xdvi is an

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written by Paul Vojta for displaying TeX-produced .dvi files under the

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, including

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. The xdvi interface has a set of GUI controls and a window displaying a single page of the DVI document. Every time a new version of the .dvi file is saved, xdvi automatically refreshes the display with the new version. xdvi is equipped with "magnifying glasses" for viewing close-ups of portions of the page by clicking on a

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button while the mouse cursor is over the part of the page to be viewed. xdvi has a set of

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s for bypassing the pointer control. xdvi can be used with the editor

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to display the .dvi file of the TeX file currently being edited. There also exists an ability to perform a ''reverse search'', in which a user clicks on a location in the dvi file and emacs jumps to the associated location in the TeX file.

References

External links

Paul Vojta's web page on xdvi

The Xdvik Homepage on sourceforge
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