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DT2DV(1)               DragonFly General Commands Manual              DT2DV(1)


NAME

       dt2dv - convert a DTL text representation of a TeX DVI file to a binary
       DVI file


SYNOPSIS

       dt2dv [-debug] [-group] [-si] [-so] [input-DTL-file] [output-DVI-file]

       In the absence of the -si and -so options, both file arguments are
       required in the order input-DTL-file output-DVI-file .  But also see
       the OPTIONS section below.  No default file extensions are supplied.


DESCRIPTION

       dt2dv converts a text representation of a TeX DVI file, usually
       produced by the companion dv2dt(1) utility, back to a binary DVI file.
       DTL (DVI Text Language) files can be edited, with care, and then
       restored to DVI form for processing by any TeX DVI driver program.  In
       DTL files, font directory names and font names are preceded by a length
       field, which must be updated if the names are modified.

       dvitype(1) can also display a textual representation of DVI files, but
       in some implementations at least, it cannot be used in batch mode, and
       its output is not well-suited for conversion back to a DVI file.

       The format of TeX DVI files is fully described in Donald E. Knuth, TeX:
       The Program, Addison-Wesley (1986), ISBN 0-201-13437-3, as well as in
       the dvitype(1) literate program source code.  Brief descriptions of the
       DTL and DVI formats are given in dv2dt(1).


OPTIONS

       -debug
             Turn on detailed debugging output.

       -group
             Expect each DTL command to be in parentheses.

       -si   Read all DTL commands from standard input.

       -so   Write all DVI commands to standard output.


SEE ALSO

       dv2dt(1), dvitype(1), tex(1).


FILES

       *.dvi
            binary TeX DVI file.

       *.dtl
            text representation of a TeX DVI file in DVI Text Language format.


AUTHOR

       dt2dv and dv2dt(1) were written by
              Geoffrey Tobin
              Department of Electronic Engineering
              La Trobe University
              Bundoora, Victoria 3083
              Australia
              Tel: +61 3 479 3736
              FAX: +61 3 479 3025
              Email: <G.Tobin@ee.latrobe.edu.au>

       These manual pages were written primarily by
              Nelson H. F. Beebe, Ph.D.
              Center for Scientific Computing
              Department of Mathematics
              University of Utah
              Salt Lake City, UT 84112
              Tel: +1 801 581 5254
              FAX: +1 801 581 4148
              Email: <beebe@math.utah.edu>

Version 0.6.0                    08 March 1995                        DT2DV(1)

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