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From: langdon@lll-lcc.aRpA (Bruce Langdon)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: DVI ==> ASCII?
Message-ID: <933@lll-lcc.aRpA>
Date: Sun, 21-Jun-87 17:30:04 EDT
Article-I.D.: lll-lcc.933
Posted: Sun Jun 21 17:30:04 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 00:59:24 EDT
References: <35700001@webb>
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore Ca
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Summary: get dvidoc from rochester, and/or the book "TeX the Program"

In article <35700001@webb>, webb@webb.applicon.UUCP writes:
> 
> 	Satisfied though I am with TeX and LaTeX, there is a tool that would
> make things much easier for me, if it existed.  I would like to be able to
> print LaTeX output on a dumb printer.
> Ideally I would like a dvi2ascii tool.

We are trying dvidoc, obtained by ftp from rochester. ken@rochester.arpa
is the keeper.

> ... does anyone know where I might a definition of
> what goes into the .dvi file?

That is in the source for dvidoc. Also in Knuth's book on TeX the Program.
You also need a font metric file that sets up fixed-width characters,
and a lfonts.tex that makes LaTeX use that font. Before trying your own,
get Ken's.
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