New CTAN package: dvipng
Date: March 17, 2003 5:55:24 PM CET
A new packge has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should
make its way to your favorite mirror in the next day or two.
Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint at tug.ctan.org
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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.
Name of contribution: dvipng
Author's name: Jan-�ke Larsson
Location on CTAN: dviware/dvipng
Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG converter
License type: gpl
Announcement text given by the contribution's author:
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This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and
its relatives. Its benefits include
* Speed. It is the fastest bitmap-rendering code for DVI files known to
the author. On a fairly low-end laptop, it takes less than a second to
generate 150 one-formula images.
* 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.
The motivation for this project is preview-latex, a previewing tool for
LaTeX in emacs, but since dvipng can be independently useful, a separate
package is provided.
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dvipng – A fast DVI to PNG/GIF converter
This program makes PNG and/or GIF graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives. Its benefits include:
- Speed. It offers very fast rendering of DVI as bitmap files, which makes it suitable for generating large amounts of images on-the-fly, as needed in preview-latex, WeBWorK and others;
- It does not read the postamble, so it can be started before TeX finishes. There is a --follow switch that makes dvipng wait at end-of-file for further output, unless it finds the POST marker that indicates the end of the DVI;
- Interactive query of options. dvipng can read options interactively through stdin, and all options are usable. It is even possible to change the input file through this interface.
- Support for PK, VF, PostScript Type1, and TrueType fonts, colour specials, and inclusion of PostScript, PNG, JPEG or GIF images.
| Package | dvipng |
| Version | 1.17 |
| Copyright | 2002–2020 Jan-Åke Larsson |
| Maintainer | Jan-Åke Larsson |