DT2DV(1)

NAME
dt2dv - convert a DTL text representation of a TeX DVI file to a binary DVI file

SYNOPSIS
dt2dv [-debug] [-group] [-si] [-so] [input-DTL-file] [output-DVI-file]

In the absence of the -si and -so options, both file arguments are required in the order input-DTL-file output-DVI-file. But also see the OPTIONS section below. No default file extensions are supplied.

DESCRIPTION
dt2dv converts a text representation of a TeX DVI file, usually produced by the companion dv2dt(1) utility, back to a binary DVI file. DTL (DVI Text Language) files can be edited, with care, and then restored to DVI form for processing by any TeX DVI driver program. In DTL files, font directory names and font names are preceded by a length field, which must be updated if the names are modified.

dvitype(1) can also display a textual representation of DVI files, but in some implementations at least, it cannot be used in batch mode, and its output is not well-suited for conversion back to a DVI file.

The format of TeX DVI files is fully described in Donald E. Knuth, TeX: The Program, Addison-Wesley (1986), ISBN 0-201-13437-3, as well as in the dvitype(1) literate program source code. Brief descriptions of the DTL and DVI formats are given in dv2dt(1).

OPTIONS

-debug
    Turn on detailed debugging output.

-group
    Expect each DTL command to be in parentheses.

-si Read all DTL commands from standard input.

-so Write all DVI commands to standard output.

SEE ALSO
dv2dt(1), dvitype(1), tex(1).

FILES

*.dvi
    binary TeX DVI file.

*.dtl
    text representation of a TeX DVI file in DVI Text Language format.

AUTHOR
dt2dv and dv2dt(1) were written by
    Geoffrey Tobin
    Department of Electronic Engineering
    La Trobe University
    Bundoora, Victoria 3083
    Australia
    Tel: +61 3 479 3736
    FAX: +61 3 479 3025
    Email: <G.Tobin@ee.latrobe.edu.au>

These manual pages were written primarily by
    Nelson H. F. Beebe, Ph.D.
    Center for Scientific Computing
    Department of Mathematics
    University of Utah
    Salt Lake City, UT 84112
    Tel: +1 801 581 5254
    FAX: +1 801 581 4148
    Email: <beebe@math.utah.edu>