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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/dvipdfm.1 b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/dvipdfm.1 index ba892a7f82d..eb12d084068 100644 --- a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/dvipdfm.1 +++ b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/dvipdfm.1 @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ .sp .fi .. -.TH dvipdfm 1 5/28/2001 +.TH "DVIPDFM" "1" "28 April 2011" "20110311" "DVIPDFMx" .SH NAME -dvipdfm \- Produce PDF files directly from DVI files +dvipdfm \- produce PDF files directly from DVI files .SH SYNOPSIS .B dvipdfm @@ -21,6 +21,19 @@ dvipdfm \- Produce PDF files directly from DVI files .RB [ .dvi ] .SH DESCRIPTION +In TeX Live, +.B dvipdfm +is another incarnation of +.B dvipdfmx +rather than a separate program. Compatibility is attempted as best as +possible. (The change was made due to duplicated security and +configuration issues arising repeatedly.) Please report problems with +this +.B dvipdfm +to the +.B dvipdfmx +maintainers at dvipdfmx (at) ktug.or.kr. + The program .B dvipdfm generates a @@ -65,10 +78,9 @@ Dvipdfm understands its own specific .B \especial commands to allow access to PDF features such as annotations and bookmarks. -For more details, consult the -.I "Dvipdfm User's Manual," -which is distributed with -.B dvipdfm. + +For issues related to bounding boxes (and hence image sizes), please see +.BR extractbb (1). .SH OPTIONS @@ -148,7 +160,7 @@ Select the papersize by name (e.g., Set resolution of bitmapped fonts to .B size dots per inch. Bitmapped fonts are generated -by the Kpathsea library, which uses MetaFont. Bitmapped +by the Kpathsea library, which uses Metafont. Bitmapped fonts are included as type 3 fonts in the PDF output file. .TP 5 @@ -257,6 +269,25 @@ Set the compression level to Compressions levels range from 0 (no compression) to 9 (maximum compression) and correspond to the values understood by zlib. +.SH "IMAGE BOUNDING BOXES" + +When including images with +.BR dvipdfm , +their bounding boxes should be generated by running +.BR ebb , +or extractbb -m. +The result will be in an +.B .bb +file. + +When including images with +.BR dvipdfmx , +their bounding boxes should be generated by running +.BR extractbb . +The result will be in an +.B .xbb +file; the xbb information is the same as for the PDF format. + .SH ENVIRONMENT .B Dvipdfm @@ -313,11 +344,15 @@ The location of this file may be found by typing .SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR dvipdft "(1), " .BR tex "(1), " dvips "(1), " groff "(1), " grodvi "(1), " pic "(1), " +.BR extractbb "(1), " and the .I "Kpathsea library" info documentation. .SH AUTHOR -Mark A. Wicks <mwicks@kettering.edu> - +Mark A. Wicks. But for the version in TeX Live, all bugs and other +reports should go to the +.B dvipdfmx +maintainers at dvipdfmx (at) ktug.or.kr. |