The package described below has been updated on tug.ctan.org and should soon make its way to your favorite mirror.

Thanks, Jim Hefferon

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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.

Name of contribution: dvipng Author's name: Jan-Åke Larsson Location on CTAN: /dviware/dvipng Summary description: A fast DVI to PNG/GIF converter License type: gpl

Announcement text given by the package's contributor: - - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This program makes PNG graphics from DVI files as obtained from TeX and its relatives.

The 1.6 release adds proper alpha channel support and xcolor support. It also reestablishes identification of preview-latex' tightpage mode option.

It has been tested to a fair degree. Note the disclaimer in the COPYING file. Report any bugs you find, see README for instructions.

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You can have a look at the package at http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/dviware/dvipng although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror of CTAN that is near to you; see http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors .