DVIDVI, MISCELLANEOUS, dvi file repagination tool VMS port of DVIDVI V1.0 Ported by Tony McGrath ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dvidvi 0.5, Copyright (C) 1988, Radical Eye Software Here's a little hack I threw together for those doing pagination tricks. Any improvements are appreciated. Enjoy! The dvidvi program converts a dvi file into another dvi file, with perhaps certain changes. Invocation is dvidvi param infile outfile What's that funny first parameter? That's the parameter that tells dvidvi how you want to change things. The number preceding the colon is the modulo value. Everything will be done in chunks of pages this big. If there is no colon, than the default value is assumed to be one. The last chunk of pages is padded with as many blank pages as necessary. Following the colon is a comma-separated list of page numbers. These page numbers are with respect to the current chunk of pages, and must lie in the range zero to the modulo value less one. If a negative sign precedes the number, then the page is taken from the mirror chunk; if there are m chunks, then the mirror chunk of chunk n is the chunk numbered m-n-1. Put simply, it is the chunk numbered the same, only from the end. This can be used to reverse pages. If no number is given, the page number defaults to 0. Following each page number is an optional offset value in parenthesis, which consists of a pair of comma-separated dimensions. Each dimension is a decimal number with an optional unit of measure. The default unit of measure is inches, or the last unit of measure used. All units are in true dimensions. Allowable units of measure are the same that TeX allows: in, mm, cm, pt, pc, dd, and cc. Simple enough, eh? Okay, let's do some simple things. 0 The identity transformation. A modulo of one is assumed; the only reason we need to specify the zero is because a null parameter is harder to type. - Reverses the order of the pages. This time, both the modulo and the page number are defaulted. 2:0 Selects the first, third, fifth, etc. pages from the file. Print this one after printing the next, taking the paper out of the feed tray and reinserting it into the paper feed. 2:-1 Selects the second, fourth, etc. pages, and writes them in reverse order. 4:-1,2(4.25in,0in) 4:-3,0(4.25in,0in) Useful for printing a little booklet, four pages to a sheet, double-sided, for stapling in the middle. Print the first one, put the stack back into the printer upside down, and print the second. The `in' specifications are superfluous. ,(1pt,1) Scare your system administrator! Actually, things are so blurry with this option, you may want to send enemies letters printed like this. *Long* letters. 4:0(5.5in,4.25),3(0,4.25) 4:1(0in,4.25),2(5.5,4.25) Print a four-page card on one sheet. Print the first, rotate the paper 180 degrees and feed it again. (PostScript people can do funny tricks with PostScript so this isn't necessary.) Enjoy; this is an early release, so make suggestions, improvements, and I'll get back to you with a better version later.