{dvi} should be used for questions about the DeVice Independent format produced by the classic (la)tex compiler. If the question is about how to produce a dvi file with the classic (la)tex compiler then the tag {dvi-mode} should be used instead.
62
votes
5answers
3k views
Is there any reason to compile to DVI rather than PDF these days?
I appreciate that in the past, latex was faster than pdflatex, but computer speeds being what they are nowadays, I can't see any difference in how quickly documents compile...
So, given that the end ...
7
votes
2answers
703 views
Difference between dvipdf executables
What is the difference between the different dvipdf executables in \MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin
dvipdfm.exe
dvipdfmx.exe
dvipdft.exe
10
votes
1answer
359 views
Why does my conference/university require me to use dvi intermediary format?
What for?
I thought pdfLaTeX was simpler and eliminated useless steps as well as possible font issues?
In other words what is the difference between a pdf generated using the LaTeX command and dvi's ...
16
votes
12answers
1k views
Output viewers for use with LaTeX
What viewers do you use for reviewing the beautifully-styled output of your LaTeX source?
List PDF, DVI and PostScript options.
Possibly, one entry per answer, and list platform availability, ...
4
votes
1answer
397 views
dvi2rtf - who can convert DVI files to RTF files?
Consider a *NIX executable, dvi2rtf, whose contents are:
#!/bin/sh
TMPX=`mktemp /tmp/dvi2rtf.XXXXXX`
dvitty $1 $TMPX # CTAN
txt2rtf $TMPX $2 # CTAN, in rtfutils
If my head is working ...
