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- From: rjl@fawlty6.eng.monash.edu.au (Russell Lang)
- Subject: Re: need help in dvips (dos-version)
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- References: <1993Jan26.203659.19059@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan26.224902.4242@colorado.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:41:32 GMT
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- dbeeman@dogstar.Colorado.edu (Dave Beeman) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan26.203659.19059@leland.Stanford.EDU>, ruediger@leland.Stanford.EDU (ruediger dung) writes:
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- >|> I'm using EMTeX which works fine on my PC.
- >|> I've also installed the dos-version of DVIPS.
- >|> Using the command 'dvidrv dvips foo[.dvi]' leads
- >|> only to the remark that this command is not known.
-
- >I was puzzled by this also. I suspect that this command is an error in the
- >documentation for dvips, as the dvidrv package has dviscr.exe, dvidot.exe,
- >etc., but no dvidrv.exe.
-
- dvidrv is part of the beta test version of the dvidrv package.
- Try getting betatest/dvidrv_14s.zip.
-
- >Can someone clarify what was meant in the
- >documentation? I run dvips in order to generate the dvips.mfj file, then
- >run "mfjob dvips" to generate any needed fonts, and finally run "dviscr" to
- >preview the dvi file. I suspect that there is an easier way!
-
- The easier way is to use dvidrv to automate it.
- v.bat says something like
- dvidrv dviscr %1 %2 %3 %4 ...
- This works as follows:
- 1. dvidrv is a short program that calls 'dviscr -pjdv1.mfj %1 %2 %3 %4'
- where dv1.mfj is the name of a temporary mfjob file.
- 2. If there are missing fonts, dviscr writes dv1.mfj and
- exits with errorlevel 8.
- 3. dvidrv then calls mfjob with dv1.mfj
- 4. dvidrv then calls dviscr again.
-
- Of course, the above only works with the betatest versions of dviscr,
- dvidot etc.
- dvips does the same thing if called with 'dvidrv dvips ...'
-
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- Russell Lang Email: rjl@fawlty4.eng.monash.edu.au Phone: (03) 565 3460
- Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
- Monash University, Australia
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