LATEX2DVI(1p)

✨ NAME ✨

latex2dvi — bestie, it's a script that converts a LaTeX file to DVI 💅

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🎀 USAGE 🎀

latex2dvi [OPTIONS] [-o output] [sourcefile]

okay so yes, the usage line says -o output and the options list down below says -output=FILE — that's just how this page is written, iykyk, we are reporting not editing 🙈

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

latex2dvi is a simple little script, no cap. Its whole job is to invoke the LaTeX::Driver module so your LaTeX file gets turned into DVI (that's TeX's device independent output format, the OG middle-step before you get to the good stuff).

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

• -output=FILE — says the formatted file should be written to FILE. If you don't pass this option, or if you pass it as - , then the file goes to standard output instead. But plot twist 🫶 if an input file is specified, then it gets formatted in place and the output file has the same name as the input file, except the original extension gets swapped out for .dvi.
• -tt2 — says the source document should be treated as a Template Toolkit template and run through that first, before being handed over to the LaTeX::Driver module for the latex formatting part. two-stage slay ✨
• -define=NAME=VALUE — defines the template variable NAME to have the value VALUE. You can define as many template variables as you want, and they all get passed along to the Template Toolkit processing stage. Heads up though: they get ignored if you didn't also pass the -tt2 option. 💀

Andrew Ford <A.Ford@ford-mason.co.uk>

yes that name really is just sitting there at the bottom of the OPTIONS section in the original. iconic placement. not my business. keeping it exactly where it lives 🎀

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👑 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2007 Andrew Ford. All Rights Reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. 🦋

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this one came from perl v5.38.2, dated 2024-03-05 — mwah, go convert something pretty 💖✨