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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2015-05-03 18:06:32 +0000
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
This is dvips.info, produced by makeinfo version 5.2 from dvips.texi.
-This manual documents Dvips version 5.994 (April 2014), a program to
+This manual documents Dvips version 5.995 (April 2015), a program to
translate a DVI file into PostScript. You may freely use, modify and/or
distribute this file.
INFO-DIR-SECTION TeX
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ File: dvips.info, Node: Top, Next: Why Dvips, Up: (dir)
Dvips
*****
-This manual documents Dvips version 5.994 (April 2014), a program to
+This manual documents Dvips version 5.995 (April 2015), a program to
translate a DVI file into PostScript. You may freely use, modify and/or
distribute this file.
@@ -74,14 +74,6 @@ If a font cannot be generated, a scaled version of the same font at a
different size can be used instead, although Dvips will complain loudly
about the poor aesthetics of the resulting output.
- Users will appreciate features such as collated copies and support
-for 'tpic', 'psfig', 'emtex', and 'METAPOST'; system administrators will
-love the support for multiple printers, each with their own
-configuration file, and the ability to pipe the output directly to a
-program such as 'lpr'. Support for MS-DOS, OS/2, and VMS in addition to
-Unix is provided in the standard distribution, and porting to other
-systems is easy.
-
One of the most important features is the support of virtual fonts,
which add an entirely new level of flexibility to TeX. Virtual fonts
are used to give Dvips its excellent PostScript font support, handling
@@ -222,21 +214,17 @@ File: dvips.info, Node: Ghostscript installation, Next: Diagnosing problems,
============================
Ghostscript is a PostScript interpreter freely available to end-users,
-written by Peter Deutsch. It can read the PostScript produced by Dvips
-and render it on your monitor, or for another device (e.g., an Epson
-printer) that does not support PostScript, or in PDF format. The latest
-version is available via <http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html> and
-<ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/pub/ghost/aladdin/>.
-
- A somewhat older version of Ghostscript is available under the GNU
-General Public License, free to everyone. You can get that from
-<ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/>.
-
- The program Ghostview, written by Tim Theisen, provides typical
-previewing capabilities (next page/previous page, magnification, etc.).
-It requires Ghostscript to run, and files in structured Postscript,
-specifically with '%%Page' comments (no 'N' in 'config.ps'). You can
-get Ghostview from the same places as Ghostscript.
+originally written by Peter Deutsch. It can read the PostScript
+produced by Dvips and render it on your monitor, or for another device
+(e.g., an Epson printer) that does not support PostScript, or in PDF
+format. The latest version is available via <http://ghostscript.com>.
+
+ The program Ghostview, originally written by Johannes Plass and Tim
+Theisen, provides typical previewing capabilities (next page/previous
+page, magnification, etc.). It requires Ghostscript to run, and files
+in structured Postscript, specifically with '%%Page' comments (no 'N' in
+'config.ps'). The current version is known as GV, and is available from
+<http://www.gnu.org/software/gv>.

File: dvips.info, Node: Diagnosing problems, Prev: Ghostscript installation, Up: Installation
@@ -3712,7 +3700,7 @@ Index
* %%Page, not generating: Option details. (line 203)
* %%Page, removing: Option details. (line 160)
* %%Page, required by Ghostview: Ghostscript installation.
- (line 17)
+ (line 12)
* %%VMusage: Headers and memory usage.
(line 12)
* %*Font: Fonts in figures. (line 6)
@@ -4066,7 +4054,7 @@ Index
* EOF: Option details. (line 110)
* eop-hook: PostScript hooks. (line 11)
* EPS, and Ghostview: Ghostscript installation.
- (line 17)
+ (line 12)
* EPSF macros: EPSF macros. (line 6)
* EPSF, generating: Option details. (line 82)
* epsf.sty: EPSF macros. (line 15)
@@ -4132,14 +4120,12 @@ Index
* Ghostscript installation: Ghostscript installation.
(line 6)
* ghostview: Ghostscript installation.
- (line 17)
+ (line 12)
* Ghostview, and no 'N': Ghostscript installation.
- (line 17)
+ (line 12)
* glyph files: Glyph files. (line 6)
* GLYPHFONTS, overrides P: Configuration file commands.
(line 126)
-* GNU Ghostscript: Ghostscript installation.
- (line 13)
* gnuplot: Dynamic creation of graphics.
(line 25)
* graphics inclusion fails: Including graphics fails.
@@ -4458,7 +4444,7 @@ Index
* resolution, setting: Option details. (line 58)
* reverse pagination: Option details. (line 305)
* rhi ('psfile' special option): psfile special. (line 46)
-* Rokicki, Tomas: Why Dvips. (line 68)
+* Rokicki, Tomas: Why Dvips. (line 60)
* rotate.tex: ps special. (line 33)
* rwi ('psfile' special option): psfile special. (line 46)
* S config command (pict path): Configuration file commands.
@@ -4510,7 +4496,7 @@ Index
* standard input, reading options from: Option details. (line 11)
* standard output, output to: Option details. (line 233)
* standard PostScript, required by Ghostview: Ghostscript installation.
- (line 17)
+ (line 12)
* start-hook: PostScript hooks. (line 11)
* structured comments: Option details. (line 203)
* system in config file: Configuration file commands.
@@ -4552,7 +4538,7 @@ Index
(line 168)
* tftopl: Metric files. (line 39)
* Theisen, Tim: Ghostscript installation.
- (line 17)
+ (line 12)
* tight bounding box, finding: Option details. (line 82)
* too-small output: Small or inverted. (line 6)
* trademark character, accessing: Changing PostScript encodings.
@@ -4622,80 +4608,80 @@ Index
Tag Table:
Node: Top517
Node: Why Dvips1263
-Node: Installation4711
-Node: config.ps installation5714
-Node: PostScript font installation8321
-Node: Ghostscript installation9241
-Node: Diagnosing problems10338
-Node: Debug options11429
-Node: No output12433
-Node: Small or inverted13899
-Node: Printer errors14617
-Node: Long documents fail15949
-Node: Including graphics fails16290
-Node: Invoking Dvips17529
-Node: Basic usage18151
-Node: Command-line options19155
-Node: Option summary19603
-Node: Option details21797
-Node: Environment variables41442
-Node: Config files44303
-Node: Configuration file searching44973
-Node: Configuration file commands48226
-Node: Paper size and landscape55883
-Node: papersize special57481
-Node: Config file paper sizes58890
-Node: Paper trays63046
-Node: Interaction with PostScript64380
-Node: PostScript figures65033
-Node: Bounding box65759
-Node: \includegraphics69131
-Node: EPSF macros71424
-Node: EPSF scaling73424
-Node: EPSF clipping75994
-Node: psfile special76636
-Node: Dynamic creation of graphics79028
-Node: Fonts in figures80346
-Node: Header files81996
-Node: Including headers from TeX83206
-Node: Including headers from the command line85244
-Node: Headers and memory usage86343
-Node: Literal PS87554
-Node: " special88136
-Node: ps special88877
-Node: Literal headers90375
-Node: PostScript hooks91084
-Node: Literal examples93180
-Node: Hypertext94634
-Node: Hypertext caveats96182
-Node: Hypertext specials100570
-Node: PostScript fonts103204
-Node: Font concepts104321
-Node: Metric files105488
-Node: Glyph files108268
-Node: Virtual fonts110627
-Node: Encodings112453
-Node: PostScript typesetting114856
-Node: Making a font available117941
-Node: Invoking afm2tfm122975
-Node: Changing font encodings123933
-Node: Changing TeX encodings124724
-Node: Changing PostScript encodings125826
-Node: Changing both encodings127170
-Node: Reencoding with Afm2tfm127844
-Node: Encoding file format130947
-Node: Special font effects135151
-Node: Afm2tfm options137411
-Node: psfonts.map140397
-Node: Color145127
-Node: Color macro files146171
-Node: User-definable colors149364
-Node: Color subtleties150640
-Node: Ted Turner152292
-Node: Color device configuration153517
-Node: Color support details155961
-Node: Color specifications156339
-Node: Color specials157743
-Node: Index159872
+Node: Installation4280
+Node: config.ps installation5283
+Node: PostScript font installation7890
+Node: Ghostscript installation8810
+Node: Diagnosing problems9747
+Node: Debug options10838
+Node: No output11842
+Node: Small or inverted13308
+Node: Printer errors14026
+Node: Long documents fail15358
+Node: Including graphics fails15699
+Node: Invoking Dvips16938
+Node: Basic usage17560
+Node: Command-line options18564
+Node: Option summary19012
+Node: Option details21206
+Node: Environment variables40851
+Node: Config files43712
+Node: Configuration file searching44382
+Node: Configuration file commands47635
+Node: Paper size and landscape55292
+Node: papersize special56890
+Node: Config file paper sizes58299
+Node: Paper trays62455
+Node: Interaction with PostScript63789
+Node: PostScript figures64442
+Node: Bounding box65168
+Node: \includegraphics68540
+Node: EPSF macros70833
+Node: EPSF scaling72833
+Node: EPSF clipping75403
+Node: psfile special76045
+Node: Dynamic creation of graphics78437
+Node: Fonts in figures79755
+Node: Header files81405
+Node: Including headers from TeX82615
+Node: Including headers from the command line84653
+Node: Headers and memory usage85752
+Node: Literal PS86963
+Node: " special87545
+Node: ps special88286
+Node: Literal headers89784
+Node: PostScript hooks90493
+Node: Literal examples92589
+Node: Hypertext94043
+Node: Hypertext caveats95591
+Node: Hypertext specials99979
+Node: PostScript fonts102613
+Node: Font concepts103730
+Node: Metric files104897
+Node: Glyph files107677
+Node: Virtual fonts110036
+Node: Encodings111862
+Node: PostScript typesetting114265
+Node: Making a font available117350
+Node: Invoking afm2tfm122384
+Node: Changing font encodings123342
+Node: Changing TeX encodings124133
+Node: Changing PostScript encodings125235
+Node: Changing both encodings126579
+Node: Reencoding with Afm2tfm127253
+Node: Encoding file format130356
+Node: Special font effects134560
+Node: Afm2tfm options136820
+Node: psfonts.map139806
+Node: Color144536
+Node: Color macro files145580
+Node: User-definable colors148773
+Node: Color subtleties150049
+Node: Ted Turner151701
+Node: Color device configuration152926
+Node: Color support details155370
+Node: Color specifications155748
+Node: Color specials157152
+Node: Index159281

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