DVITYPE(1)                  UNIX System V(1/14/91)                   DVITYPE(1)


NAME
      dvitype - translate a dvi file for humans

SYNOPSIS
      dvitype dvi_file_name

DESCRIPTION
      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 program 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_file_name on the command line must be complete. The .dvi
      extension is not supplied if omitted. The output goes to stdout.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
      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: /usr/TeX/fonts/tfm.

SEE ALSO
      gftype(1), pktype(1)
      Donald Knuth, TeXware

AUTHORS
      Donald 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.



















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