DVITYPE(1)                                                       DVITYPE(1)
                              14 December 1993






 NAME
      dvitype - translate a dvi file for humans


 SYNOPSIS
      dvitype dvi_file_name


 DESCRIPTION
      The dvitype program translates a DVI (DeVice Independent) file output
      by (for example) tex(1) or gftodvi(1), to a file that humans can read.
      It also serves as a DVI file-validating program (i.e., if dvitype can
      read it, it's correct) and as an example of a DVI-reading program for
      future device drivers.


      The output file can include all commands, just the important ones, or
      none at all (in which case only errors are reported).  A subinterval
      of pages may be selected for transliteration; the magnification and
      resolution of the ``output device'' may be changed; and so on. All
      options are specified with an on-line dialog.


      The dvi_file_name on the command line must be complete. The .dvi
      extension is not supplied if omitted. The output goes to stdout.


 ENVIRONMENT
      The environment variable TEXFONTS is used to search for the TFM files
      used in the DVI file.  See tex(1) for the details of the searching.
      If TEXFONTS is not set, it uses the system default:
      !!/opt/teTeX/texmf/fonts/tfm//:/var/tmp/texfonts/tfm//:.


 SEE ALSO
      gftype(1), pktype(1).
      Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.


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




































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