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- This is the latest and greatest version of dvips. It supports:
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- - Automatic generation of fonts via MF whenever needed
- - EPSF PostScript files complete with automatic determination
- of graphics size (see epsf.tex)
- - Literal PostScript includes complete with definitions
- - Non-EPSF PostScript graphics with user-specified scaling
- - TPIC specials
- - Correct budgeting of printer memory
- - Output at 300 or 400 DPI (or any other DPI)
- - Use of PostScript fonts
- - Use of virtual fonts
- - Use of popen on output file.
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- Usage:
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- dvips [options] filename[.dvi]
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- The output PostScript file is written by default to `filename.ps'.
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- Changes from 40 to 41:
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- - Cheaper on VM! 2100 bytes saved per TeX font used
- - Bug found and fixed in afm2tfm (height of \i wrong in tfms)
- - `Displaced' PostScript characters now usable (moved to 128...)
- - Many flags now can be toggled off (eg, -r can be turned off with -r0)
- - Texture support added to tpic specials
- - Program no longer aborts if figure file cannot be found
- - Either -tlegal or -t@legal will work to set page style
- - @ang problem fixed
- - Some typos fixed that caused various minor bugs and compile problems
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- Changes from 41 to 50:
- - Everything checked over by Don Knuth and tuned up to his specs
- - Numerous bugs for weird and unusual cases fixed
- - Documentation rewritten
- - PostScript and TeX code revised
- - New virtual font capability makes use of PostScript fonts much better
- - Improved search for PK fonts near the desired resolution
- - No longer can use -t@legal for page style! Say -tlegal, please
- - \special psfile changed: clipping now done AFTER scaling and offset
- - Landscape special allowed anywhere
- - Compressed fonts now even smaller
- - Error messages more consistent and more informative
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- Make sure you install the new TFMs and new VFs and new header files!
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- See the (new) man pages for more information.
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