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<TR><TD><A HREF="#features">Description</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD><A HREF="#requirements">Requirements for installation</A></TD></TR>
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<TD><H1 ALIGN=CENTER><IMG SRC="advilogo.anim.gif">ctive-DVI</H1></TD></TR>
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<H2 ALIGN=CENTER>Version 1.6.0</H2>
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A name="features">Description of Active-DVI</A></H2>
<P>Active-DVI is a Unix-platform <STRONG>DVI previewer</STRONG> and a
<STRONG>programmable presenter for slides</STRONG> written in LaTeX.</P>
<P>To preview DVI files, Active-DVI features:
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<LI>Color anti-aliasing.
<LI>Inclusion of images (via the Camlimages package) with alpha
channel and blending.
<LI>Encapsulated Postscript File inclusion (using graphics macros package).
<LI>Gpic specials to display pictures.
<LI>Correct treatment of many (but not all) in-lined-Postscript specials.
<LI>Page background settings.
<LI>Japanese pTeX DVI extension support (<A HREF="pngs/japanese/advi-j.png">screen shot</A>).
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<P>To present your DVI files, Active-DVI features:
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<LI>Basic effects for presentation (pause, delay, dynamic text color change).
<LI>Annotations displayed on demand (similar to pop-up balloons).
<LI>Hyper links from slide to slide or to other files (including DVI files).
<LI>Replay of previously recorded parts of the display.
<LI>Text movements.
<LI>Page transitions.
<LI>Embedded applications (launched and killed on demand from within.
the presentation text source), with precise security policy.
<LI>Scratching on slide to interactively modify the text on screen.
<LI>Synchronization indications of each slide timing during the
presentation, to connect the talk with a recording/playing facility
and/or to automate the show.
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<P>Active-DVI special effects are set and launched from within your
LaTeX source file via the macros of the <CODE>advi.sty</CODE>
LaTeX package provided by the distribution.
<P>In addition, Caml hackers can program new and fancy Active-DVI effects in the
source code of the presenter.
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A name="screenshots">Screen shots</A></H2>
<P>Click on the image to have a look on the screen shots of Active-DVI
presentations.
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A name="manual">User's manual</A></H2>
<P>The Active-DVI user's manual is available in format <A
HREF="manual.dvi">DVI</A>, <A HREF="manual.ps">PS</A>, and <A
HREF="manual.pdf">PDF</A>. (The manual only exists in English version:
volunteers to translate it are warmly welcomed...)
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A name="FAQ"></A>
<A HREF="faq-eng.htm">Frequently asked questions</A></H2>
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT>Installation of Active-DVI</H2>
<H3 ALIGN=LEFT><A name="requirements">Requirements</A></H3>
<P>You need a Unix Platform running X11 window systems.
<P>You need Objective Caml 3.06 to compile the sources.
<P>You also need the `kpsewhich' utility of the `kpathsea' library
provided by the TeX distributions.
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A name="download">Download</A></H2>
<H4 ALIGN=LEFT>Source distribution</H4>
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<LI>Simple installation.
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<DT><STRONG><A HREF=
"ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/cristal/advi/adk-1.6.tar.gz">ADK</A>
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<DD>the Active-DVI Development Kit. The complete and functional set
of Active-DVI's source files and Caml libraries that it uses (in
particular Camlimages).
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<LI>Advanced installation
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<DT><STRONG>Note:</STRONG>
<DD>For the maximum performance, Active-DVI requires the
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/camlimages/">Camlimages</A> library.
If you have not yet installed this library, we recommend to
download the ADK (it is a big tar ball of Active-DVI and
Camlimages, with a fully-automated-with-luck installation Makefile).
<DT><STRONG>For hackers only</STRONG></DT>
<DD>the Active-DVI <A
HREF="ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/cristal/advi/advi-1.6.tar.gz">
source version only</A> (You should already have Camlimages installed!)
<DT><STRONG>For impatient hackers only</STRONG></DT>
<DD><A HREF="http://camlcvs.inria.fr/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/bazar-ocaml/advi/">
The current CVS version of Active-DVI </A> is available at the
<A HREF="http://camlcvs.inria.fr/">Caml Anonymous CVS repository</A>.
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A NAME="lists">Bug reports and mailing list</A></H2>
<P>If you find a bug drop a message to <CODE>advi-bugs@pauillac.inria.fr</CODE>.
<P>If you want to get in touch with the implementors (to contribute
some new ideas or lines of code) write to <CODE>advi@pauillac.inria.fr</CODE>.
<P>If you want to subscribe to the Active-DVI mailing list, write to
<CODE>advi-list-request@pauillac.inria.fr</CODE>.
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A NAME="authors">Authors</A></H2>
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~furuse/">Jun Furuse</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~weis/">Pierre Weis</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~remy/">Didier Rmy</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/">Xavier Leroy</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~lebotlan/">Didier Le Botlan</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~aschmitt/">Alan Schmitt</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~dicosmo/">Roberto Di Cosmo</A>,
<A HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~miquel/">Alexandre Miquel</A>
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT>Acknowledgments</H2>
<P>Active-DVI's graphical engine to display DVI files is based on
Mldvi version 1.0, written by <A
HREF="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~miquel/">Alexandre Miquel</A>.
<P>Active-DVI is entirely written in <A
HREF="http://caml.inria.fr/ocaml/">Objective Caml</A>.
<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><A NAME="copyright">COPYRIGHT</A></H2>
This program is distributed under the GNU LGPL. See the enclosed file COPYING.
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