special infestation of Omega

Here an example:

Running `Preview-LaTeX' on `circutf' with ``lambda -ini "&lambda" prv_circutf.ini   "\nonstopmode\nofiles\PassOptionsToPackage{active,tightpage,auctex,counters}{preview}\AtBeginDocument{\ifx\ifPreview\undefined\RequirePackage[displaymath,floats,graphics,textmath,sections,footnotes]{preview}[2004/11/05]\fi}\input{circutf.tex}"''
This is Omega, Version 3.141592-1.23.2.3 (Web2C 7.5.4) (INIOMEGA)
Copyright (c) 1994--2000 John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous
(prv_circutf.ini
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>

[...] then use dvipng on the dvi file:

.tex",57;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:col=21;}.
[2dvipng warning: at (0,20) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",57;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,20) unimplemented \special{om:col=21;}.
 not rendered] dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",61;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:col=45;}.
[3dvipng warning: at (0,14) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",61;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,14) unimplemented \special{om:col=45;}.
 not rendered] dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",62;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:col=9;}.
[4dvipng warning: at (0,8) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",62;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,8) unimplemented \special{om:col=9;}.
 not rendered] dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",64;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:col=14;}.
[5dvipng warning: at (0,8) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",64;}.
dvipng warning: at (0,8) unimplemented \special{om:col=14;}.
 not rendered] dvipng warning: at (0,0) unimplemented \special{om:lines="circutf.tex",64;}.

Uh, is this Omega version that plasters the dvi file with unrequested
specials a good idea?  On the other hand, Aleph exists, too, so maybe
there is not much harm done here...

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum