1DVITYPE(1)                  General Commands Manual                 DVITYPE(1)
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NAME

6       dvitype, odvitype - translate a dvi file for humans
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SYNOPSIS

9       dvitype dvi_name[.dvi]
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DESCRIPTION

12       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documen‐
13       tation for this version of TeX can be found in the info file or  manual
14       Web2C: A TeX implementation.
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16       The  dvitype  program translates a DVI (DeVice Independent) file output
17       by (for example) tex(1) or gftodvi(1), to a file that humans can  read.
18       It  also  serves as a DVI file-validating program (i.e., if dvitype can
19       read it, it's correct) and as an example of a DVI-reading  program  for
20       future device drivers.
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22       The  output  file can include all commands, just the important ones, or
23       none at all (in which case only errors are reported).  A subinterval of
24       pages  may be selected for transliteration; the magnification and reso‐
25       lution of the ``output device'' may be changed; and so on. All  options
26       are specified with an on-line dialog.
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28       The  .dvi  extension  is supplied if omitted from dvi_name.  The output
29       goes to stdout.
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OPTIONS

32       -dpi=REAL
33              Set resolution to REAL pixels per inch; default 300.0.
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35       -magnification=NUMBER
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38       -max-pages=NUMBER
39              Process NUMBER pages; default one million.
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41       -output-level=NUMBER
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44       -page-start=PAGE-SPEC
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47       -show-opcodes
48              Show numeric opcodes (in decimal).
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ENVIRONMENT

51       The environment variable TEXFONTS is used to search for the  TFM  files
52       used in the DVI file.  See tex(1) for the details of the searching.  If
53       TEXFONTS is not set, it uses the system default.
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SEE ALSO

56       gftype(1), pktype(1).
57       Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.
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AUTHORS

60       Donald E. Knuth wrote the program.  It was published  as  part  of  the
61       TeXware  technical  report, available from the TeX Users Group.  Howard
62       Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally ported it to Unix.
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