DVIPOS(1)                                                             ConTeXt                                                            DVIPOS(1)

NAME

       dvipos - compute positions in a DVI file

SYNOPSIS

       dvipos [ OPTION... ] infile[.dvi]

DESCRIPTION

       dvipos  parses  a  DVI  file  looking for pos: specials.  It currently recognizes pos:pxy, pos:pxywhd, pos:pxyplus, pos:begbox, pos:endbox,
       pos:beglines, and pos:endlines.  It then outputs the information from those specials along with information that only a  DVI  postprocessor
       could determine, such as the current x and y location.  The output looks like:
          pospxywhd{text:54}{54}{10663sp}{8535sp}{21326sp}{34081sp}{0sp}
       and  is  suitable for including in a tex(1) or pdftex(1) auxilliary file, such as document.tuo, to be read in by the next run of the tex(1)
       or similar typesetting engine.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              print usage.

       -W, --warning
              print warnings.

       -v, --verbose
              print verbose output.

       -d, --debug
              print dvitype(1) debugging data.

       -s, --smashchars
              regard height and depth as zero.

       -o, --output=FILE
              send all output to FILE.  Without this option, output goes to stdout.

       -b, --bbox[=FILE]
              send bounding box to FILE (default FILE is infile.pos).

       -f, --framed[=BASE]
              request copy of DVI file, BASE.dvi, with bounding boxes framed (default FILE is infile_frames.dvi).  See the --framesize option.

       -m, --mag=INT
              override tex(1) magnification by INT.

       -w, --framesize=INT
              set frame rule size by INT (default 6554 = .1pt).

       -p, --pages=X:Y
              set page ranges from X to Y.

USAGE

       dvipos is run mostly behind the scenes by ConTeXt's texexec(1) between runs of tex(1) or pdftex(1), in order to provide information to  and
       get  information  about  positional  graphics.   These  graphics are provided by the MetaFun interface to mpost(1).  dvipos is not used (or
       needed) in PDF-output mode but is needed for DVI-output mode.  pdftex(1) starting with version 1.40 can produce position  information  even
       in DVI mode, so once the ConTeXt macros take advantage of this feature, the need for dvipos will fade.

       Until then, here is a typical use of dvipos:
          dvipos notes.dvi
       The position information that is output is collected by texexec(1) to include in the notes.tuo auxilliary file to use in the next run.

EXAMPLES

       Extract positions from doc.dvi, with output to doc.loc:
              dvipos -o doc.loc doc.dvi

       Same as above, but also send bbox information to doc.pos:
              dvipos -b -o doc.loc doc.dvi

       Instead send bbox information to /tmp/debug.pos:
              dvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos -o doc.loc doc.dvi

SEE ALSO

       dvips(1), dvitype(1), mpost(1), pdftex(1), tex(1), texexec(1).

       For more about positional graphics, see the MetaFun documentation on the ConTeXt wiki <http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaFun>.

BUGS

       If you specify a file for the -b option, you must join the option and name with = rather than (the more common) space:
          dvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi
       works, but
          dvipos -b /tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi
       does not.

AUTHOR

       dvipos is written by Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof@ktug.or.kr>.  It is free software (GPLv2 or later).  This manpage was written by Sanjoy Mahajan
       <sanjoy@mit.edu> and is in the public domain.

dvipos 20070107 (KPATHSEA)                                         January 2007                                                          DVIPOS(1)