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xdvi - DVI Previewer for the X Window System
xdvi
[+[page]] [-s shrink] [-S density] #ifgrey [-nogrey] [-gamma g] [-install]
[-noinstall] #endif [-p pixels] [-margins dimen] [-sidemargin dimen] [-topmargin
dimen] [-offsets dimen] [-xoffset dimen] [-yoffset dimen] [-paper papertype]
[-altfont font] #ifmakepk [-nomakepk] #endif #ifkpathsea -mfmode mode-def[:dpi]
#endif #ifnokpathsea [-mfmode mode-def] #endif [-l] [-rv] #ifbuttons [-expert]
[-shrinkbuttonn shrink] #endif [-mgs[n] size] [-warnspecials] [-hush] [-hushchars]
[-hushchecksums] #ifkpathsea [-hushspecials] #endif [-safer] [-fg color] [-bg
color] [-hl color] [-bd color] [-cr color] [-bw width] #ifgrid [-grid1 color]
[-grid2 color] [-grid3 color] #endif [-bw width] [-display host:display]
[-geometry geometry] [-icongeometry geometry] [-iconic] #ifbuttons [-font font]
#endif [-keep] [-copy] [-thorough] #ifps [-nopostscript] [-noscan] [-allowshell]
#endif #ifdps [-nodps] #endif #ifnews [-nonews] #endif #ifghost [-noghostscript]
[-nogssafer] [-gsalpha] [-interpreter path] [-gspalette palette] #endif #ifhyper
[-underlink] [-browser WWWbrowser] [-base base URL] #endif #ifsrcspecials
[-srcMode] [-srcVisibility] [-srcTickShape n] [-srcTickSize geometry] [-srcCursor
n] [-srcJumpButton button] [-srcEditorCommand command string] [-srcSpecialFormat
n] #endif [-debug bitmask] [-version] #ifselfile [dvi_file] #endif #ifnoselfile
dvi_file #endif
xdvi is a program which runs under the X window
system. It is used to preview dvi files, such as are produced by tex(1)
.
This program has the capability of showing the file shrunken by various
(integer) factors, and also has a ``magnifying glass'' which allows one to
see a small part of the unshrunk image momentarily.
Before displaying any
page or part thereof, it checks to see if the dvi file has changed since
the last time it was displayed. If this is the case, then xdvi will reinitialize
itself for the new dvi file. For this reason, exposing parts of the xdvi
window while is running should be avoided. This feature allows you to
preview many versions of the same file while running xdvi only once. #ifbuttons
In addition to using keystrokes to move within the file, xdvi provides
buttons on the right side of the window, which are synonymous with various
sequences of keystrokes. #endif #ifps
xdvi can show PostScript<tm> specials
by any of three methods. It will try first to use Display PostScript<tm>,
then NeWS, then it will try to use Ghostscript to render the images. All
of these options depend on additional software to work properly; moreover,
some of them may not be compiled into this copy of xdvi.
For performance
reasons, xdvi does not render PostScript specials in the magnifying glass.
#endif #ifselfile
If dvi_file is not specified, a file-selection widget
is popped up for you to choose the dvi file. #endif
In addition to
specifying the dvi file (with or without the .dvi extension), xdvi supports
the following command line options. If the option begins with a `+' instead
of a `-', the option is restored to its default value. By default, these options
can be set via the resource names given in parentheses in the description
of each option.
- +page
- Specifies the first page to show. If + is given without
a number, the last page is assumed; the first page is the default. #ifps
- -allowshell
- (.allowShell) This option enables the shell escape in PostScript
specials. (For security reasons, shell escapes are disabled by default.)
This option should be rarely used; in particular it should not be used
just to uncompress files: that function is done automatically if the file
name ends in .Z, .gz, or .bz2 Shell escapes are always turned off if the -safer
option is used. #endif
- -altfont font
- (.altFont) Declares a default font to
use when the font in the dvi file cannot be found. This is useful, for
example, with PostScript <tm> fonts.
- -background color
- (.background) Determines
the color of the background. Same as -bg. #ifhyper
- -base base URL
- (.urlBase)
Sets the base URL value that external links given in the dvi file are assumed
relative to - normally this should be the URL of the document itself (?).
#endif
- -bd color
- (.borderColor) Determines the color of the window border.
- -bg color
- (.background) Determines the color of the background.
- -bordercolor
color
- Same as -bd.
- -borderwidth width
- (.borderWidth) Specifies the width of
the border of the window. Same as -bw. #ifhyper
- -browser WWWbrowser
- (.wwwBrowser)
Defines the World Wide Web browser to be used to handle external URL's,
for example mosaic. If neither the command-line option nor the X resource
are set, uses the environment variable WWWBROWSER. #endif
- -bw width
- (.borderWidth)
Specifies the width of the border of the window.
- -copy
- (.copy) Always use
the copy operation when writing characters to the display. This option may
be necessary for correct operation on a color display, but overstrike characters
will be incorrect. #ifgrey If greyscale anti-aliasing is in use, the -copy
operation will disable the use of colorplanes and make overstrikes come
out incorrectly. #endif See also -thorough.
- -cr color
- (.cursorColor) Determines
the color of the cursor. The default is the color of the page border.
- -debug
bitmask
- (.debugLevel) #ifnokpathsea If nonzero, prints additional debugging
information on standard output. The bitmask should be given as a decimal
number. The values of the bits are defined in the source file xdvi.h. #endif
#ifkpathsea If nonzero, prints additional information on standard output.
The number is taken as a set of independent bits. The meaning of each
bit follows. 1=bitmaps; 2=dvi translation; 4=pk reading; 8=batch operation;
16=events; 32=file opening; 64=PostScript communication; 128=Kpathsea stat(2)
calls; 256=Kpathsea hash table lookups; 512=Kpathsea path definitions;
1024=Kpathsea path expansion; 2048=Kpathsea searches. To trace everything
having to do with file searching and opening, use 4000. Some of these debugging
options are actually provided by Kpathsea. See the Debugging section in
the Kpathsea manual. #endif
- -density density
- (.densityPercent) Determines
the density used when shrinking bitmaps for fonts. A higher value produces
a lighter font. The default value is 40. #ifgrey If greyscaling is in use
this argument does not apply; use -gamma instead. #endif See also the `S'. keystroke.
Same as -S
- -display host:display
- Specifies the host and screen to be used
for displaying the dvi file. By default this is obtained from the environment
variable DISPLAY.
#ifbuttons
- -expert
- (.expert) Prevent the buttons from
appearing. See also the `x' keystroke. #endif
- -fg color
- (.foreground) Determines
the color of the text (foreground).
- -foreground color
- Same as -fg. #ifbuttons
- -font font
- (*font) Sets the font for use in the buttons. #endif #ifgrey
- -gamma
gamma
- (.gamma) Controls the interpolation of colors in the greyscale anti-aliasing
color palette. Default value is 1.0. For 0 < gamma < 1, the fonts will be
lighter (more like the background), and for gamma > 1, the fonts will be
darker (more like the foreground). Negative values behave the same way,
but use a slightly different algorithm. For color and greyscale displays;
for monochrome, see -density. See also the `S' keystroke #endif #ifgrid
- -grid1
color
- (.grid1Color) Determines the color of level 1 grid (default as foreground)
- -grid2 color
- (.grid2Color) Determines the color of level 2 grid (default
as foreground)
- -grid3 color
- (.grid3Color) Determines the color of level 3
grid (default as foreground) #endif
- -geometry geometry
- (*geometry) Specifies
the initial geometry of the window. #ifghost
- -gspalette palette
- (.palette)
Specifies the palette to be used when using Ghostscript for rendering PostScript
specials. Possible values are Color, Greyscale, and Monochrome. The default
is Color.
- -gsalpha
- (.gsAlpha) Causes Ghostscript to be called with the x11alpha
driver instead of the x11 driver. The x11alpha driver enables anti-aliasing
in PostScript figures, for a nicer appearance. It is available on newer
versions of Ghostscript. This option can also be toggled with the `V' keystroke.
#endif
- -hl color
- (.highlight) Determines the color of the page border. The
default is the foreground color.
- -hush
- (.Hush) Causes xdvi to suppress all
suppressible warnings.
- -hushchars
- (.hushLostChars) Causes xdvi to suppress
warnings about references to characters which are not defined in the font.
- -hushchecksums
- (.hushChecksums) Causes xdvi to suppress warnings about checksum
mismatches between the dvi file and the font file.
- #ifkpathsea
- -hushspecials
(.hushSpecials) Causes xdvi to suppress warnings about \special strings that
it cannot process. #endif
- -icongeometry geometry
- (.iconGeometry) Specifies
the initial position for the icon.
- -iconic
- (.iconic) Causes the xdvi window
to start in the iconic state. The default is to start with the window open.
#ifgrey
- -install
- (.install) If xdvi is running under a PseudoColor visual,
then (by default) it will check for TrueColor visuals with more bits per
pixel, and switch to such a visual if one exists. If no such visual exists,
it will use the current visual and colormap. If -install is selected, however,
it will still use a TrueColor visual with a greater depth, if one is available;
otherwise, it will install its own colormap on the current visual. If the
current visual is not PseudoColor, then xdvi will not switch the visual
or colormap, regardless of its options. The default value of the install
resource is the special value, maybe. There is no +install option. See also
-noinstall, and the GREYSCALING AND COLORMAPS section. #endif #ifghost
- -interpreter
filename
- (.interpreter) Use filename as the Ghostscript interpreter. By
default it uses @GS_PATH@. #endif
- -keep
- (.keepPosition) Sets a flag to indicate
that xdvi should not move to the home position when moving to a new page.
See also the `k' keystroke.
- -l
- (.listFonts) Causes the names of the fonts used
to be listed.
- -margins dimen
- (.Margin) Specifies the size of both the top
margin and side margin. This determines the ``home'' position of the page within
the window as follows. If the entire page fits in the window, then the
margin settings are ignored. If, even after removing the margins from the
left, right, top, and bottom, the page still cannot fit in the window,
then the page is put in the window such that the top and left margins are
hidden, and presumably the upper left-hand corner of the text on the page
will be in the upper left-hand corner of the window. Otherwise, the text
is centered in the window. The dimension should be a decimal number optionally
followed by any of the two-letter abbreviations for units accepted by (pt,
pc, in, bp, cm, mm, dd, cc, or sp). By default, the unit will be @DEFAULT_UNIT@.
See also -sidemargin, -topmargin, and the keystroke `M.'
- #ifkpathsea
- -mfmode
mode-def #endif #ifnokpathsea -mfmode mode-def[:dpi] #endif (.mfMode) Specifies
a mode-def string, which can be used in searching for fonts (see ENVIRONMENT,
below). Generally, when changing the mode-def, it is also necessary to change
the font size to the appropriate value for that mode. This is done by adding
a colon and the value in dots per inch; for example, -mfmode ljfour:600.
This method overrides any value given by the pixelsPerInch resource or
the -p command-line argument. #ifmakepk The metafont mode is also passed to
metafont during automatic creation of fonts. #endif By default, it is @MFMODE@.
- -mgs size
- Same as -mgs1.
- -mgs[n] size
- (.magnifierSize[n]) Specifies the size
of the window to be used for the ``magnifying glass'' for Button n. The size
may be given as an integer (indicating that the magnifying glass is to
be square), or it may be given in the form widthxheight. See the MOUSE ACTIONS
section. Defaults are 200x150, 400x250, 700x500, 1000x800, and 1200x1200.
#ifdps
- -nodps
- (.dps) Inhibits the use of Display PostScript<tm> for displaying
PostScript<tm> specials. Other forms of PostScript emulation, if installed,
will be used instead. (For this option, the logic of the corresponding resource
is reversed: -nodps corresponds to dps:off; +nodps to dps:on.) #endif #ifghost
- -noghostscript
- (.ghostscript) Inhibits the use of Ghostscript for displaying
PostScript<tm> specials. (For this option, the logic of the corresponding
resource is reversed: -noghostscript corresponds to ghostscript:off; +noghostscript
to ghostscript:on.) #endif #ifgrey
- -nogrey
- (.grey) Turns off the use of greyscale
anti-aliasing when printing shrunken bitmaps. (For this option, the logic
of the corresponding resource is reversed: -nogrey corresponds to grey:off;
+nogrey to grey:on.) See also the `G' keystroke. #endif #ifghost
- -nogssafer
- (.gsSafer) Normally, if Ghostscript is used to render PostScript specials,
the Ghostscript interpreter is run with the option -dSAFER. The -nogssafer
option runs Ghostscript without -dSAFER. The -dSAFER option in Ghostscript
disables PostScript operators such as deletefile, to prevent possibly malicious
PostScript programs from having any effect. If the -safer option is specified,
then this option has no effect; in that case Ghostscript is always run
with -dSAFER. (For the -nogssafer option, the logic of the corresponding resource
is reversed: -nogssafer corresponds to gsSafer:off; +nogssafer to gsSafer:on.)
#endif #ifgrey
- -noinstall
- (.install) Inhibit the default behavior of switching
to a TrueColor visual if one is available with more bits per pixel than
the current visual. This option corresponds to a resource of install:off.
There is no +noinstall option. See also -install, and the GREYSCALING AND
COLORMAPS section. #endif #ifmakepk
- -nomakepk
- (.makePk) Turns off automatic
generation of font files that cannot be found by other means. (For this
option, the logic of the corresponding resource is reversed: -nomakepk corresponds
to makePk:off; +nomakepk to makePK:on.) #endif #ifnews
- -nonews
- (.news) Inhibits
the use of NeWS<tm> for displaying PostScript<tm> specials. Ghostscript, if
enabled by the installation, will be used instead. (For this option, the
logic of the corresponding resource is reversed: -nonews corresponds to
news:off; +news to news:on.) #endif #ifps
- -nopostscript
- (.postscript) Turns
off rendering of PostScript<tm> specials. Bounding boxes, if known, will
be displayed instead. This option can also be toggled with the `v' keystroke.
(For this option, the logic of the corresponding resource is reversed:
-nopostscript corresponds to postscript:off; +postscript to postscript:on.)
#endif #ifps
- -noscan
- (.prescan) Normally, when PostScript<tm> is turned on,
xdvi will do a preliminary scan of the dvi file, in order to send any necessary
header files before sending the PostScript code that requires them. This
option turns off such prescanning. (It will be automatically be turned back
on if xdvi detects any specials that require headers.) (For the -noscan
option, the logic of the corresponding resource is reversed: -noscan corresponds
to prescan:off; +noscan to prescan:on.) #endif
- -offsets dimen
- (.Offset) Specifies
the size of both the horizontal and vertical offsets of the output on the
page. By decree of the Stanford Project, the default page origin is always
1 inch over and down from the top-left page corner, even when non-American
paper sizes are used. Therefore, the default offsets are 1.0 inch. The argument
dimen should be a decimal number optionally followed by any of the two-letter
abbreviations for units accepted by (pt, pc, in, bp, cm, mm, dd, cc, or
sp). By default, the unit will be @DEFAULT_UNIT@. See also -xoffset and -yoffset.
- -p pixels
- (.pixelsPerInch) Defines the size of the fonts to use, in pixels
per inch. The default value is @BDPI@. This option is provided only for
backwards compatibility; the preferred way of setting the font size is
by setting the Metafont mode at the same time; see the -mfmode option.
- -paper
papertype
- (.paper) Specifies the size of the printed page. This may be of
the form widthxheight optionally followed by a unit, where width and height
are decimal numbers giving the width and height of the paper, respectively,
and the unit is any of the two-letter abbreviations for units accepted by
(pt, pc, in, bp, cm, mm, dd, cc, or sp). By default, the unit will be @DEFAULT_UNIT@.
There are also synonyms which may be used: us (8.5x11in), usr (11x8.5in),
legal (8.5x14in), foolscap (13.5x17in), as well as the ISO sizes a1-a7, b1-b7,
c1-c7, a1r-a7r (a1-a7 rotated), etc. The default size is @DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE@.
- -rv
- (.reverseVideo) Causes the page to be displayed with white characters
on a black background, instead of vice versa.
- -s shrink
- (.shrinkFactor) Defines
the initial shrink factor. The default value is @SHRINK@. If shrink is
given as 0, then the initial shrink factor is computed so that the page
fits within the window (as if the `s' keystroke were given without a number).
- -S density
- (.densityPercent) Same as -density, q.v.
- -safer
- (.safer) This option
turns on all available security options; it is designed for use when xdvi
is called by a browser that obtains a dvi or file from another site. #ifps
In the present case, this option selects #endif #ifghost +nogssafer and
#endif #ifps +allowshell. #endif #ifnops In the present case, this option
is accepted but has no effect, since xdvi has been compiled without support
for PostScript specials. #endif #ifbuttons
- -shrinkbuttonn shrink
- (.shrinkButtonn)
Specifies that the nth button changing shrink factors shall change to shrink
factor factor. This is not very usefull in the normal run of things. xdvik
scales the scaling factors according to resolution (currently 300dpi and
600dpi). Here n may be a number from 1 to 4. Typical factors are powers
of 2. #endif
- -sidemargin dimen
- (.sideMargin) Specifies the side margin (see
-margins). #ifsrc
- -srcMode
- (.srcMode) Starts xdvi in src special mode (see
the section SRC SPECIAL MODE below for details). The mode can be toggled
with `Ctrl-s'; when the mode is on, the cursor has a different shape (see
the -srcCursor option below). For security reasons, evaluation of src specials
is off by default, and it might be a good idea to enable it only for selected
.dvi files on the command line.
- -srcVisibility
- (.srcVisibility) Makes the source
specials visible by drawing small tick marks for each special. This can
be toggled with the `V' key (see the section SRC SPECIAL MODE for more details).
- -srcTickShape n
- (.srcTickShape) Specifies the shape of the src tick marks,
where n can be one of 0, 1, 2 or 3: 0 is a rectangle, 1 is a triangle,
2 is an upward angle and 3 is a downward angle. See the section SRC SPECIAL
MODE for more details.
- -srcTickSize geometry
- (.srcTickSize) Specifies the
size of the src tick marks in pixels width x height, with respect to magnification
factor 1. Default is 40x70, which is a reasonable value for 600dpi fonts.
For higher resolutions, you might want to increase the size. The two attributes
width and height only have a natural meaning for the rectangle shape; for
the triangle, width is ignored; for the angle shapes, width is half the
width of the lines, and height is the length of the lines. See the section
SRC SPECIAL MODE for more details.
- -srcCursor n
- (.srcCursor) The shape of
the cursor in SRC SPECIAL MODE. For possible values, see e. g. `cursorfont.h'.
- -srcJumpButton button
- (.srcJumpButton) The mouse button used in SRC SPECIAL
MODE to jump to the next special near point. See the section SRC SPECIAL
MODE for more details.
- -srcEditorCommand command string
- (.srcEditorCommand)
Specifies the editor command that will be called when the user wants to
jump to a src special. This should be a C format string containing 2 placeholders
(aka `conversion specifications'): %s (for the filename) and %u (for the
line number) pointed to by that special. You should always enclose both
of these conversion specifications into a pair of quotes like this: '%u';
this will ensure that the shell won't interpret the resulting format string
directly. This way it will do no harm when some evil user puts commands
like `ls -lR /` into the src specials of a .dvi file, instead of the ordinary
filename. The default for this command string is:
emacsclient --no-wait '+%u'
'%s'
which will work together with Emacs. For Xemacs you would have to use
something like:
gnuclient -q +'%u' '%s'
Note that when the command-line option,
you'll have to enclose the string into another pair of quotes; don't enclose
the string in quotes when specifying it as an X resource.
- -srcSpecialFormat
n
- (.srcSpecialFormat) The format of the \special strings in the dvi file.
The formats currently supported are:
0 \special{src:filename:linenumber}
1 \special{src:linenumber<space>filename}
2 \special{src:linenumber<space>*filename}
In the first format, the colon separating the linenumber from the filename
is the last colon in the entire string.
The second format requires exactly
one space between the line number and the file name.
In the third format,
there can be any number of spaces (including 0 -- but then of course the
file name shouldn't start with a digit, so using no space at all is usually
not a good idea).
Xdvi will warn you about specials that don't conform to
the format currently selected. #endif
- -thorough
- (.thorough) xdvi will usually
try to ensure that overstrike characters (e.g., \notin) are printed correctly.
On monochrome displays, this is always possible with one logical operation,
either and or or. On color displays, however, this may take two operations,
one to set the appropriate bits and one to clear other bits. If this is
the case, then by default xdvi will instead use the copy operation, which
does not handle overstriking correctly. The -thorough option chooses the
slower but more correct choice. See also -copy.
- -topmargin dimen
- (.topMargin)
Specifies the top and bottom margins (see -margins).
- #ifhyper
- -underlink (.underLink)
Underline links. Default is true. #endif
- -version
- Print information on the
version of xdvi.
- -warnspecials
- (.warnSpecials) Causes xdvi to issue warnings
about \special strings that it cannot process.
- -xoffset dimen
- (.xOffset) Specifies
the size of the horizontal offset of the output on the page. See -offsets.
- -yoffset dimen
- (.yOffset) Specifies the size of the vertical offset of the
output on the page. See -offsets.
xdvi recognizes the following
keystrokes when typed in its window. Each may optionally be preceded by
a (positive or negative) number, whose interpretation will depend on the
particular keystroke. Also, the ``Help'', ``Home'', ``Prior'', ``Next'', and arrow cursor
keys are synonyms for `?', `^', `b', `f', `l', `r', `u', and `d' keys, respectively.
- q
- Quits
the program. Control-C and control-D will do this, too.
- Q
- Quits the program
with exit status 2.
- n
- Moves to the next page (or to the nth next page if
a number is given). Synonyms are `f', Space, Return, and Line Feed.
- p
- Moves
to the previous page (or back n pages). Synonyms are `b', control-H, and Delete.
- g
- Moves to the page with the given number. Initially, the first page is
assumed to be page number 1, but this can be changed with the `P' keystroke,
below. If no page number is given, then it goes to the last page.
- P
- ``This
is page number n.'' This can be used to make the `g' keystroke refer to actual
page numbers instead of absolute page numbers.
- Control-L
- Redisplays the current
page.
- ^
- Move to the ``home'' position of the page. This is normally the upper
left-hand corner of the page, depending on the margins as described in the
-margins option, above.
- u
- Moves up two thirds of a window-full.
- d
- Moves down
two thirds of a window-full.
- l
- Moves left two thirds of a window-full.
- r
- Moves
right two thirds of a window-full.
- c
- Moves the page so that the point currently
beneath the cursor is moved to the middle of the window. It also (gasp!)
warps the cursor to the same place.
- M
- Sets the margins so that the point
currently under the cursor is the upper left-hand corner of the text in
the page. Note that this command itself does not move the image at all.
For details on how the margins are used, see the -margins option.
- s
- Changes
the shrink factor to the given number. If no number is given, the smallest
factor that makes the entire page fit in the window will be used. (Margins
are ignored in this computation.)
- S
- Sets the density factor to be used when
shrinking bitmaps. This should be a number between 0 and 100; higher numbers
produce lighter characters. #ifgrey If greyscaling mode is in effect, this
changes the value of gamma instead. The new value of gamma is the given
number divided by 100; negative values are allowed. #endif
- t
- Toggles to
the next unit in a sorted list of dimension units for the popup magnifier
ruler.
- R
- Forces the dvi file to be reread. This allows you to preview many
versions of the same file while running xdvi only once.
- k
- Normally when
xdvi switches pages, it moves to the home position as well. The `k' keystroke
toggles a `keep-position' flag which, when set, will keep the same position
when moving between pages. Also `0k' and `1k' clear and set this flag, respectively.
See also the -keep option. #ifbuttons
- x
- Toggles expert mode (in which the
buttons do not appear). Also `0x' and `1x' clear and reset this mode, respectively.
See also the -expert option. #endif #ifgrey
- G
- This key toggles the use of
greyscale anti-aliasing for displaying shrunken bitmaps. In addition, the
key sequences `0G' and `1G' clear and set this flag, respectively. See also
the -nogrey option.
If given a numeric argument that is not 0 or 1, greyscale
anti-aliasing is turned on, and the gamma resource is set to the value divided
by 100. E.g., `150G' turns on greyscale and sets gamma to 1.5. #endif #ifgrid
- D
- This key toggles the use of grid over the document. If no number is given,
the grid mode toggles. By prepending number, 3 grid levels can be set. The
grid in each level is drawn in the colour specified. See also the -grid1,
-grid2, and -grid3 options. #endif #ifps
- v
- This key toggles the rendering
of PostScript<tm> specials. If rendering is turned off, then bounding boxes
are displayed when available. In addition the key sequences `0v' and `1v' clear
and set this flag, respectively. See also the -nopostscript option. #endif
#ifghost
- V
- This key toggles tha anti-aliasing of PostScript<tm> specials when
Ghostscript is used as renderer. In addition the key sequences `0V' and `1V'
clear and set this flag, See also the +.B -gsalpha option. #endif #ifselfile
- F
- Read a new dvi file. A file-selection widget is popped up for you to choose
the dvi file from. #endif
If the shrink factor is set to any
number other than one, then clicking #ifkpathsea mouse button 3 #endif
#ifnokpathsea any mouse button #endif will pop up a ``magnifying glass'' which
shows the unshrunk image in the vicinity of the mouse click. This subwindow
disappears when the mouse button is released. Different mouse buttons produce
different sized windows, as indicated by the -mgs option. Moving the cursor
while holding the button down will move the magnifying glass. #ifhyper
If
the cursor is on a hypertext link (underlined by default), then that link
overrides the magnifying glass for Buttons 1 and 2. If Button 1 is clicked
over a link, then xdvi jumps to the target in the current window. If Button
2 is clicked over a link, then xdvi opens a new window on the target.
More
precisely, for internal links, Button 1 jumps in the same window to the
link, while Button 2 starts up a new xdvi on the link. For external links
to dvi files, Button 1 changes the current xdvi to be reading that file,
while Button 2 starts a new xdvi on that file. For other file types, mime.types
and mailcap are parsed to determine the viewer; finally, if no suitable
mailcap entry was found, if the WWWBROWSER
environment variable is set,
or -browser was specified on the command line, it is started up on the file.
#endif
The scrollbars (if present) behave in the standard way: pushing
Button 2 in a scrollbar moves the top or left edge of the scrollbar to
that point and optionally drags it; pushing Button 1 moves the image up
or right by an amount equal to the distance from the button press to the
upper left-hand corner of the window; pushing Button 3 moves the image down
or left by the same amount.
When xdvi receives a SIGUSR1
signal,
it rereads the dvi file. #ifgrey
The greyscale
anti-aliasing feature in xdvi will not work at its best if the display does
not have enough colors available. This can happen if other applications
are using most of the colormap (even if they are iconified). If this occurs,
then xdvi will print an error message and turn on the -copy option. This
will result in overstrike characters appearing wrong; it may also result
in poor display quality if the number of available colors is very small.
Typically this problem occurs on displays that allocate eight bits of video
memory per pixel. To see how many bits per pixel your display uses, type
xwininfo in an xterm window, and then click the mouse on the root window
when asked. The ``Depth:'' entry will tell you how many bits are allocated
per pixel.
Displays using at least 15 bits per pixel are typically TrueColor
visuals, which do not have this problem, since their colormap is permanently
allocated and available to all applications. (The visual class is also
displayed by xwininfo.) For more information on visual classes see the documentation
for the X Window System.
To alleviate this problem, therefore, one may (a)
run with more bits per pixel (this may require adding more video memory
or replacing the video card), (b) shut down other applications that may
be using much of the colormap and then restart xdvi, or (c) run xdvi with
the -install option.
One application which is often the cause of this problem
is Netscape. In this case there are two more alternatives to remedying the
situation. One can run ``netscape -install'' to cause Netscape to install a private
colormap. This can cause colors to change in bizarre ways when the mouse
is moved to a different window. Or, one can run ``netscape -ncols 220'' to limit
Netscape to a smaller number of colors. A smaller number will ensure that
other applications have more colors available, but will degrade the color
quality in the Netscape window. #endif #ifkpathsea
Please see
the kpathsea documentation. #endif
#ifps
xdvi
can display PostScript files included in the dvi file. Such files are first
searched for in the directory where the dvi file is, and then using normal
Kpathsea rules. There is an exception to this, however: if the file name
begins with a backtick (`), then the remaining characters in the file name
give a shell command (often zcat) which is executed; its standard output
is then sent to be interpreted as PostScript. Note that there is some potential
for security problems here; see the -allowshell command-line option. It is
better to use compressed files directly (see below).
If a file name is given
(as opposed to a shell command), if that file name ends in ``.Z'', ``.gz'', or ``.bz2''
and if the first two bytes of the file indicate that it was compressed
with compress(1)
, gzip(1)
, or bzip2(1)
respectively, then the file is first
uncompressed with uncompress -c, gunzip -c, or bunzip2 -c, respectively. This
is preferred over using a backtick to call the command directly, since
you do not have to specify -allowshell and since it allows for path searching.
#endif #ifdef src
ADD SOMETHING HERE, including:
- general
description (concept of separate mode; maybe something more about security
issues)
- description of keys/buttons available in src special mode (V toggles
visibility of tick marks, X highlights next special without jumping to
it, T changes the shapes of the marks, Mouse button 2 jumps to next special
unless user has specified another button with -srcJumpButton)
- meaning of
the tick marks (reference points: the reference point is the upper-left
corner for the rectangle shape, the top of the triangle for the triangular
shape, the inner angle point for the upangle and the outer angle point
for the downangle shape).
- searching of `next' special on page (xdvi will
search `linewise', i.e. it will jump to the next special on the current line
(to the right of the mouse click) if there is one, and to the first special
on the next line else).
#endif
xdvik uses the same environment
variables and algorithms for finding font files as and friends. See the
documentation for the Kpathsea library for details (repeating it here is
too cumbersome). In addition, xdvik accepts the following variables:
- DISPLAY
- Specifies which graphics display terminal to use. #ifnokpathsea
- XDVISIZES
- A list of font resolutions separated by colons. If a font cannot be found
or made at its stated size, then these sizes are tried as a fallback. See
the `Fallback font' section in the Kpathsea manual for more details. xdvi
tries the actual size of the font before trying any of the given sizes.
Each font resolution should be a positive integer, specifying the number
of dots per inch, or a string of the form magstepn, where n is a number
-9.5, -9, -8.5, ..., 8, 8.5, 9, or 9.5. The string magstep may be shortened to any
non-empty initial substring (so that magstep0.5 may be shortened to mag0.5
or m0.5 (but not mag.5)). The entries magstepn signify the current pixels-per-inch
value, multiplied by 1.2 raised to the nth power, and rounded to the nearest
integer. If the list begins with a colon, the system default sizes are used,
as well. Sizes are expressed in dots per inch and must be integers. The current
default set of sizes is @DEFAULT_FONT_SIZES@. #endif
- KPATHSEA_DEBUG
- Trace
Kpathsea lookups; set it to -1 for complete tracing.
- MIMELIBDIR
- Directory
containing the mime.types file, if ~/.mime-types does not exist.
- MAILCAPDIR
- Directory containing the .mailcap file, if ~/.mailcap does not exist. #ifhyper
- WWWBROWSER
- The browser used to open URL's, if neither the -browser option
nor the .wwwBrowser resource are set. For more information on hyper- support,
see the `Hypertext' node in the dvipsk manual. #endif #ifps
- TMPDIR
- The directory
to use for storing temporary files created when uncompressing PostScript
files. #ifps
xdvi accepts many but not all types of PostScript
specials accepted by dvips. For example, it accepts most specials generated
by epsf and psfig, It does not, however, support bop-hook or eop-hook, nor
does it allow PostScript commands to affect the rendering of things that
are not PostScript (for example, the ``NEAT'' and rotated ``A'' examples in the
dvips manual). These restrictions are due to the design of xdvi; in all
likelihood they will always remain.
La2e color and rotation specials are
not currently supported. #endif
Please see the kpathsea documentation.
xdvi itself is Copyrighted by Paul Vojta and distributed under
the X-Consortium license. xdvi uses the libwww library of the World Wide
Web Consortium, which includes computer software creaded and made available
by CERN. It also uses the kpathsea library which is distributed under the
GNU LIBRARY General Public License.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL PAUL VOJTA OR ANY OTHERS BE LIABLE FOR
ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
X(1)
, dvips(1)
, Kpathseadocumentation
Eric Cooper, CMU, did a version for direct output to a QVSS. Modified
for X by Bob Scheifler, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science. Modified for
X11 by Mark Eichin, MIT SIPB. +Additional enhancements by many others. The
current maintainer of the original xdvi is Paul Vojta, U.C. Berkeley; the
maintainer of the xdvik variant is Nicolai Langfeldt, Dept. of Math, UiO,
Norway, with the help of many others.
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