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

6       dvitype - 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
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ENVIRONMENT

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

37       gftype(1), pktype(1).
38       Donald E. Knuth, TeXfornroffware.
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BUGS

41       The interactive dialog should be replaced by command-line  options,  as
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AUTHORS

45       Donald E. Knuth wrote the program.  It was published as part of the TeX
46       for nroffware technical report, available from  the  TeX  Users  Group.
47       Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis originally ported it to Unix.
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51Web2C 7.5.4                    19 December 1994                     DVITYPE(1)