This is an alpha release of kdvi. See file README.kdvi for release notes.
The usual parameters handled by Qt and KDE applications also work:
kdvi -style windows -display :0 -geometry 400x400+0+0 -caption "DVI"
For integration with TeX the opened DVI file is automatically reloaded when changed.
Note also that you can reach most menu commands with a couple of key presses, e.g. to show the Help/About is done by Alt-h a. You can also use cursor keys to move around in menus. Here is a list of invisible bindings (these are not configurable):
The Page menu provides commands for changing the displayed page. A primitive dialog is available to enter a page number. The scroller widget allows you to move to the next or the previous page by clicking the right or middle mouse button. The page list can be clicked with the left mouse button to select a page.
The button bar provides buttons to change pages: First, Previous, Advance, Next and Last. In the middle of these is the Advance button which can be used to easily read through many partly displayed pages: it scrolls down until at the bottom of page and then to the top of the next page.
The button bar presents these same commands plus two fixed magnifications for quick selection. You can use these to switch between a readable text size and a magnified view (there is no separate magnifier window) or between a readable size and a full page view. You can configure these fixed sizes with preferences dialog.
One non-obvious feature is the selection of scaling center. You can select with left mouse button the point on the page that does not move (if possible) when changing the magnification. Use this by clicking with left mouse button at the detail you want to see magnified and then push the magnified view button.
The current page can be marked by selecting the entry 'Mark page' from the RMB popup menu of the viewing area. The page list gives more options for marking: you can mark all, even, odd or current page and unmark current or all pages and toggle marks using the RMB popup menu of page list. Clicking or dragging the middle mouse button also toggles the marks.
You may add printer names that will be available in the print dialog.
And last you can change the spooler command (defaults to lpr) that is supposed to read standard input. Option -P is appended when printing to nondefault printer.
Having setup printing you can use the print dialog where you can select the pages to be printed, which printer or file to use for output and more.
Q: What can I do when kdvi does not find my PK-fonts?
A: You must have correct settings for resolution and Metafont mode.
If this does not help, you may set the field
'PK Font Path' in Preferences/Fonts to point to the list of directories
to be searched for pk-fonts:
/var/lib/texmf/fonts/pk/ljfour/:/some/other/place
You can make kdvi search recursively by adding an extra / at the end of
directory name:
/var/lib/texmf/fonts//
(This works like xdvi's XDVIFONTS environment variable.
There is also good (gnu info) documentation available for the kpathsea library
that kdvi uses for font searching.)
This makes kdvi usable when you have some other tex system than tetex and don't
have the texmf.cnf file.
Q: How do I get the font generation to work?
A: If you like to enable automatic font generation using MakeTeXPK,
you must also supply correct Metafont mode in preferences dialog.
When automatic pk-font generation is disabled (menu option)
the missing fonts will be logged to file missfont.log in the current directory.
It is a good idea to check that the font generation commands in
missfont.log are correct before enabling font generation.
Anything else? Feel free to make suggestions and report any problems you have.
Markku Hihnala
mah@ee.oulu.fi