DVIPS
uses Tom Rokicki's dvips program to convert DVI files into
PostScript. The DVIPS folder contains all the necessary supporting
files in a couple of subfolders:
- Inputs
- contains various input files required by dvips, such as
config.ps, psfonts.map and the *.pro files.
- Docs
- contains the dvips documentation and some test files.
To print off a copy of the dvips manual, run dvips.tex through
TEX and print dvips.dvi.
The version of dvips included in contains a number
of enhancements:
- All the -specific
\special commands
for including PICT/PNTG/EPSF files are supported.
I've also added support for 's method
of including raw PostScript files followed by arbitrary PostScript code,
although this is not something I recommend (EPSF files are much safer).
Because of conflicts with dvips-specific \special commands,
there are some rare situations where inclusion of a raw PostScript file
will no longer work. In such cases you will need to add a rawps
keyword; e.g., \special{rawps=foo.ps ...}.
- dvips can download Mac PostScript font files (of type LWFN) as well
as the usual pfa/pfb files.
This is very handy if you want to use the BaKoMa or CM/PS fonts.
- A number of config.* files have been added to :DVIPS:Inputs:
so that you can pass an extra option like ``-P CMPS'' to tell
dvips to load config.CMPS after config.ps;
config.CMPS contains the line ``p +psfonts.CMPS'' which tells
dvips to append the info in psfonts.CMPS to psfonts.map.
This is useful if you don't want to make changes to the latter file.
- The TFM names in psfonts.* are case insensitive
for consistency with Mac file names.
- The dvips output can be sent directly to the current printer.
Users of dvips on other systems should note that the following environment
variables discussed in the dvips manual have been replaced by equivalent
parameters:
TEXCONFIG = ps_folders (to find config.ps, psfonts.map)
DVIPSHEADERS = ps_folders (to find .pro/.enc/.pfa/.pfb/LWFN files)
TEXINPUTS = input_folders (to find \special files)
TEXFONTS = tfm_folders (to find TFM files)
VFFONTS = vf_folders (to find VF files)
TEXPKS = pk_files (to find PK files)
When searching for files, dvips always looks in the current folder
(the same folder as the DVI file) before looking in the folders specified
by the above parameters.
In most operating systems, dvips uses the above environment variables to
override the settings in config.ps.
In 's case, config.ps can be used to override the above parameters,
but it is not something I'd recommend doing unless you are an experienced
dvips hacker. If you need to do this, note that Mac path names use colons
to separate folders, so you must use commas to separate path names.
NOTE: dvips does not use 's printing_resolution or
printing_mode parameters. It uses the resolution and mode specified
in config.ps. This approach allows more flexibility.
For example, a person with two printers, one QuickDraw and one PostScript,
could set up 's printing parameters for the QuickDraw printer and
have quite different settings in config.ps for the PostScript printer.