---
name: "spwx11"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "spawx11"
version: "1.3.2-5"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/spwx11"
---

# spwx11(1)

the Simplest Previewer in the World for X11

## NAME

spwx11 - the Simplest Previewer in the World for X11

## SYNOPSIS

**spwx11** \[*OPTIONS*\] *FILE*

## DESCRIPTION

*spwx11* is a viewer for DVI files generated by TeX typesetting systems. It's code size is very small (approximately 160 lines of code in C). Unfortunately, it does not offer anti-aliasing display, and hence, its display is ugly. *spwx11* is developed as a demonstration purpose; it is a start point of development of DVI previewer  based on *DVIlib*.  It uses *DVIlib* as an intenal DVI bytecode interpreter and *VFlib* as an intenal font module.

## OPTIONS

*spwx11* accepts the following options. (For more detail, invoke *spwx11* with --help option.)

- **--help**

  Print a list of command line options.

- **-v VFLIBCAP**

  Set a vflibcap file for font module *VFlib*.

- **-a4, -a5, -b4, -b5, -letter, -us, ....**

  Select paper size.

- **-l**

  Select landscape mode.

- **-fg COLOR**

  Set foreground color.

- **-bg COLOR**

  Set background color.

## SEE ALSO

[**spawx11**(1)](/spawx11/1.md), **vflib**(1), **dvilib**(1)

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright ©  2007 Hirotsugu Kakugawa