How to Preview a .dvi File using xdvi


You can use the xdvi previewer to look at your LaTeX .dvi files without printing them. To use it, type:
xdvi filename.dvi &
This will bring up a window with your document in it. To move to the next page, type n; similarly, to move to the previous page, type p. If you want to see a magnified view of a part of the page, you can move the cursor to that area and then press a mouse button; the left button will bring up a small window and the right button a larger window. To exit the previewer, type q.

The previewer will not display included postscript figures; instead, it will leave a blank space where they would have been and print:

xdvi: special "psfile=filename.PS" not implemented
This does not mean that they won't print correctly; it simply means that they can't be previewed.

There are many other features that the previewer has; if you want to find out more about them, type:

man xdvi
More information is available in the document Essential LaTeX, on sale at Graphic Arts, or available in On-Line Help. To see it, type help at your athena% prompt, and select the following menus:
7. Text Processing
4. LaTeX Text Formatter
2. Producing a Simple Document
5. Previewing Your Document