1DT2DV(1) General Commands Manual DT2DV(1)
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6 dt2dv - convert a DTL text representation of a TeX DVI file to a binary
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10 dt2dv [-debug] [-group] [-si] [-so] [input-DTL-file] [output-DVI-file]
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17 dt2dv converts a text representation of a TeX DVI file, usually pro‐
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24 dvitype(1) can also display a textual representation of DVI files, but
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28 The format of TeX DVI files is fully described in Donald E. Knuth, TeX:
29 The Program, Addison-Wesley (1986), ISBN 0-201-13437-3, as well as in
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52 dt2dv and dv2dt(1) were written by
53 Geoffrey Tobin
54 Department of Electronic Engineering
55 La Trobe University
56 Bundoora, Victoria 3083
57 Australia
58 Tel: +61 3 479 3736
59 FAX: +61 3 479 3025
60 Email: <G.Tobin@ee.latrobe.edu.au>
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62 These manual pages were written primarily by
63 Nelson H. F. Beebe, Ph.D.
64 Center for Scientific Computing
65 Department of Mathematics
66 University of Utah
67 Salt Lake City, UT 84112
68 Tel: +1 801 581 5254
69 FAX: +1 801 581 4148
70 Email: <beebe@math.utah.edu>
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74Version 0.6.0 08 March 1995 DT2DV(1)