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+.TH DVITYPE 1L 10/18/89
+.SH NAME
+dvitype - translate a dvi file for humans to read
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B dvitype
+dvi_file_name
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.I DVItype
+translates a DVI (DeVice Independent) file (output by TeX or GFtoDVI) to a
+file humans can read. It also serves as a DVI file-validating
+program (i.e., if
+.I DVItype
+can read it, it's correct) and as an example of a DVI-reading
+program for future device drivers.
+.PP
+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.
+.PP
+The DVI filename on the command line must be complete. The
+.I .dvi
+extension is not supplied if omitted. The output always goes
+to
+.IR dvitype.out .
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+gftype(1), tex(1), gftodvi(1)
+.br
+Donald Knuth,
+.I TeXware
+.SH "AUTHORS"
+Donald Knuth wrote the program. It was published as
+part of the
+.I TeXware
+technical report (Stanford CS1097), available from TUG (the TeX Users Group).
+Howard Trickey and Pavel Curtis ported it to Unix.