11 Converters

11.1 PDF target

You have 2 tools to do this:

  1. PDFTeX which is a modified TeX engine that writes PDF instead of DVI files,
  2. Dvipdfm which takes your DVI files and convert them to PDF.

11.2 HTML target

The TeX4ht converter is provided. Its use is documented in the Web Companion Book.

11.3 Graphics converters

There are two sets of graphics converters offered:

ImageMagick
from http://www.wizards.dupont.com/cristy/ImageMagick.html, to be downloaded from the internet,
NetPBM
which is an old collection of programs to manipulate and convert image files of various formats (available on the CD-ROM).

Those converters are usable by themselves, but they are also needed by TeX4ht, the TeX to HTML converter.

11.3.1 Other tools

The French package, due to its restricted license is only available through Internet download.

The Postscript utilities, best known as PSUtils by A. Duggan are available on the CD-ROM too.

The free versions of Ghostscript (5.50) and Ghostview (2.7) are available from the CD-ROM. The non-free versions (Ghostscript 6.01 and Ghostview 3.0) are available from the Internet.

Last a Perl package (version 5.6, 22Mb) is available for download.

11.3.2 Other tools

The French package, due to its restricted license is only available through Internet download.

The Postscript utilities, best known as PSUtils by A. Duggan are available on the CD-ROM too.

The free versions of Ghostscript (5.50) and Ghostview (2.7) are available from the CD-ROM. The non-free versions (Ghostscript 6.01 and Ghostview 3.0) are available from the Internet.

Last a Perl package (version 5.6, 22Mb) is available for download.