Sorry, this was supposed to be sent to the list .... On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 20:58:49 -0600 "Russell L. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070214 20:43]: > > I tried to produce dvi output from a tex file I have and latex just > > refuses to do it. I tried: > > latex -output-format=dvi <file>.tex > > And it's as if the option is not there, I just get a pdf file again. > > How do I force latex to produce a dvi file? > > This is with debian unstable and the tetex packages, not texlive > > By default, the command > > $ latex filename.tex > > produces a dvi file, in both TeTeX and TeXLive. I an unaware of the > "output-format" option; why are you using it? > I'm using the output-format option because the current installation of tetex on my debian unstable system will only produce pdf and completely refuses to produce dvi out. I was used that $ latex filename.tex but for some strange reason that doesn't happen here. I guess that there is some switch somewhere that is ruining things but I have no idea where to look for it. > RLH > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
