dt2dv - Man Page

dt2dv [-debug] [-group] [-si] [-so] [input-DTL-file] [output-DVI-file]

In the absence of the -si and -so options, both file arguments are required in the order input-DTL-file output-DVI-file. But also see the Options section below. No default file extensions are supplied.

dt2dv converts a text representation of a T E X DVI file, usually produced by the companion dv2dt(1) utility, back to a binary DVI file. DTL (DVI Text Language) files can be edited, with care, and then restored to DVI form for processing by any T E X 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 T E X DVI files is fully described in Donald E. Knuth, T E X: 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).

-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.

dv2dt(1), dvitype(1), tex(1).

*.dvi

binary T E X DVI file.

*.dtl

text representation of a T E X DVI file in DVI Text Language format.

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>

dv2dt(1), dviasm(1).