DVITYPE(1)						      General Commands Manual							DVITYPE(1)

NAME

       dvitype - 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 program (i.e., if dvitype can read it, it's correct) and as an example of a DVI-reading pro-
       gram 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 extension is supplied if omitted from dvi_name.  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.

SEE ALSO

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

BUGS

       The interactive dialog should be replaced by command-line options, as with gftype.

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 7.3.1							 19 December 1994							DVITYPE(1)