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DVITODVI(1) General Commands Manual DVITODVI(1) NAME
dvitodvi - rearrange pages in a DVI file SYNOPSIS
dvitodvi [ -q ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] pagespecs [ infile [ outfile ] ] DESCRIPTION
Dvitodvi rearranges pages from a DVI file, creating a new DVI file. Dvitodvi can be used to perform a large number of arbitrary re- arrangements of Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up, booklets, reversing, selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling, etc. pagespecs follow the syntax: pagespecs = [modulo:][mag@]specs specs = spec[+specs][,specs] spec = [-]pageno[(xoff,yoff)] modulo is the number of pages in each block. The value of modulo should be greater than 0; the default value is 1. The optional mag param- eter adjusts the file's magnification by the magnification specified. The magnification and modulo can be specified in reverse order if desired. specs are the page specifications for the pages in each block. The value of the pageno in each spec should be between 0 (for the first page in the block) and modulo-1 (for the last page in each block) inclusive. The optional dimensions xoff and yoff shift the page by the specified (positive) amount. xoff and yoff are in PostScript's points, but may be followed by the units cm or in to convert to cen- timetres or inches, or the flag w or h to specify as a multiple of the width or height. If the optional minus sign is specified, the page is relative to the end of the document, instead of the start. If page specs are separated by + the pages will be merged into one page; if they are separated by , they will be on separate pages. If there is only one page specification, with pageno zero, the pageno may be omitted. The -w option gives the width which is used by the w dimension specifier, and the -h option gives the height which is used by the h dimen- sion specifier. These dimensions are also used (after scaling) to set the clipping path for each page. Dvitodvi normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the -q option suppresses this. EXAMPLES
This section contains some sample re-arrangements. To put two pages on one sheet (of landscaped A3 paper), the pagespec to use is: 2:0+1(21cm,0) To reduce an A3 page to A4 size, the pagespec to use is: 700@(-.3in,-.3in) To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use: 2:-0 AUTHOR
Angus Duggan, from dviselect(1), by Chris Torek, University of Maryland SEE ALSO
dviconcat(1), dvibook(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1) MC-TeX User's Guide The TeXbook BUGS
Dvitodvi does not adjust some of the parameters in the postamble. This may be a problem if these values are used to size certain structures in the output conversion programs. DVITODVI(1)
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DVISELECT(1) General Commands Manual DVISELECT(1) NAME
dviselect - extract pages from DVI files SYNOPSIS
dviselect [ -s ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] list of pages [ infile [ outfile ] ] DESCRIPTION
Dviselect selects pages from a DVI file produced by TeX, creating a new DVI file usable by any of the TeX conversion programs, or even by dviselect itself. A range is a string of the form even, odd, or first:last where both first and last are optional numeric strings, with negative numbers indicated by a leading underscore character ``_''. If both first and last are omitted, the colon may also be omitted, or may be replaced with an asterisk ``*''. A page range is a list of ranges separated by periods. A list of pages is described by a set of page ranges sepa- rated by commas and/or white space. Dviselect actually looks at the ten count variables that TeX writes; the first of these (count0) is the page number, with count1 through count9 having varied uses depending on which macro packages are in use. (Typically count1 might be a chapter or section number.) A page is included in dviselect's output if all its count values match any one of the ranges listed on the command line. For example, the com- mand ``dviselect *.1,35:'' might select everything in chapter 1, as well as pages 35 and up. ``dviselect 10:30'' would select pages 10 through 30 (inclusive). ``:43'' means everything up to and including page 43 (including negative-numbered pages). To get all even-num- bered pages, use ``even''; to get all odd-numbered pages, use ``odd''. If a Table of Contents has negative page numbers, ``:_1'' will select it. Note that ``*'' must be quoted from the shell; the empty string is more convenient to use, if harder to read. Instead of count values, dviselect can also select by ``absolute page number'', where the first page is page 1, the second page 2, and so forth. Absolute page numbers are indicated by a leading equal sign ``=''. Ranges of absolute pages are also allowed: ``dviselect =3:7'' will extract the third through seventh pages. Dot separators are not legal in absolute ranges, and there are no negative absolute page numbers. Even/odd specifiers, however, are legal; ``dviselect =even'' selects every other page, starting with the second. More precisely, an asterisk or an empty string implies no limit; an equal sign means absolute page number rather than counts; a leading colon means everything up to and including the given page; a trailing colon means everything from the given page on; the word ``even'' means only even values shall be accepted; the word ``odd'' means only odd values shall be accepted; and a period indicates that the next count should be examined. If fewer than 10 ranges are specified, the remaining counts are left unrestricted (that is, ``1:5'' and ``1:5.*'' are equivalent). A single number n is treated as if it were the range n:n. An arbitrary number of page selectors may be given, separated by commas or whitespace; a page is selected if any of the selectors matches its counts or absolute page number. Dviselect normally prints the page numbers of the pages selected; the -s option suppresses this. AUTHOR
Chris Torek, University of Maryland SEE ALSO
dviconcat(1), latex(1), tex(1) MC-TeX User's Guide The TeXbook BUGS
A leading ``-'' ought to be allowed for negative numbers, but it is currently used as a synonym for ``:'', for backwards compatibility. Section or subsection selection will sometimes fail, for the DVI file lists only the count values that were active when the page ended. Clever macro packages can alleviate this by making use of other ``free'' count registers. Chapters normally begin on new pages, and do not suffer from this particular problem. The heuristic that decides which arguments are page selectors and which are file names is often wrong. Using shell redirection or the -i and -o options is safest. Dviselect does not adjust the parameters in the postamble; however, since these values are normally used only to size certain structures in the output conversion programs, and the parameters never need to be adjusted upward, this has not proven to be a problem. DVISELECT(1)