Scribit Frank Küster dies 07/11/2005 hora 13:53: > This would really be nice, but there's a problem: Currently this > information is not available in the dvi file. I was fearing that... > It isn't impossible, however, since a dvi file can contain "special" > commands Would it be a deep change, or a minor one, like just changing what the \title command outputs in some document classes? Or even a global package applicable to nearly every LaTeX class? > This is, of course, beyond what we as Debian Maintainers of teTeX can > do. If this is merely a (La)TeX package, it is possible to package it apart. Or maybe within the tetex debian package, as a small new LaTeX package is a less intrusive change than modifying the source code of xdvi or of the current LaTeX document classes. Oops, no, I forgot that dvips has also to be changed... I think it would maybe still be feasible outside dvips, if really needed, as a filter that maybe reads something in the .aux file and alters the DVI file. Dunno if this is a viable alternative. > How do we proceed? We can forward the request to the dvips > maintainers, but AFAICS development of dvips is pretty slow, if not > dead, these days. Chances are better that this will be implemented if > someone steps up with a patch. I don't know wether I will have competence and time for this, but I'll take a look into dvips. Do I have to UTSL, or is there a documentation of the DVI format (as for everything in TeX, I think I can count on a complete doc, at least for the hacker...). Doubtly, Nowhere man -- nowhere.man@levallois.eu.org OpenPGP 0xD9D50D8A
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