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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi-bmp.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi-bmp.html index fe04daa45f2..ca3d26e85c0 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi-bmp.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi-bmp.html @@ -5,21 +5,21 @@ <p/>In the last analysis, any DVI driver or previewer is generating bitmaps: bitmaps for placing tiny dots on paper via a laser- or inkjet-printer, or bitmaps for filling some portion of your screen. -However, it’s usually difficult to extract any of those bitmaps any +However, it’s usually difficult to extract any of those bitmaps any way other than by screen capture, and the resolution of <em>that</em> is commonly lamentable. <p/>Why would one want separate bitmaps? Most often, the requirement is for something that can be included in HTML generated from (La)TeX -source — not everything that you can write in (La)TeX can be +source — not everything that you can write in (La)TeX can be translated to HTML (at least, portable HTML that may be -viewed in ‘most’ browsers), so the commonest avoiding action is to +viewed in ‘most’ browsers), so the commonest avoiding action is to generate a bitmap of the missing bit. Examples are maths (a maths -extension to the ‘<code>*</code>ML’ family is available but not -universally supported by browsers), and ‘exotic’ typescripts (ones +extension to the ‘<code>*</code>ML’ family is available but not +universally supported by browsers), and ‘exotic’ typescripts (ones that you cannot guarantee your readers will have available). Other common examples are generation of sample bitmaps, and generation for insertion into some other -application’s display — to insert equations into Microsoft +application’s display — to insert equations into Microsoft PowerPoint, or to support the enhanced-<i>emacs</i> setup called <a href="FAQ-WYGexpts.html"><i>preview</i>-<i>latex</i></a>. <p/>In the past, the commonest way of generating bitmaps was to generate a @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ produce the required bitmap format (possibly by way of PNM format or something similar). This is an undesirable procedure (it is very slow, and requires two or three steps) but it has served for a long time. -<p/>(La)TeX users may now take advantage of two bitmap ‘drivers’. The +<p/>(La)TeX users may now take advantage of two bitmap ‘drivers’. The longer-established, <i>dvi2bitmap</i>, will generate XBM and XPM formats, the long-deprecated GIF format (which is now obsolescent, but has finally been relieved of the patent |