Re: tlug: dviprt and Kyocera L-880

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

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>>>>> "Craig" == C Oda <craig@example.com> writes:

    Craig> a while ago I posted a question about GhostScript drivers
    Craig> for the Kyocera L-880 laser printer.  I was just reviewing
    Craig> my Linux nyumon book, when I noticed that dviprt had

Yuck, but it works.  Specials are not "dvi*k" compatible, though.  I
don't know what specials dviprt does, actually.

    Craig> Other people might want to give it a look.  All I have to
    Craig> do now is find a text to dvi filter and I'm set.  I guess I
    Craig> could hack something with TeX if I was really desperate.

# /bin/sh
# probably ought to clean up the file naming and cleanup parts
# of the script.  Handles Japanese, too!

echo << EOTeX > tmp.tex
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}  % I don't like jarticle format

\begin{document}
\begin{verbatim}
EOTeX

cat $1 >>tmp.tex

echo << EOTeX >> tmp.tex
\end{verbatim}
\end{document}
EOTeX

jlatex tmp
dviprt $2 tmp.dvi

rm -f tmp.tex tmp.dvi tmp.aux tmp.log # any other trash

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                            Stephen J. Turnbull
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University of Tsukuba                      http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/
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