Xdvi

{{Short description|Open Source Computer Program}}

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xdvi is an open-source computer program written by Paul Vojta for displaying TeX-produced .dvi files under the X Window System on Unix, including Linux.

The xdvi interface has a set of GUI controls and a window displaying a single page of the DVI document. Every time a new version of the .dvi file is saved, xdvi automatically refreshes the display with the new version. xdvi is equipped with "magnifying glasses" for viewing close-ups of portions of the page by clicking on a mouse button while the mouse cursor is over the part of the page to be viewed. xdvi has a set of keyboard shortcuts for bypassing the pointer control.{{cite web|title=XDVI key commands|url=http://www.math.northwestern.edu/resources/computer_information/xhelp.html|access-date=17 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613074522/http://www.math.northwestern.edu/resources/computer_information/xhelp.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-06-13 }}

xdvi can be used with the editor emacs to display the .dvi file of the TeX file currently being edited.{{cite web|last=Arapura|first=Don|title=Setting up emacs for latex|url=http://www.math.purdue.edu/~dvb/xdvi.html|access-date=14 February 2013}} There also exists an ability to perform a reverse search, in which a user clicks on a location in the dvi file and emacs jumps to the associated location in the TeX file.{{cite web|title=Linking Xdvi and Emacs for Easy Searching|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help/faqs/latex/srcltx|publisher=Oxford Mathematical Institute|access-date=17 August 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103170448/http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help/faqs/latex/srcltx|archive-date=2012-11-03}}