SYNOPSIS
dvipdfm [options] file[.dvi]
DESCRIPTION
The program dvipdfm generates a PDF file from a DVI file. DVI files are the output format produced by TeX. Output from groff can be converted to DVI format using grodvi.The program dvipdfm recognizes several commonly used \special commands, which are extensions to the DVI format. Specifically, it understands color specials, papersize specials, tpic specials (which allow it to be used with pic), hypertex specials, and some PostScript specials. These extensions allow documents to contain color, figures, and hyperlinks. The program tries to mimic the behavior of dvips so that many macro packages produced for use with dvips will work with dvipdfm. Dvipdfm understands its own specific \special commands to allow access to PDF features such as annotations and bookmarks. For more details, consult the Dvipdfm User's Manual, which is distributed with dvipdfm.
OPTIONS
- -c
-
Ignore color
\specials.
The
-c
toggles a flag that disables color
\special
processing.
Unless changed in the configuration file,
that flag is off, and color
\specials
are interpreted normally.
The
-c
option may be used to produce a black and white document
from a document containing color TeX
\special
commands.
- -d
-
Remove thumbnail images after including them.
(See the
-t
option for more information.)
- -e
-
Toggle partial font embedding flag. If partial
font embedding is off, embedded fonts are
fully
embedded.
The default, if not changed in the configuration file,
is to embed only those glyphs actually used in the document.
- -f map_file
-
Set the name of the font map file to
map_file.
The format of the font map file
is documented in the
Dvipdfm User's Manual.
- -l
-
Select landscape mode. In other words, exchange the
x
and
y
dimensions of the paper.
- -m mag
-
Magnify the input document by
mag.
- -o name
-
Generate PDF output file having the name
name.
By default, the name of the output
file is
file.pdf.
- -p paper
-
Select the papersize by name (e.g.,
letter, legal, ledger, tabloid, a3, a4, or a5
)
- -r size
-
Set resolution of bitmapped fonts to
size
dots per inch. Bitmapped fonts are generated
by the Kpathsea library, which uses MetaFont. Bitmapped
fonts are included as type 3 fonts in the PDF output file.
- -s page_specifications
-
Select the pages of the
DVI
file to be converted.
The
page_specifications
consists of a comma separated list of
page_ranges:
page_specifications := page_specification[,page_specifications]
where
page_specification := single_page|page_range page_range := [first_page]-[last_page]
An empty first_page is implied to be the first page of the DVI file. An empty last_page is treated as the last page of the DVI file.
Examples:
-
- -s 1,3,5
- includes pages 1, 3, and 5;
- -s -
- includes all pages;
- -s -,-
- includes two copies of all pages in the DVI file; and
- -s 1-10
- includes the first ten pages of the DVI file.
-
- -t
-
Search for thumbnail images of each page
in the directory named by the
TMPDIR
environment variable.
The thumbnail images must be named in a specific format.
They must have the same base name
as the
DVI
file and they must have the page number as the extension
to the file name. Dvipdfm does not
generate the thumbnails itself, but it is distributed with a wrapper
program named
dvipdft
that does so.
- -v
-
Increase verbosity.
Results of the
-v
option are cumulative (e.g.,
-vv
) increases the verbosity by two increments.
- -x x_offset
-
Set the left margin to
x_offset.
The default left margin is
1.0in.
The dimension may be specified in any units understood by TeX (e.g.,
bpt, pt, in, cm
)
- -y y_offset
-
Set the top margin to
y_offset.
The default top margin is
1.0in.
The dimension may be specified in any units understood by TeX (e.g.,
bpt, pt, in, cm
)
- -z compression_level
-
Set the compression level to
compression_level.
Compressions levels range from 0 (no compression) to
9 (maximum compression) and correspond to the values understood by zlib.
ENVIRONMENT
Dvipdfm uses the kpathsea library for locating the files that it opens. Hence, the environment variables documented in the Kpathsea library documentation influence dvipdfm.
Dvipdfm also reads the following environment variables:
- TMP
-
The directory to search for thumbnail images of each page.
FILES
The precise location of the following files is determined by the Kpathsea library configuration. The location may be determined by using kpsewhich, e.g.,kpsewhich -progname=dvipdfm -format='other text files' config
- config
-
Startup options
- t1fonts.map
-
The default font map file (this name may be changed in the config file).
- *.tfm
-
TeX font metrics
- *.vf
-
TeX virtual font files
- *.pfb
-
PostScript Type 1 font files
- texmf.cnf
-
The Kpathsea library configuration file.
The location of this file may be found by typing
kpsewhich texmf.cnf