NAME

xditview — display ditroff DVI files

SYNOPSIS

xditview [-toolkitoption ...] [-option ...]

DESCRIPTION

The xditview program displays ditroff output on an X display.  It uses special font metrics which match the font set distributed with X11vR3, so it does not require access to the server machine for font loading.

OPTIONS

Xditview accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options along with the additional options listed below:

−help This option indicates that a brief summary of the allowed options should be printed. 

−page This option specifies the page number of the document to be displayed. 

−backingStorebacking-store-type
Redisplay of the DVI window can take upto a second or so, this option causes the server to save the window contents so that when it is scrolled around the viewport, the window is painted from contents saved in backing store. backing-store-type can be one of Always, WhenMapped or NotUseful. 

The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used with xditview:

−bgcolor
This option specifies the color to use for the background of the window. The default is white. 

−bdcolor
This option specifies the color to use for the border of the window. The default is black. 

−bwnumber
This option specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the window.

−fgcolor
This option specifies the color to use for displaying text.  The default is black. 

−fnfont This option specifies the font to be used for displaying widget text.  The default is fixed. 

−rv This option indicates that reverse video should be simulated by swapping the foreground and background colors. 

−geometrygeometry
This option specifies the preferred size and position of the window.

−displayhost:display
This option specifies the X server to contact.

−xrmresourcestring
This option specifies a resource string to be used.

X DEFAULTS

This program uses the Dvi widget in the X Toolkit.  It understands all of the core resource names and classes as well as:

Width)width(class
Specifies the width of the window.

Height)height(class
Specifies the height of the window.

Foreground)foreground(class
Specifies the default foreground color.

Font)font(class
Specifies the font to be used for error messages.

USING XDITVIEW WITH DITROFF

To build a DVI file suitable for use with xditview, use the device description in devX75:

$ cd devX75
$ makedev DESC
$ mkdir /usr/lib/font/devX75
$ cp ∗.out /usr/lib/font/devX75
$ ditroff -TX75 ditroff-input | xditview

SEE ALSO

xrdb(1), ditroff(1)

BUGS

Xditview can be easily confused by attempting to display a DVI file constructed for the wrong device.  Support for pic is not yet implemented.

ORIGIN

Portions of this program originated in xtroff which was derived from suntroff. 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
See X11(7) for a full statement of rights and permissions. 

AUTHORS

Keith Packard (MIT X Consortium)
Richard L. Hyde (Purdue)
David Slattengren (Berkeley)
Malcom Slaney (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)
Mark Moraes (University of Toronto)

X Version 11  —  Last change: 8 November 1990  —  Last change: 8 November 1990