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# xdvipsk-support package bundle

`LaTeX` package bundle to support `xdvipsk` (extension of `dvips`) binary.

## info

`xdvipsk` binary info:
```
man xdvipsk
```

`xdvipsk` development sources:
```
https://github.com/vtex-soft/xdvipsk.git
```

## usage

```tex
\RequirePackage{xdvipsk-support}
\documentclass{...}
```

Option `noOpenType` disables OpenType font support.


## luaotfload configuration (luaotfload.conf)

Use this `luaotfload` configuration for proper use of `xdvipsk` with OpenType fonts:

```lua
[run]
  default-dvi-driver = xdvipsk
```

## --shell-escape

Enable creating a `.xdvipsk` catalog in the output directory.  
It’s used in OpenType font management.

## bitmap inclusion

The `xdvipsk` extension for bitmap images doesn’t require changes to the user-level syntax. 
The `\includegraphics` command should work as described in the `graphics` and `graphicx` package documentation.  

Declared `BMP`, `JPEG`, `PCX`, `PNG`, and `TIFF` image formats 
in the `xdvipsk.def` driver file as graphic inclusion rules.
```latex
    \@namedef{Gin@rule@.tif}#1{{bmp}{.tif.bb}{#1}}
    \@namedef{Gin@rule@.tiff}#1{{bmp}{.tiff.bb}{#1}}
    \@namedef{Gin@rule@.jpeg}#1{{bmp}{.jpeg.bb}{#1}}
    \@namedef{Gin@rule@.jpg}#1{{bmp}{.jpg.bb}{#1}}
    \@namedef{Gin@rule@.png}#1{{bmp}{.png.bb}{#1}}
```
Bitmaps can have various color models: `BW`, `gray`, `RGB`, `CMYK`, and `indexed RGB`.

Bitmap image file names are included in `DVI` files inside arguments of 
`\special` commands with prefix `em: graph` (originating from the EmTeX distribution).

## dvi specials: `mapfile` and `mapline`
```
    *mapfile* reads a font map file with one or more lines. The name of the map file 
    is given with an optional leading modifier character (+). The *mapline* special 
    scans single map lines. Its argument syntax matches map lines from a map file. 
    Both specials can be used concurrently. An optional modifier character (+) selects 
    the operation mode. It defines how individual map lines are handled and how 
    a collision between registered and newer entries is resolved. If a modifier is given, 
    a later entry is ignored with a warning. If no modifier is given, an existing entry 
    is replaced. Here are examples:
 
    \special{mapfile: +myfont.map}
    \special{mapline: +ptmri8r Times-Italic <8r.enc <ptmri8a.pfb}

     or 

    \special{mapfile: myfont.map}
    \special{mapline: ptmri8r Times-Italic <8r.enc <ptmri8a.pfb}
```

## Notes

It’s the first steps. More information will be provided later.

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