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<entry id="dvi2bitmap" 
       datestamp="2003/08/21" 
       modifier="Graham.Williams@togaware.com">
  <about>
    <name>dvi2bitmap</name>
    <caption>Utility to convert TeX DVI files directly to bitmaps.</caption>
    <author>
      <name>Norman Gray</name>
      <email>norman@astro.gla.ac.uk</email>
    </author>
    <home>http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/norman/star/dvi2bitmap/</home>
    <license type="gpl"/>
    <version>
      <number>0.11</number>
    </version>
  </about>
  <description>
    <abstract>
      A utility to convert TeX DVI files directly to bitmaps, without
      going through the complicated (and slow!) route of conversion
      via PostScript and PNM.  The prime motivation for this is to
      prepare mathematical equations for inclusion in HTML files but
      there are many other uses beyond that.  It can generate XBM and
      GIF bitmaps, plus PNG, if you have the libpng library installed.
      It uses the same kpathsea font-searching library as other TeX
      programs, again as long as you have the appropriate library
      installed.  The program is written in C++, and incidentally
      provides a good object interface for DVI and PK files.
    </abstract>
  </description>
  <distribution>
    <ctan>dviware/dvi2bitmap</ctan>
  </distribution>
</entry>
