dvipos
NAME
dvipos - compute positions in a DVI file
SYNOPSIS
dvipos [ OPTION... ] infile[.dvi]
DESCRIPTION
dvipos parses a DVI file looking for pos: specials. It
currently recognizes pos:pxy, pos:pxywhd,
pos:pxyplus, pos:begbox, pos:endbox,
pos:beglines, and pos:endlines. It then outputs the
information from those specials along with information that only a DVI
postprocessor could determine, such as the current x and y
location. The output looks like:
\pospxywhd{text:54}{54}{10663sp}{8535sp}{21326sp}{34081sp}{0sp}
and is suitable for including in a
tex(1)
or
pdftex(1)
auxilliary file, such as document.tuo, to be read in by the next
run of the
tex(1)
or similar typesetting engine.
OPTIONS
-h, --help
print usage.
-W, --warning
print warnings.
-v, --verbose
print verbose output.
-d, --debug
print
dvitype(1)
debugging data.
-s, --smashchars
regard height and depth as zero.
-o, --output=FILE
send all output to FILE. Without this option, output goes to stdout.
-b, --bbox[=FILE]
send bounding box to FILE (default FILE is infile.pos).
-f, --framed[=BASE]
request copy of DVI file, BASE.dvi, with bounding boxes
framed (default FILE is infile_frames.dvi). See the
--framesize option.
-m, --mag=INT
override
tex(1)
magnification by INT.
-w, --framesize=INT
set frame rule size by INT (default 6554 = .1pt).
-p, --pages=X:Y
set page ranges from X to Y.
USAGE
dvipos
is run mostly behind the scenes by ConTeXt's
texexec(1)
between runs of
tex(1)
or
pdftex(1),
in order to provide information to and get information about
positional graphics. These graphics are provided by the MetaFun
interface to
mpost(1).
dvipos is not used (or needed) in PDF-output mode but is
needed for DVI-output mode.
pdftex(1)
starting with version 1.40 can produce position information even in
DVI mode, so once the ConTeXt macros take advantage of this feature,
the need for dvipos will fade.
Until then, here is a typical use of dvipos:
dvipos notes.dvi
The position information that is output is collected by
texexec(1)
to include in the notes.tuo auxilliary file to use in the next
run.
EXAMPLES
Extract positions from doc.dvi, with output to doc.loc:
CWdvipos -o doc.loc doc.dvi
Same as above, but also send bbox information to doc.pos:
CWdvipos -b -o doc.loc doc.dvi
Instead send bbox information to /tmp/debug.pos:
CWdvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos -o doc.loc doc.dvi
SEE ALSO
dvips(1),
dvitype(1),
mpost(1),
pdftex(1),
tex(1),
texexec(1).
For more about positional graphics, see the MetaFun documentation on
the
BUGS
If you specify a file for the -b option, you must join the
option and name with rather than (the more common) space:
dvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi
works, but
dvipos -b /tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi
does not.
AUTHOR
dvipos
is written by Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof@ktug.or.kr>. It is free
software (GPLv2 or later). This manpage was written by Sanjoy
Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu> and is in the public domain.
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