---
name: "xdvizilla"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "tetex-bin"
version: "3.0-31"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/xdvizilla"
---

# xdvizilla(1)

Helper application for running xdvi

## NAME

xdvizilla - Helper application for running xdvi

## SYNOPSIS

**xdvizilla** \[**-no-rm**\] *file*

## DESCRIPTION

Presently (October 2002), Mozilla has some bugs with helper applications: it passes gzipped (**.gz**) files directly to the helper application without uncompressing, and it  passes compressed (**.Z**) files as empty files.

To work around these problems, **xdvizilla** was written to look at files and decompress them correctly (depending on their file types).

In addition, some sites produced tarred *dvi* files (including the *dvi* file as well as some included figures), and **xdvizilla** correctly handles those files as well.

## OPTIONS

Only one option is supported:

- **-no-rm**

  Normally **xdvizilla** will remove *file* before finishing.  This option inhibits this behavior.

## INSTALLATION

In addition to installing **xdvizilla** in a directory on the default search path, it is necessary to set it up as a helper application within the browser.

For **Netscape 4.x**, add the following lines to the **mailcap** file:

```

application/x-dvi;      xdvi -safer %s
application/x-dvi-tar;  xdvizilla -no-rm %s

```

For **Netscape 6.x**, **Netscape 7.x**, or **Mozilla 1.x**, add the following lines to the **mailcap** file:

```

application/x-dvi;      xdvizilla %s
application/x-dvi-tar;  xdvizilla %s

```

In addition, it would be useful to check that the following line is included in the **mime.types** file:

```

type=application/x-dvi  exts="dvi"      desc="TeX dvi file"

```

## SEE ALSO

**X**(1), [**xdvi**(1)](/xdvi/1.md).

## AUTHOR

Paul Vojta, U.C. Berkeley.