diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html')
-rw-r--r-- | Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html | 28 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html deleted file mode 100644 index 7539268ba10..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,28 +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, using TeX in its -broadest sense to include LaTeX, etc. ‘DVI’ is supposed to -be an acronym for DeVice-Independent, meaning -that the file can be printed on most -kinds of typographic output device. The DVI file is designed to be -read by a driver (<a href="FAQ-driver.html">DVI drivers</a>) to produce -further output designed specifically for a particular printer (e.g., a -LaserJet) or to be used as input to a previewer for display on a -computer screen. DVI files use TeX’s internal coding; 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="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/knuth/dist/texware/dvitype.web">systems/knuth/dist/texware/dvitype.web</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> |