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kdvi 0.4 - Alpha release
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This is a port of xdvik version 18f by many authors (see files AUTHORS)
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to the K Desktop Environment. kdvi is used to view TeX DVI files. It is
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a replacement of xdvi from tetex-distribution and uses the kpathsea
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library to find the needed pk-font files. If you have tetex you should be
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able to run kdvi. It requires also Ghostcript to render any postscript
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specials in dvi files. kdvi uses the Qt toolkit.
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This version is quite useable.
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Note. The make step currently runs configure in the kpathsea subdirectory.
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I may eliminate this in a later version.
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If xdvi from tetex works for you then so should kdvi.
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However, it has only been tested on Linux. The support for handling the xdvi
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command line arguments and X application defaults is missing (partly replaced
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by KConfig, see below and online help).
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Postscript special handling only supported with Ghostscript.
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CONFIGURATION
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Version 0.4 can be configured through dialogs.
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Before giving kdvi a file to open you should set the following entries in Fonts
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page of Preferences:
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o Resolution Set this to the base resolution of your printer if you
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have already PK-fonts for printer available.
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o MetafontMode This you can set to match the definition of your printer or
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use the default mode '/'.
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It is necessary to set the Resolution as required by your TeX installation.
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(tetex stores this usually in /usr/lib/texmf/texmf/xdvi/XDvi). MetafontMode is
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needed when you want to enable automatic pk-font generation (menu option).
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See online help for more info.
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These variables should preferably be set in the system wide configuration file.
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The system administrator can set the proper values ( and other settings as
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desired ) with kdvi and copy the config file ~/.kde/share/config/kdvirc
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to $KDEDIR/share/config/kdvirc.
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You can also specify the paths where your pk-fonts are located, if
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kdvi does not find them automatically, by setting entry 'PK Font Path' to
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the list of directories to be searched:
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/var/lib/texmf/fonts/pk/ljfour/:/some/other/place
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You can make kdvi search recursively by adding an extra / at the end of
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directory name:
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/var/lib/texmf/fonts//
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This works like xdvi's XDVIFONTS environment variable.
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There is also good (gnu info) documentation available for the kpathsea library
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that kdvi uses for font searching.
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USAGE:
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The dvi viewer may be started using a file name to display a file, e.g:
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kdvi somepath/paper.dvi
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or without a file name as
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kdvi
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kdvi will then allow a file to be opened from a dialog or when dropped from
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file manager (konqueror).
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The usual parameters handled by Qt should also work:
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kdvi -style windows -display :0 -geometry 400x400+0+0
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CHANGES:
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Version 0.4
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- Antialiased PostScript specials
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- Support session management
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- Changes menu accelerators according to KKeyConfig settings.
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Shortcuts should follow KDE standard.
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- Statusbar shows the coordinates of a clicked point in millimeters.
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- Changed build to use automake (not for kpathsea yet)
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- Better print dialog + print setup dialog. Support for dvilj4 and dvips.
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- Automatic reload when dvi file is updated
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- Uses KToolbar, KStatusbar and KTopLevelWidget
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- Command line option '-caption'
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- Uses KIconLoader and KDebugDialog
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- Partial support for translations
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- Many bug fixes
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- Internal changes
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- Miscellanous other changes
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Version 0.3
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- Preferences dialog
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- Paper type selectable
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- Configurable key bindings with kkeyconfig (first cut)
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- Works with kdisplay
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- Uses KMsgBox dialogs
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- Sticky popup menus
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- Needs Qt 1.2 ( check marks in menus )
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- Many bug fixes
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- More KDE conforming
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Version 0.2
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- Configuration file uses different variables
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- Status bar and vertical toolbar
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- Added a page list for selecting the current page and marking pages
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for printing.
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- Initial print dialog. Does not support printing of marked pages that
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have page numbers different from the sequence number (pages are not
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numbered as 1,2,3...). Requires dvips for converting dvi to PostScript,
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gv for previewing PS and mpage for printing multiple pages per sheet.
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(These should be replaced by kprogs.)
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- A scroller widget that can also select the next or previous page.
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- Support for new TeX config file format of tetex 4
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- File drops accepted (local files only)
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- Many bug fixes
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- Builds using configure
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- Screen updating reduced and scrolling made smoother.
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This results in kdvi allocating huge amounts of memory when using large
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magnifications.
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Version 0.1
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First release. Should be quite usable, with some problems on error handling
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(bad dvi etc.) and postscript special handling. All enabled menu entries and
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toolbar buttons are operational, many keybindings are available (see help)
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allthough probably not KDE-conformant (expect changes).
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