Using Hintview

Hintview displays a binary HINT file, usually with the .hnt extension.

The binary HINT file format is designed for on-screen reading of documents. Using hintview to display a HINT file, its content will dynamically adapt to the available display area. For complete information on the HINT file format and programs to view HINT files, see https://hint.userweb.mwn.de.

This is a simple, bare-bone implementation of a program to render HINT files. Other programs to display HINT files are available on the HINT project home page where you find viewers for Windows, Linux, and the Android operating systems.

Currently the best way to produce HINT files is the use of hitex (see TeX Live 2022), a version of TeX that produces HINT files as its output. The HINT file format is described in HINT: The file format which is available as a book or in electronic form from the HINT project home page. The HINT file format is independent of TeX and allows the implementation of generators for all kind of word-processors. The hintview program however uses parts of Donald E. Knuth's implementation of TeX, notably its line breaking routine, to produce good quality rendering of documents.

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