\specials in .dvi files

Thu Sep 25 09:49:46 CEST 2003

Herbert, I see there's been no reply to your query from the 20th. I
wonder if perhaps you might not get a better response if you posted to
comp.text.tex -- c.t.t. for short.

You can get there by using the Y&Y website. Go to Resources > UseNet
Newsgroups > TeX and subscribe to it. I just did that much, via
Mozilla, but I haven't actually posted a message, so don't know the
exact details on that. But they keep telling me this is all totally
intuitive, so we should believe that posting is just a simple
additional step ;-))

Good luck!

Ch.

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Herbert Gintis writes:
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>          I am preparing to release a Windows-based graphics program for
> producing figures in TeX documents. I use three \specials:
>          \special{em:linewidth xxpt}, \special{em:moveto} and
> \special{em:lineto}. These are supported by emTeX, Y & Y TeX, and dvips.
> Are there other dvi readers/printer drivers that support these \specials?
> Are there equivalent macros? Is there a systematic way to find
> documentation on this issue?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Herb
>
>
> Herbert Gintis
> Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of
> Massachusetts
> External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM
> 15 Forbes Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060
> 413-586-7756  (Home Office) 206-984-9873 (Fax)
> Recent papers are posted on my <http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~gintis>web site.
> Get Game Theory Evolving (Princeton, 2000) at
> <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691009430/qid=1057311870/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8882889-4632849?v=glance&s=books>Amazon.com.
> New Email Address is hgintis at comcast.net
> There is no sorrow so great that does not find
> its background in joy.
>                                                  Niels Bohr (1938)
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> <x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>I am
> preparing to release a Windows-based graphics program for producing
> figures in TeX documents. I use three \specials: <br>
> <x-tab>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</x-tab>\special{em:linewidth
> xxpt}, \special{em:moveto} and \special{em:lineto}. These are supported
> by emTeX, Y &amp; Y TeX, and dvips. Are there other dvi readers/printer
> drivers that support these \specials? Are there equivalent macros? Is
> there a systematic way to find documentation on this issue?<br><br>
> Best Regards,<br><br>
> Herb<br><br>
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> <font size=3>Herbert
> Gintis&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> <br>
> Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of
> Massachusetts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
> <br>
> External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM <br>
> 15 Forbes Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060 <br>
> 413-586-7756&nbsp; (Home Office) 206-984-9873 (Fax)<br>
> Recent papers are posted on my
> <a href="http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~gintis">web site</a>.<br>
> Get <b>Game Theory Evolving</b> (Princeton, 2000) at
> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0691009430/qid=1057311870/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-8882889-4632849?v=glance&amp;s=books">Amazon.com</a>.<br>
> New Email Address is hgintis at comcast.net
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> <dd>There is no sorrow so great that does not find
> <dd>its background in joy.
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> Niels Bohr (1938)<br><br>
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