DVIBOOK(1) General Commands Manual DVIBOOK(1)
NAME
dvibook - rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures
SYNOPSIS
dvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile
[ outfile ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Dvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into ``signa-
tures'' for printing books or booklets, creating a new DVI file usable
by any of the TeX conversion programs.
The -s option selects the size of signature which will be used. The sig-
nature size is the number of sides which will be folded and bound to-
gether; the number given should be a multiple of four. The default is to
use one signature for the whole file. Extra blank sides will be added if
the file does not contain a multiple of four pages.
By default, dvibook rearranges the pages into left-hand side binding
signatures; the -r option switches to right-hand side binding signa-
tures. This might be useful for pTeX vertical writing (tate-kumi) docu-
ments.
Dvibook normally prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the -q
option suppresses this.
AUTHOR
Angus Duggan, from dviselect(1), by Chris Torek, University of Maryland.
Currently maintained as part of TeX Live (https://tug.org/texlive).
SEE ALSO
dvitodvi(1), dviconcat(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1)
MC-TeX User's Guide
BUGS
Dvibook does not adjust the parameters in the postamble; however, since
these values are normally used only to size certain structures in the
output conversion programs, and the parameters never need to be adjusted
upward, this has not proven to be a problem.
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