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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html deleted file mode 100644 index 32a0dfbd29f..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label dvi</title> -</head><body> -<h3>What is a DVI file?</h3> -<p/>A DVI file (that is, a file with the type or extension -<code>.dvi</code>) is TeX’s main output file, when we use -“original” TeX (later TeX systems, such as PDFTeX — see -<a href="FAQ-whatpdftex.html">PDFTeX</a> may use other formats). -<p/>‘DVI’ is supposed to -be an acronym for DeVice-Independent, meaning -that the file can be processed for printing or viewing on most -kinds of typographic output device or display. The DVI file -may be processed by a <a href="FAQ-driver.html">DVI driver</a> to produce -further output designed specifically for a particular printer, or it -may be used by a previewer for display on a computer screen. -DVI files use an internal coding designed for TeX; a TeX -input file should produce the same DVI file regardless of which -implementation of TeX is used to produce it. -<p/>A DVI file contains all the information that is needed for printing -or previewing except for the actual bitmaps or outlines of fonts, and -possibly material to be introduced by means of -<a href="FAQ-specials.html"><code>\</code><code>special</code> commands</a>. -<p/>The canonical reference for the structure of a DVI file is the -source of Knuth’s program <i>dvitype</i> (whose original purpose, -as its name implies, was to view the content of a DVI file). -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>dvitype</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/knuth/dist/texware/dvitype.web">systems/knuth/dist/texware/dvitype.web</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/dvitype.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvi">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=dvi</a> -</body> |