NAME

       dvitype, odvitype - translate a dvi file for humans

SYNOPSIS

       dvitype dvi_name[.dvi]

DESCRIPTION

       This  manual  page is not meant to be exhaustive.  The complete documentation for this version of TeX can
       be found in the info file or manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

       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 extension is supplied if omitted from dvi_name.  The output goes to stdout.

OPTIONS

       -dpi=REAL
              Set resolution to REAL pixels per inch; default 300.0.

       -magnification=NUMBER
              Override existing magnification with NUMBER.

       -max-pages=NUMBER
              Process NUMBER pages; default one million.

       -output-level=NUMBER
              Verbosity level, from 0 to 4; default 4.

       -page-start=PAGE-SPEC
              Start at PAGE-SPEC, for example `2' or `5.*.-2'.

       -show-opcodes
              Show numeric opcodes (in decimal).

ENVIRONMENT

       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.

SEE ALSO

       gftype(1), pktype(1).
       Donald E. Knuth, TeXware.

AUTHORS

       Donald E. 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.