#!/bin/sh -f # $Id: pv.sh 8104 2007-07-05 10:41:52Z till $ # # pv - preview a specified page of a dvi file in a Ghostscript window # usage: pv page file # # pv converts the given page to PostScript and displays it # in a Ghostscript window. # if [ $# -lt 2 ] ;then echo usage: $0 'page_number file_name[.dvi]' exit 1 fi # # The following line used to appear here: # #RESOLUTION=100 # # But according to Peter Dyballa # , "Modern versions of dvips are # taught to read configuration files which tell them the paths to PK, TFM, # VF and other files for example PostScript font programmes. These files # tell #dvips too which default resolution is used and therefore which # series of PK files (based on 300 DPI or 400 DPI or 600 DPI or even more) # are held on the system." So we have deleted this line, and also removed # the -D switch from the call of dvips below. # # This definition is changed on install to match the # executable name set in the makefile GS_EXECUTABLE=gs TEMPDIR=. PAGE=$1 shift FILE="$1" shift if test -z "$TEMPDIR"; then TEMPDIR=/tmp fi if which mktemp >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then tmpfile="`mktemp $TEMPDIR/\"$FILE\".pv.XXXXXX`" else tmpfile="$TEMPDIR/$FILE.$$.pv" fi trap "rm -rf $tmpfile" 0 1 2 15 #dvips -D$RESOLUTION -p $PAGE -n 1 "$FILE" "$@" -o $tmpfile dvips -p $PAGE -n 1 "$FILE" "$@" -o $tmpfile $GS_EXECUTABLE $tmpfile exit 0