1DVITODVI(1)                 General Commands Manual                DVITODVI(1)
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NAME

6       dvitodvi - rearrange pages in a DVI file
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SYNOPSIS

9       dvitodvi  [  -q ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ]
10       pagespecs [ infile [ outfile ] ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Dvitodvi rearranges pages from a DVI file, creating  a  new  DVI  file.
14       Dvitodvi can be used to perform a large number of arbitrary re-arrange‐
15       ments of Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up,  book‐
16       lets,  reversing,  selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling,
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19       pagespecs follow the syntax:
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21              pagespecs   = [modulo:][mag@]specs
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23              specs       = spec[+specs][,specs]
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25              spec        = [-]pageno[(xoff,yoff)]
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27       modulo is the number of pages in each block. The value of modulo should
28       be  greater than 0; the default value is 1.  The optional mag parameter
29       adjusts the file's magnification by the  magnification  specified.  The
30       magnification  and modulo can be specified in reverse order if desired.
31       specs are the page specifications for the  pages  in  each  block.  The
32       value  of  the  pageno  in each spec should be between 0 (for the first
33       page in the block) and modulo-1 (for  the  last  page  in  each  block)
34       inclusive.  The optional dimensions xoff and yoff shift the page by the
35       specified (positive) amount.  xoff and yoff are in PostScript's points,
36       but  may be followed by the units cm or in to convert to centimetres or
37       inches, or the flag w or h to specify as a multiple  of  the  width  or
38       height.   If the optional minus sign is specified, the page is relative
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41       If page specs are separated by + the pages  will  be  merged  into  one
42       page;  if  they  are  separated by  they will be on separate pages.  If
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46       The  -w  option gives the width which is used by the w dimension speci‐
47       fier, and the -h option gives the height which is used by the h  dimen‐
48       sion  specifier.  These dimensions are also used (after scaling) to set
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51       Dvitodvi normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the
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EXAMPLES

55       This  section contains some sample re-arrangements. To put two pages on
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58                                    2:0+1(21cm,0)
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60       To reduce an A3 page to A4 size, the pagespec to use is:
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64       To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:
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AUTHOR

70       Angus Duggan, from dviselect(1), by Chris Torek, University of Maryland
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SEE ALSO

73       dviconcat(1), dvibook(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1)
74       MC-TeX User's Guide
75       The TeXbook
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BUGS

78       Dvitodvi does not adjust some of the parameters in the postamble.  This
79       may be a problem if these values are used to size certain structures in
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