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DVITYPE(1)                             General Commands Manual                            DVITYPE(1)



NAME
       dvitype, odvitype - translate a dvi file for humans

SYNOPSIS
       dvitype dvi_name[.dvi]

DESCRIPTION
       This  manual page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documentation for this version
       of TeX can be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

       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 pro‐
       gram (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 op‐
       tions are specified with an on-line dialog.

       The .dvi extension is supplied if omitted from dvi_name.  The output goes to stdout.

OPTIONS
       -dpi=REAL
              Set resolution to REAL pixels per inch; default 300.0.

       -magnification=NUMBER
              Override existing magnification with NUMBER.

       -max-pages=NUMBER
              Process NUMBER pages; default one million.

       -output-level=NUMBER
              Verbosity level, from 0 to 4; default 4.

       -page-start=PAGE-SPEC
              Start at PAGE-SPEC, for example `2' or `5.*.-2'.

       -show-opcodes
              Show numeric opcodes (in decimal).

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 de‐
       fault.

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.



Web2C 2022/dev                              16 June 2015                                  DVITYPE(1)