MIKTEX-DVICOPY(1)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the miktex-dvicopy(1) page, straight outta User Commands 💖 this icon is here to produce a modified copy of a DVI file. That’s the whole assignment, no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

miktex-dvicopy [option...] indvi outdvi

That’s the summoning spell: options first, then indvi goes in, outdvi comes out. periodt 💅

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

Quick note bestie: this man page is an adaption of the corresponding TeX Live man page.

So miktex-dvicopy reads a DVI file, expands any references to virtual fonts to base fonts, and writes the resulting DVI file. The way that works is lowkey iconic: you can use virtual fonts even if your DVI processor does not support them, just by passing the documents through miktex-dvicopy first. main character energy fr fr 🦋

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --alias=name — pretend to be name as the program name, i.e., set the program (and memory dump) name to name. This may affect the search paths and other values used. Using this option is equivalent to copying the program file to name and invoking name. 💅
• --disable-installer — disable automatic installation of packages. Specifying this option overrules settings in the MiKTeX configuration data store.
• --enable-installer — enable automatic installation of packages. Specifying this option overrules settings in the MiKTeX configuration data store.
• --help — give help and exit. bless.
• --hhelp — Windows-only, bestie: this option is only available on Windows systems. It shows the manual page in an HTML Help window and exits when the window is closed. 🪟
• --include-directory=dir — add the directory dir to the head of the list of directories to be searched for input files. very “put me first” of it.
• --mag=mag — override existing magnification with mag. ✨
• --max-pages=n — process n pages; default one million. This option cannot be used together with --select. 🚨
• --page-start=pagespec — start at pagespec, for example 2 or 5.*.-2. This option cannot be used together with --select. 🚨
• --record-package-usages=file — record all package usages and write them into file. receipts, but make them a file.
• --select=sel — select pages to be copied. The syntax for sel is: start [n], where start is the starting page specification (for example 2 or 5.*.-2) and n (optional) is the maximum number of pages to be copied. You can use up to 10 --select options. This option cannot be used together with --max-pages or --page-start. 👑
• --trace[=tracestreams] — enable trace messages. The tracestreams argument, if specified, is a comma-separated list of trace stream names (Chapter 9, Trace Streams).
• --version — show version information and exit. slay.

🚨 real talk: --select cannot be used together with --max-pages or --page-start; also --max-pages and --page-start each cannot be used together with --select. Keep the compatibility vibe check in mind, bestie.

🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

• MIKTEX_TRACE — comma-separated list of trace stream names (see Chapter 9, Trace Streams). If this variable is set, then MiKTeX programs will write trace messages into the configured log sink. 💖

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