MiKTeX 1.20e Tips
Copyright © 1996--1999 Christian Schenk


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MiKTeX Tips, revision 0.4

Tips for MiKTeX users.


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Introduction

This manual lists MiKTeX related tips. Please visit the MiKTeX Project page at <http://www.miktex.de> to view the latest version of this document.

Please feel free to contribute more tips by sending an email to tip@miktex.de.


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TeX compiler


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Setting the DVI output filename

You can use option --job-name to set the name of the DVI file

Details

The command

latex --job-name=dog cat.tex

will create the DVI file dog.dvi instead of cat.dvi.


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Improving the edit/view/edit cycle

Use TeX's --src option to enrich the DVI file with source file information.

Benefits

Details

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.


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Dvips


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Producing PostScript for distilling to PDF

Use the option -Ppdf to produce PostScript optimized for distilling to PDF.

Details

The command

dvips -Ppdf mydoc.dvi

causes Dvips to

  1. use BlueSky/AMS/Y&Y Type 1 fonts
  2. and an alternative rule drawing algorithm.

Requirements

Requires MiKTeX 1.20c.


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DVI Viewer


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Page Hopping

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.


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Using Yap to view TeX related documentation

You can use Yap to locate and view a DVI file that is installed in the the Documentation Folder (usually c:\texmf\doc). For example, the command

yap yap

will open the DVI file c:\texmf\doc\miktex\yap.dvi.


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