path: root/japanese/dvipsk-vflib/pkg-descr

Dvipsk converts a DVI file produced by TeX (or other program) to
a PostScript file. Missing fonts can be automatically generated if
METAFONT exists on the system, or can be converted from `gf' to `pk'
format on demand. Dvips also supports `tpic', `psfig', `emtex',
and `METAPOST'.

The dvipsk program is modified version of Tom Rokicki's dvips and
use the kpathsea library for configuration and path searching.
You may have to set some variables in the path configuration file for
kpathsea /usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf so that the program
can find PK fonts, Virtual fonts and TFM files. For example,

PKFONTS = .:/usr/local/lib/fonts//:{$TEXMF/fonts:$VARTEXFONTS}//pk//
VFFONTS = .:/usr/local/share/fonts/vf-a2bk:$TEXMF/fonts//vf//
TFMFONTS = .:/usr/local/share/fonts/vf-a2bk:{$TEXMF/fonts:$VARTEXFONTS}//tfm//

- Makoto WATANABE
watanabe@zlab.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp