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DVIPOS(1) ConTeXt DVIPOS(1)

dvipos - compute positions in a DVI file

dvipos [ OPTION... ] infile[.dvi]

dvipos parses a DVI file looking for pos: specials. It currently recognizes pos:pxy, pos:pxywhd, pos:pxyplus, pos:begbox, pos:endbox, pos:beglines, and pos:endlines. It then outputs the information from those specials along with information that only a DVI postprocessor could determine, such as the current x and y location. The output looks like:
\pospxywhd{text:54}{54}{10663sp}{8535sp}{21326sp}{34081sp}{0sp}

and is suitable for including in a tex(1) or pdftex(1) auxilliary file, such as document.tuo, to be read in by the next run of the tex(1) or similar typesetting engine.

-h, --help
print usage.
-W, --warning
print warnings.
-v, --verbose
print verbose output.
-d, --debug
print dvitype(1) debugging data.
-s, --smashchars
regard height and depth as zero.
-o, --output=FILE
send all output to FILE. Without this option, output goes to stdout.
-b, --bbox[=FILE]
send bounding box to FILE (default FILE is infile.pos).
-f, --framed[=BASE]
request copy of DVI file, BASE.dvi, with bounding boxes framed (default FILE is infile_frames.dvi). See the --framesize option.
-m, --mag=INT
override tex(1) magnification by INT.
-w, --framesize=INT
set frame rule size by INT (default 6554 = .1pt).
-p, --pages=X:Y
set page ranges from X to Y.

dvipos is run mostly behind the scenes by ConTeXt's texexec(1) between runs of tex(1) or pdftex(1), in order to provide information to and get information about positional graphics. These graphics are provided by the MetaFun interface to mpost(1). dvipos is not used (or needed) in PDF-output mode but is needed for DVI-output mode. pdftex(1) starting with version 1.40 can produce position information even in DVI mode, so once the ConTeXt macros take advantage of this feature, the need for dvipos will fade.

Until then, here is a typical use of dvipos:

dvipos notes.dvi

The position information that is output is collected by texexec(1) to include in the notes.tuo auxilliary file to use in the next run.

Extract positions from doc.dvi, with output to doc.loc:
dvipos -o doc.loc doc.dvi
Same as above, but also send bbox information to doc.pos:
dvipos -b -o doc.loc doc.dvi
Instead send bbox information to /tmp/debug.pos:
dvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos -o doc.loc doc.dvi

dvips(1), dvitype(1), mpost(1), pdftex(1), tex(1), texexec(1).

For more about positional graphics, see the MetaFun documentation on the ConTeXt wiki ⟨URL: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/MetaFun ⟩.

If you specify a file for the -b option, you must join the option and name with = rather than (the more common) space:
dvipos -b=/tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi

works, but
dvipos -b /tmp/debug.pos notes.dvi

does not.

dvipos is written by Jin-Hwan Cho <chofchof@ktug.or.kr>. It is free software (GPLv2 or later). This manpage was written by Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mit.edu> and is in the public domain.
January 2007 dvipos 20070107 (KPATHSEA)

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