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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 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..701145fc5c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-dvi.html @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +<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 almost any +kind 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 <i>dvitype</i>. +<dl> +<dt><tt><i>dvitype</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/knuth/texware/dvitype.web">systems/knuth/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> |