Re: [MiKTeX] Help editing a DVI file

[Alan R. <ri...@ec...>]

Philip Turk wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> A friend of mine has Pctex. I noticed the other day that when he creates
> his dvi file, he has the capability of being able to drop-n-drag his mouse
> button over the dvi file and save the objects (png's?) onto his clipboard for
> later use in, say a Powerpoint presentation.

That would be a function of the dvi viewer. It sounds like the dvi 
viewer that comes with PCTeX notes the coordinates of the region your 
friend drags out, then calls dvipng with those coordinates. Yap does not 
have that functionality.

> My initial question was...is there a way I can do the same type of editing of 
> the dvi file that Winedt creates?

WinEdt is just an editor, and the only thing it creates is your tex 
file. It calls MiKTeX to create the dvi file. I know it's kind of a 
nitpick, but the distinction is important -- you'll never solve your TeX 
problems if you blame them on your editor and vice versa.

> It turns out there is a program 
> called dvipng.exe located in my computer at:
> 
> C:\texmf\miktex\bin
> 
> that evidently will allow me covert the dvi output to a png format that I can 
> then cut/edit.
> 
> My question is how do I run the program?!

You have to run it from the command line. You can get quick help by 
opening a command window and typing

dvipng --help

at the prompt. You can also get formal documentation by opening the 
MiKTeX Package Manager (Start -> Programs -> MiKTeX -> Browse Packages) 
and installing miktex-divpng-doc. It will place the documentation in 
C:\texmf\doc\dvipng in both dvi and chm formats.

Alan