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NAME

latex2dvi - script to convert LaTeX file to DVI

USAGE

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

DESCRIPTION

latex2dvi is a simple script to invoke the LaTeX::Driver module to convert a LaTeX file to DVI (TeX's device independent output format).

TO BE EXPANDED

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

OPTIONS

-output=FILE

specifies that the formatted file should be written to FILE. If this option is not specified, or is specified as "-" then the file will be written to standard output, otherwise if an input file is specified then the it will be formatted in place and the output file will have the same name as the input file, but with the original extension replaced with .dvi.

-tt2

specifies that the source document should be taken to be a Template Toolkit template and processed through that before being fed to the LaTeX::Driver module for latex formatting.

-define=NAME=VALUE

defines the template variable NAME to have the value VALUE. Multiple template variables may be defined and these are passed to the Template Toolkit processing stage (they are ignored if the -tt2 option is not specified).

DIAGNOSTICS

EXIT STATUS

CONFIGURATION

DEPENDENCIES

INCOMPATIBILITIES

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

AUTHOR

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

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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