvipdfmx, xdvipdfmx, dvipdfm – produce PDF files directly from DVI files SYNOPSIS dvipdfmx or dvipdfm [options] file[.dvi] DESCRIPTION The 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…
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…