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Tips for MiKTeX users.
1. Introduction About this document. 2. TeX compiler TeX compiler tips. 3. Dvips Dvips tips. 4. DVI Viewer Previewer tips. A. Index
This manual lists MiKTeX related tips. Visit the MiKTeX Project page at http://www.miktex.org to view the latest version of this document.
Please feel free to contribute more tips by sending an email to tip@miktex.org.
2.1 Setting the DVI output filename 2.2 Setting the output directory 2.3 Improving the edit/view/edit cycle
You can use option --job-name
to set the name of the DVI file
The command
latex --job-name=dog cat.tex |
will create the DVI file dog.dvi
instead of cat.dvi
.
You can use the option --output-directory
to specify an alternative
location for all output files.
The command
latex --output-directory=C:\temp mydoc.tex |
causes TeX to leave all output files in the folder C:\temp
.
Use TeX's --src
option to enrich the DVI file with source file information.
The command
latex --src mydoc.tex |
will enrich the DVI file mydoc.dvi
with source file information,
i.e. mydoc.dvi
will contain references to mydoc.tex
.
3.1 Producing PostScript for distilling to PDF
Use the option -Ppdf
to produce PostScript optimized for
distilling to PDF.
The command
dvips -Ppdf mydoc.dvi |
causes Dvips to
Requires MiKTeX 1.20c or better.
4.1 Page Hopping 4.2 Using Yap to view TeX related documentation
You can type the page number followed by g to jump to a certain page. For example, typing the key sequence 220g will direct Yap to page 220.
You can use Yap to locate and view a DVI file that is installed in the
the Documentation Folder (usually c:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc
).
For example, the command
yap yap |
will open the DVI file C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\doc\miktex\yap.dvi
.
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1. Introduction
2. TeX compiler
2.1 Setting the DVI output filename3. Dvips
2.2 Setting the output directory
2.3 Improving the edit/view/edit cycle
3.1 Producing PostScript for distilling to PDF4. DVI Viewer
4.1 Page HoppingA. Index
4.2 Using Yap to view TeX related documentation
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1. Introduction
2. TeX compiler
3. Dvips
4. DVI Viewer
A. Index
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