DT2DV(1) General Commands Manual DT2DV(1)
NAME
dt2dv - convert a DTL text representation of a TeX DVI file to a binary
DVI file
SYNOPSIS
dt2dv [-debug] [-group] [-si] [-so] [input-DTL-file] [output-DVI-file]
In the absence of the -si and -so options, both file arguments are re-
quired in the order input-DTL-file output-DVI-file. But also see the
OPTIONS section below. No default file extensions are supplied.
DESCRIPTION
dt2dv converts a text representation of a TeX DVI file, usually pro-
duced by the companion dv2dt(1) utility, back to a binary DVI file.
DTL (DVI Text Language) files can be edited, with care, and then re-
stored to DVI form for processing by any TeX DVI driver program. In
DTL files, font directory names and font names are preceded by a length
field, which must be updated if the names are modified.
dvitype(1) can also display a textual representation of DVI files, but
in some implementations at least, it cannot be used in batch mode, and
its output is not well-suited for conversion back to a DVI file.
The format of TeX DVI files is fully described in Donald E. Knuth, TeX:
The Program, Addison-Wesley (1986), ISBN 0-201-13437-3, as well as in
the dvitype(1) literate program source code. Brief descriptions of the
DTL and DVI formats are given in dv2dt(1).
OPTIONS
-debug Turn on detailed debugging output.
-group Expect each DTL command to be in parentheses.
-si Read all DTL commands from standard input.
-so Write all DVI commands to standard output.
SEE ALSO
dv2dt(1), dvitype(1), tex(1).
FILES
*.dvi binary TeX DVI file.
*.dtl text representation of a TeX DVI file in DVI Text Language for-
mat.
AUTHOR
dt2dv and dv2dt(1) were written by
Geoffrey Tobin
Department of Electronic Engineering
La Trobe University
Bundoora, Victoria 3083
Australia
Tel: +61 3 479 3736
FAX: +61 3 479 3025
Email: <G.Tobin@ee.latrobe.edu.au>
These manual pages were written primarily by
Nelson H. F. Beebe, Ph.D.
Center for Scientific Computing
Department of Mathematics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Tel: +1 801 581 5254
FAX: +1 801 581 4148
Email: <beebe@math.utah.edu>
Version 0.6.0 08 March 1995 DT2DV(1)
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