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
parameter 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 centimetres 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 dimension 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.