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Article #3809Re: DVI ==> ASCII?
From: Bruce Langdon
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1987 21:30
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1987 21:30
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In article <35700001@webb>, webb@webb.applicon.UUCP writes:
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> Satisfied though I am with TeX and LaTeX, there is a tool that would
> make things much easier for me, if it existed. I would like to be able to
> print LaTeX output on a dumb printer.
> Ideally I would like a dvi2ascii tool.
We are trying dvidoc, obtained by ftp from rochester. ken@rochester.arpa
is the keeper.
> ... does anyone know where I might a definition of
> what goes into the .dvi file?
That is in the source for dvidoc. Also in Knuth's book on TeX the Program.
You also need a font metric file that sets up fixed-width characters,
and a lfonts.tex that makes LaTeX use that font. Before trying your own,
get Ken's.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!mordor!lll-tis!ptsfa!hoptoad!unisoft!lll-lcc!langdon From: langdon@lll-lcc.aRpA (Bruce Langdon) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: DVI ==> ASCII? Message-ID: <933@lll-lcc.aRpA> Date: Sun, 21-Jun-87 17:30:04 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-lcc.933 Posted: Sun Jun 21 17:30:04 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 23-Jun-87 00:59:24 EDT References: <35700001@webb> Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, Livermore Ca Lines: 24 Summary: get dvidoc from rochester, and/or the book "TeX the Program"