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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.1 b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.1 index 3275decabf3..05e5bcb5d2b 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.1 +++ b/Build/source/texk/dvipsk/dvips.1 @@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ -.TH DVIPS 1 "1 January 2010" +.TH DVIPS 1 "4 May 2010" .SH NAME dvips \- convert a TeX DVI file to PostScript .SH SYNOPSIS .B dvips -[ -.I options -] +.RI [ OPTIONS ] .IR file [\fB.dvi\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION THIS MAN PAGE IS OBSOLETE! @@ -245,18 +243,33 @@ that try to interpret PostScript comments in weird ways, or on some PostScript printers. Old versions of TranScript in particular cannot handle modern Encapsulated PostScript. .TP -.B -noomega -This will disable the use of Omega extensions when interpreting DVI files. -By default, the additional opcodes +.BR -noomega +This will disable the use of Omega and pTeX extensions when interpreting DVI +files. By default, the additional opcodes .I 129 and .I 134 are recognized by dvips as Omega extensions and interpreted as requests to -set 2-byte characters. The only drawback is that the virtual font array will -(at least temporarily) require 65536 positions instead of the default 256 -positions, i.e. the memory requirements of dvips will be slightly larger. If -you find this unacceptable or encounter another problem with the Omega -extensions, you can switch this extension off by using +set 2-byte characters. +.TP +.BR -noptex +This will disable the use of pTeX extensions when interpreting DVI files. +By default, the additional opcodes +.I 130 +and +.I 135 +are recognized by dvips as pTeX extensions and interpreted as requests to +set 3-byte characters, and +.I 255 +as request to change the typesetting direction. +.sp +The only drawback is that the virtual font array will (at least temporarily) +require 65536 or more positions instead of the default 256 positions, i.e., +the memory requirements of dvips will be somewhat larger. If you find this +unacceptable or encounter another problem with the Omega or pTeX extensions, +you can switch off the pTeX extension by using +.BR -noptex , +or both by using .B -noomega (but please do send a bug report if you find such problems - see the bug address in the |