Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/12/08/13:29:53
> From: "Florian X" <dos DOT fire AT aon DOT at>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 15:21:32 +0100
>
> What is different between: .texi .info .dvi??
They are different formats.
- .texi is the Texinfo source of a document.
- .info is the format used by the Info readers, such as info.exe and
the readers built into RHIDE and Emacs. Your DJGPP info
subdirectory is full of such files.
- .dvi (for DeVice Independent) is the output of TeX. It is a
typeset document, produced from a .texi or a .tex source, but it
needs a DVI driver program to convert it to commands
understandable by specific devices, in order to print the document
or display it. For example, dvips is the DVI driver for
PostScript printers: it reads the DVI file and produces PostScript
commands to print the DVI file on a PS printer. Likewise, dvipdfm
reads a DVI file and produces PDF. There are many other DVI
drivers, for different devices (PCL printers, bit-mapped displays,
etc.)
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