.TH "DVIPOS" "1" "January 2007" "dvipos 20030628 (KPATHSEA)" "ConTeXt" .de URL \\$2 \(laURL: \\$1 \(ra\\$3 .. .if \n[.g] .mso www.tmac .de EX .in +3 .nf .ft CW .. .de EE .in -3 .ft R .fi .. .SH NAME dvipos \- compute positions in a DVI file .SH SYNOPSIS \fBdvipos\fP [ \fIOPTION\fP... ] \fIinfile[.dvi]\fP .SH DESCRIPTION \fBdvipos\fP parses a DVI file looking for \fIpos:\fP specials. It currently recognizes \fIpos:pxy\fP, \fIpos:pxywhd\fP, \fIpos:pxyplus\fP, \fIpos:begbox\fP, \fIpos:endbox\fP, \fIpos:beglines\fP, and \fIpos:endlines\fP. It then outputs the information from those specials along with information that only a DVI postprocessor could determine, such as the current \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP location. The output looks like: .EX \\pospxywhd{text:54}{54}{10663sp}{8535sp}{21326sp}{34081sp}{0sp} .EE and is suitable for including in a .BR tex (1) or .BR pdftex (1) auxilliary file, such as \fIdocument.tuo\fP, to be read in on the next run. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB-h, --help\fR print usage. .TP \fB-W, --warning\fR print warnings. .TP \fB-v, --verbose\fR print verbose output. .TP \fB-d, --debug\fR print .BR dvitype (1) debugging data. .TP \fB-s, --smashchars\fR regard height and depth as zero. .TP \fB-o, --output=\fIFILE\fR send all output to FILE. Without this option, output goes to stdout. .TP \fB-b, --bbox[=\fP\fIFILE\fP]\fR send bounding box to FILE (default FILE is \fIinfile.pos\fP). .TP \fB-f, --framed[=\fP\fIBASE\fP]\fR request copy of DVI file, \fIBASE.dvi\fP, with bounding boxes \fBframed\fP (default FILE is \fIinfile_frames.dvi\fP). See the \fB--framesize\fP option. .TP \fB-m, --mag=\fIINT\fR override .BR tex (1) magnification by INT. .TP \fB-w, --framesize=\fIINT\fR set frame rule size by INT (default 6554 = .1pt). .TP \fB-p, --pages=\fIX:Y\fR set page ranges from X to Y. .SH USAGE .B dvipos is run mostly by ConTeXt's .BR texexec (1) between runs of .BR tex (1) or .BR pdftex (1), in order to compute positions for the metafun interface to .BR mpost (1). A typical use: .EX dvipos notes.dvi .EE The position information that is output is collected by .BR texexec (1) to include in the \fInotes.tuo\fP auxilliary file for the next run to use. .SH EXAMPLES .TP Extract positions from \fIdoc.dvi\fP, with output to \fIdoc.loc\fP: \f(CWdvipos -o doc.loc doc.dvi\fP .TP Same as above, but also send bbox information to \fIdoc.pos\fP: \f(CWdvipos -b -o doc.loc doc.dvi\fP .TP Instead send bbox information to \fI/tmp/debug.pos\fP: \f(CWdvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos -o doc.loc doc.dvi\fP .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR dvips (1), .BR dvitype (1), .BR mpost (1), .BR pdftex (1), .BR tex (1), .BR texexec (1). .SH BUGS If you specify a file for the \fB-b\fP option, you must join the option and name with rather than (the more common) space: .EX dvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi .EE works, but .EX dvipos -b /tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi .EE does not. .SH AUTHOR .B dvipos is written by Jin-Hwan Cho . It is free software (GPLv2 or later). This manpage was written by Sanjoy Mahajan and is in the public domain.