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dvipng - PNG graphics from TeX DVI files

'dvipng' makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. It is the fastest bitmap-rendering code for DVI files; on a fairly low-end laptop, it takes less than a second to generate 150 one-formula images. Furthermore, it does not read the postamble, so it can be started before TeX finishes.

There is a -follow switch that makes dvipng wait at EOF for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that indicates the end of the DVI. It supports PK and VF fonts, color specials, and more.

Obtaining

Web pagehttp://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex/
Source tarball http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/preview-latex/dvipng-1.1.tar.gz?download
Source informationhttp://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=35101
Version 1.1 (beta) released on 2004-06-01
Licensed under The GNU General Public License, Version 2.
This is not a GNU package.

Support contacts

Developer List<preview-latex-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/preview-latex-devel
Bug List<preview-latex-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/preview-latex-bugs
Bug Databasehttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=35101&atid=413016

Project contacts

Maintainers
  • Jan-Ake Larsson
Developers

Related information

Source repositoryhttp://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=35101
Interfacescommand line
Source languagesC
Use requirementslibgd, kpathsea
Weak prerequisitestexinfo (for building documentation)

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2003-08-26
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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