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C.9 Release 0.10b1

dvi2bitmap is now GPLed!

Option processing has completely changed, with long options added, and the short options reorganised. The following table highlights important changes, where there is a straightforward mapping.

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-bh-h, --height
-bw-w, --width
-bp-t, --paper-size
-C, -c-c, --crop
-fp-F, --font-search[1]
-fm-M, --font-mode
-fg, -fG-G, --font-gen
-g-g, --debug
-m-m, --magnification
-n-n, --preamble-only[2]
-l-l, --end-page
-p-p, --start-page
-pp-P, --page-range[3]
-o-o, --output
-P-X, --process[4]
-q-v, --verbose
-Q-Q, --query[5]
-r-r, --resolution
-R-R, --colours[4]
-s-s, --scalefactor
-t-T, --output-type
-V-V, --version

Notes:

Font searching can now be done by a script specified either at compile time, or as the argument to the --font-search=command=... option. This frees you from dependence on the kpathsea library, without being therefore obliged to specify an explicit font path.

Changes in the configure script:


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Dvi2bitmap -- convert DVI files to bitmap images
Starlink System Note 71
Norman Gray
14 June 1999. Release 0.12. Last updated 20 December 2003