DVIBOOK(1) General Commands Manual DVIBOOK(1)
NAME
dvibook - rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures
SYNOPSIS
dvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile
[ outfile ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Dvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into ``signa-
tures'' for printing books or booklets, creating a new DVI file usable
by any of the TeX conversion programs.
The -s option selects the size of signature which will be used. The
signature size is the number of sides which will be folded and bound
together; the number given should be a multiple of four. The default is
to use one signature for the whole file. Extra blank sides will be
added if the file does not contain a multiple of four pages.
By default, dvibook rearranges the pages into left-hand side binding
signatures; the -r option switches to right-hand side binding signa-
tures. This might be useful for pTeX vertical writing (tate-kumi) docu-
ments.
Dvibook normally prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the
-q option suppresses this.
AUTHOR
Angus Duggan, from dviselect(1), by Chris Torek, University of Mary-
land. Currently maintained as part of TeX Live
(https://tug.org/texlive).
SEE ALSO
dvitodvi(1), dviconcat(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1)
MC-TeX User's Guide
BUGS
Dvibook does not adjust the parameters in the postamble; however, since
these values are normally used only to size certain structures in the
output conversion programs, and the parameters never need to be ad-
justed upward, this has not proven to be a problem.
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