NAME¶
mgp2ps
—
generate PostScript file from MagicPoint file
SYNOPSIS¶
mgp2ps |
[ -cirtV ]
[-f
psfile ]
[-p
papersize ]
[-x
xmargin ]
[-y
ymargin ]
mgpfile |
DESCRIPTION¶
mgp2ps
is a converter from MagicPoint file
mgpfile to PostScript file. If
-f
option is specified, PostScript will be
generated to
psfile. Otherwise, printed to
the standard output.
If there exists
foo.eps
corresponding to
foo.gif
(or whatever), the encapsulated
PostScript file will be included to the PostScript file instead.
The following options are available:
-c
- Generate color PostScript file (experimental). By default
mgp2ps
will generate monochrome
postscript file.
-i
- Paint inside icon symbols.
-r
- Stack the paper in reverse order.
-V
- Be verbose.
-f
psfile
- Pathname to put the PostScript output.
-p
papersize
- papersize specifies the size of the paper
to be used.
a3
, a4
,
a5
, b5
,
A3
, A4
,
A5
, B5
,
letter
, legal
,
ledger
, tabloid
,
statement
, executive
,
folio
, quarto and
10x14
are available. Default size is
a4
.
-x
xmargin
-
-y
ymargin
- xmargin and
ymargin specifies length of the margin
area around the edge of the paper.
-t
- Use truetypefont instead of psfont (ASCII font only).
-e
- Specify encodings. At this moment, "iso-8859-1",
"latin1", "iso-8859-2" "and latin-2" are
supported as encodings.
-m
- emulate "%pause" directive.
-X
engine
- Do not use rendering engine, specified by
engine.
engine can be only FreeType so far.
-g
level
- specify the distance level between lines. If
level is 0, the result will be close to
the result of xft2 rendering. If others, it will be close to the result of
other rendering engines.
SEE ALSO¶
mgp(1)
HISTORY¶
mgp2ps
was created so that Kazu Yamamoto
could submit his tutorial document to the committee of Internet Week
'97.