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1.1     ! root        1: .TH TEX 1
        !             2: .CT 1 writing_other
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: tex, initex, virtex, dvips, dvit \- text formatting and typesetting
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B tex
        !             7: [
        !             8: .L -t
        !             9: ]
        !            10: [
        !            11: .I first-line
        !            12: ]
        !            13: .PP
        !            14: .B initex
        !            15: [
        !            16: .I first-line
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: .B virtex
        !            20: [
        !            21: .I first-line
        !            22: ]
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: .B dvips
        !            25: [
        !            26: .I option ...
        !            27: ]
        !            28: .I dvifile
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .B dvit
        !            31: [
        !            32: .I option ...
        !            33: ]
        !            34: .I dvifile
        !            35: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            36: .I Tex
        !            37: formats interspersed text and commands
        !            38: and outputs a 
        !            39: .L .dvi
        !            40: (`device independent') file.
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: An argument given on the command line
        !            43: behaves as the first input line.
        !            44: That line should begin with a (possibly truncated) file name
        !            45: or a 
        !            46: .LR \econtrolsequence .
        !            47: Thus
        !            48: .L tex paper
        !            49: processes the file
        !            50: .LR paper.tex .
        !            51: The basename of
        !            52: .L paper
        !            53: becomes the
        !            54: .IR jobname ,
        !            55: and is used in forming output file names.
        !            56: If no file is named, the jobname is
        !            57: .LR texput .
        !            58: The default
        !            59: .L .tex
        !            60: extension can be overridden by specifying an extension explicitly.
        !            61: .PP
        !            62: The output is written on
        !            63: .IB jobname .dvi ,
        !            64: which can be printed using
        !            65: .IR lp (1).
        !            66: A log of error messages goes into
        !            67: .IB jobname .log.
        !            68: .PP
        !            69: As well as the standard TeX fonts, many
        !            70: .I Postscript
        !            71: fonts can be used
        !            72: (see the contents of
        !            73: .FR /usr/lib/tex/fonts ).
        !            74: To use Times Roman fonts instead of Computer Modern,
        !            75: use the
        !            76: .L -t
        !            77: option.
        !            78: The file
        !            79: .F testfont.tex
        !            80: (in the standard macro directory) will print a table of any font.
        !            81: .PP
        !            82: These environment variables adjust the behavior of
        !            83: .IR tex :
        !            84: .TF TEXINPUTS
        !            85: .TP
        !            86: .B TEXINPUTS
        !            87: Search path for
        !            88: .L \einput
        !            89: and
        !            90: .L \eopenin
        !            91: files.
        !            92: It should be colon-separated,
        !            93: and start with dot.
        !            94: Default:
        !            95: .L .:/usr/lib/tex/macros
        !            96: .TP
        !            97: .B TEXFONTS
        !            98: Search path for font metric files.
        !            99: Default: 
        !           100: .F /usr/lib/tex/fonts
        !           101: .TP
        !           102: .B TEXFORMATS
        !           103: Search path for format files.
        !           104: Default:
        !           105: .F /usr/lib/tex/macros
        !           106: .TP
        !           107: .B TEXPOOL
        !           108: Search path for strings.
        !           109: Default:
        !           110: .B /usr/lib/tex
        !           111: .PD
        !           112: .PP
        !           113: .I Initex
        !           114: and
        !           115: .I virtex
        !           116: provide customized versions of
        !           117: .I tex.
        !           118: .I Initex
        !           119: creates a format
        !           120: .RB ( .fmt )
        !           121: file that permits fast loading of fonts and macro packages.
        !           122: The command
        !           123: .LR \edump ,
        !           124: issued after fonts and definitions have been processed,
        !           125: will initialize the file.
        !           126: The format file is used by
        !           127: .I virtex,
        !           128: which requires a format file name preceded by
        !           129: .L &
        !           130: as the first thing it reads.
        !           131: .PP
        !           132: .I Dvips
        !           133: and
        !           134: .I dvit
        !           135: convert 
        !           136: .L .dvi
        !           137: files to Postscript
        !           138: and
        !           139: .I troff
        !           140: output format, respectively,
        !           141: writing the result on standard output.
        !           142: They are invoked by
        !           143: .IR lp (1)
        !           144: and accept a subset of
        !           145: .I lp
        !           146: options that make sense for
        !           147: .L .dvi
        !           148: files.
        !           149: In addition, they accept a
        !           150: .BI -T dev
        !           151: option, where
        !           152: .I dev
        !           153: is one of
        !           154: .L laserwriter
        !           155: (default for
        !           156: .IR dvips ),
        !           157: .L jerq
        !           158: (default for
        !           159: .IR dvit ),
        !           160: .LR gnot ,
        !           161: .LR imagen ,
        !           162: or
        !           163: .L lino
        !           164: (the computer center's high resolution Postscript service).
        !           165: The
        !           166: .L -Tjerq
        !           167: or
        !           168: .L -Tgnot
        !           169: options should be used for preparing output for
        !           170: .IR proof (9.1)
        !           171: or
        !           172: .IR psi (9.1).
        !           173: .PP
        !           174: .I Dvips
        !           175: and
        !           176: .I dvit
        !           177: understands some extended graphics commands that can be output using
        !           178: .I "tpic specials"
        !           179: in the TeX source.
        !           180: Many of them work by building up a path of
        !           181: .I x,y
        !           182: pairs, and then doing something with the path.
        !           183: The tpic coordinate system has its origin at the current dvi position
        !           184: when a drawing special is emitted;
        !           185: all length arguments are in units of milli-inches,
        !           186: and the y-axis goes positive downward.
        !           187: .TP
        !           188: .BI "\especial{pa " "x y" }
        !           189: Add
        !           190: .I x,y
        !           191: to the current path.
        !           192: .TP
        !           193: .B "\especial{fp}
        !           194: Flush the current path: draw it as a polygonal line and reset the path
        !           195: to be empty.
        !           196: .TP
        !           197: .BI "\especial{da " dlen }
        !           198: Like
        !           199: .B fp
        !           200: but draw dashed line, with dashes
        !           201: .I dlen
        !           202: milli-inches long.
        !           203: .TP
        !           204: .BI "\especial{dt " slen }
        !           205: Like
        !           206: .B fp
        !           207: but draw a dotted line, with dots
        !           208: .I slen
        !           209: apart.
        !           210: .TP
        !           211: .B "\especial{sp}"
        !           212: Like
        !           213: .B fp
        !           214: but draw a quadratic spline.  The spline goes through the midpoints of the
        !           215: segments of the path, and straight pieces extend it to the endpoints.
        !           216: .TP
        !           217: .BI "\especial{ar " "x y xr yr s e" }
        !           218: Draw a circular or elliptical arc with center at
        !           219: .I x,y
        !           220: and radii
        !           221: .IR xr " and " yr .
        !           222: The arc goes clockwise from angle
        !           223: .I s
        !           224: to angle
        !           225: .I e
        !           226: (angles measured clockwise from the positive x-axis).
        !           227: .TP
        !           228: .BI "\especial{pn " n }
        !           229: Set line width (pen diameter) to 
        !           230: .IR n milli-inches.
        !           231: .TP
        !           232: .B "\especial{bk}"
        !           233: Set shading to black (will fill the next object drawn with black).
        !           234: .TP
        !           235: .B "\especial{sh}"
        !           236: Set shading to grey.
        !           237: .TP
        !           238: .B "\especial{wh}"
        !           239: Set shading to white.
        !           240: .TP
        !           241: .BI "\especial{psfile=" "file options" }
        !           242: (Only
        !           243: .IR dvips ).
        !           244: Include
        !           245: .IR file ,
        !           246: which should be a Postscript illustration,
        !           247: making its origin be the current dvi position.
        !           248: The default Postscript transformation matrix will be in effect,
        !           249: but it can be modified by the
        !           250: .IR options ,
        !           251: a list of
        !           252: .IR key = value
        !           253: assignments.
        !           254: Allowed keys are:
        !           255: hoffset, voffset, hscale, vscale, and rotate.
        !           256: If supplied, these values are supplied to Postscript
        !           257: .IR translate , scale ", and " rotate"
        !           258: commands, in that order.
        !           259: Also, keys hsize and vsize may be supplied, to cause clipping to
        !           260: those sizes.
        !           261: .TP
        !           262: .BI \especial{include " horg yorg file" }
        !           263: (Only
        !           264: .IR dvit ).
        !           265: Include the
        !           266: .IR troff (1)
        !           267: output
        !           268: .I file
        !           269: at the current place on TeX's page.
        !           270: The included file should have only one page.
        !           271: The
        !           272: .I horg
        !           273: and
        !           274: .I yorg
        !           275: distances give the origin of the included file;
        !           276: that point will be superimposed on the current position.
        !           277: .PP
        !           278: All of the specials leave TeX at the same position on the page that
        !           279: it started in.
        !           280: .SH FILES
        !           281: .TF /usr/lib/tex/macros/doc/*
        !           282: .TP
        !           283: .F /usr/lib/tex/macros/*
        !           284: macros and preloaded format files
        !           285: .TP
        !           286: .F /usr/lib/tex/macros/doc/*
        !           287: more TeX-related documentation
        !           288: .TP
        !           289: .F /usr/lib/tex/fonts/*
        !           290: font metrics and bitmaps
        !           291: .TP
        !           292: .F /usr/lib/tex/*
        !           293: miscellaneous configuration files and Postscript headers
        !           294: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           295: .IR latex (6),
        !           296: .IR pic (1),
        !           297: .IR lp (1),
        !           298: .IR proof (9.1),
        !           299: .IR psi (9.1),
        !           300: .IR troff (1),
        !           301: .IR monk (1)
        !           302: .br
        !           303: Donald E. Knuth,
        !           304: .I The TEXbook,
        !           305: Addison Wesley, 1986
        !           306: .SH BUGS
        !           307: It should be possible to make TeX output go on standard output.
        !           308: 

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