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From: jbw@cisunx.UUCP (Jingbai  Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: New dvi2ps with on-line help and continuous font sizes
Message-ID: <17892@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 2 May 89 16:48:46 GMT
Reply-To: jbw@cisunx.UUCP (Jingbai  Wang)
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Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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As I said, I have a version of dvi2ps to release. For those who can wait
I put it in ~/tmp anonymous (password=guest) june.cs.washington.edu for
ftp. It is in .arc format (sorry about that). To unarc it, use
$arc dvi2ps
$sh unarc.sh

This program has many features that never existed before this date. The 
following is part of the dvi2ps.doc in the package.

_________________________

                          1.  Description and Syntax

 dvi2ps  is  a  popular  TeX  dvi->PostScript  device  driver (or translator)
 (PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc) for UNIX  systems.    This
 program  converts  a  TeX DVI file to PostScript, and writes the result to a
 more standard output.

 However, this particular version of dvi2ps is not the same as the ones  that
 are  already  in  many  sites.  THIS  dvi2ps  IS  ONE  OF THE FEW PostScript
 TRANSLATORS THAT DO THINGS THAT CAN  BE  CALLED  PostScript.  The  following
 features make this program unique.

    - All  the  fonts, including raster-type bitmap fonts (like cmfonts)
      and built-in Adobe fonts (like  Times-Roman),  can  be  scaled  on
      continuous basis. For instance,
      \font\cmrforty=cmr17 at 40pt
      \cmrforty{The font size is exacty 40 points.}
      will give 40 points fonts of cmfonts in Roman.

    - It  has three \special features to allow you to include PostScript
      files of any kind,  such  as  well-behaved  PostScript  file  with
      bounding  box  (with  \psfig),  poor  nonstandard PostScript files
      (with   \special{psfile   filename}),   and   full-page/multi-page
      PostScript image files (with \special{pspage filename}).

    - You  can  use  PostScript commands directly in your TeX/LaTeX with
      \special{ps-string PostScript commands}.

    - This dvi2ps is  has  a  built-in  on-line  help  viewer  for  ANSI
      terminals.   The   help  files  available  with  the  package  are
      dvi2ps.doc (this file) and texint.doc (Introduction to TeX/LaTeX).
      To view the former, use
      $dvi2ps -H
      and for the latter, use,
      $dvi2ps -H tex

    - This  program  uses TeX fonts (like cmfonts) in PK format (such as
      cmr10.300pk for cmr10, 300 dpi at mag=1000),  and  built-in  Adobe
      fonts  that only need TFM files (such as t-rom.tfm for Times-Roman
      font). They can all be used at any point size. When TeX fonts  are
      used,  the  closest  PK file will be loaded and if the size is not
      exactly the same as specified by TFM file, PostScript  scaling  is
      used  to  scale the font.  PXL files can also be used, but greatly
      discouraged.

    - It can look for PK files in predefined  system  directory  and(not
      or) user's directory.

    - ...


 Thus,  even  if there is only one mag set of *.*pk files, such as *.300pk in
 your system, it can still give an acceptable output most of times  (but,  of
 course, if scaled too much, bitmap fonts don't look good). Also, this dvi2ps
 will make the existence of SliTeX redundant.

 Example: the simplest syntax is,

 $dvi2ps foo.dvi>foo.ps

1.1  SYNOPSIS

 $dvi2ps [-=] [-H tex/latex/dvi2ps] [-a pxldirs] [-d] [-f n] [-h]  [-i  file]
 [-m  n]  [-o  str] [-q] [-r] [-s] [-t n] [-F n] [-x pages] [-K userfontpath]
 [-M] dvifile[.dvi]

...

                              TABLE OF CONTENTS



     1.   Description and Syntax  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     2
          1.1    SYNOPSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     3
          1.2    ARGUMENTS  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     3
     2.   NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     6
     3.   Adobe Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     6
     4.   Specials  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     6
     5.   Greek Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     6
     6.   FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     7
     7.   Bugs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     7
     8.   See Also  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     7
     9.   AUTHOR(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .     8

__________________________


JB Wang


p.s. A newer version with more features may be released soon.