Previews a selected DVI file.
will open the view window and set its title to the name of the
selected DVI file.
You'll then be presented with a dialog box (see page
)
that lets you choose various viewing options:
- The initial page to display.
A scroll bar allows you to locate any page in the DVI file.
The left and right arrow keys can be used to move the thumb box.
You can also type in a specific DVI page or TEX page; if the given number
is valid then the other page number is updated and the scroll bar repositioned.
If there is only one page in the DVI file then the scroll bar will be inactive.
- The paper orientation (landscape or portrait).
Any change to this option will be remembered the next time you
view a DVI file, unless you Cancel the dialog.
The check box setting will also be used in the dialog for
low-level PostScript printing.
- Two more check boxes can be used to tell to ignore
bad
\special
commands and/or missing fonts.
It is a good idea to select both these check boxes when previewing a DVI file
created by another TEX system, otherwise you might get a lot of annoying
warning messages. remembers these check box settings.
- The last check box can be used to make missing PK fonts
(but it will be ignored if ``Ignore missing fonts'' is selected).
remembers this check box setting.
See section
for more details.
- The DVI magnification.
You should only alter the default value if you plan to print the DVI file
at a different magnification. See the description of ``Print DVI ...'' in
section
for more details.
Note that does not remember any change to the DVI magnification.
If you Cancel the dialog then will close the view window.
If you select the View button then the current DVI/TEX page numbers will be
appended to the DVI file name in the view window's title bar and
will locate the requested page, interpret it and display it.
You might have to wait a moment before seeing anything,
especially if it is a complicated page.
sets the initial scale factor and page location to values determined
by the default view (see section
).
However, if any part of the page is off the paper then will beep and
show a full view instead (see the ``Full View'' item below).