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diff --git a/static/unix-v10/man8/postbgi.8 b/static/unix-v10/man8/postbgi.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..48e2742f --- /dev/null +++ b/static/unix-v10/man8/postbgi.8 @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +.TH POSTBGI 8 local +.SH NAME +postbgi \- PostScript translator for BGI (Basic Graphical Instructions) files +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B postbgi +[ options ] [ files ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Postbgi +translates BGI (Basic Graphical Instructions) +.I files +into PostScript and writes the results on the +standard output. +If no +.I files +are specified, or if \- is one of the input +.I files, +the standard input is read. +The following +.I options +are understood: +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-c num +Print +.I num +copies of each page. +By default only one copy is printed. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-f name +Print text using font +.I name. +Any PostScript font can be used, +although the best results will only be +obtained with constant width fonts. +The default font is Courier. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-m num +Magnify each logical page by the factor +.I num. +Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin, +which by default is located at the center of +each page. +The default magnification is 1.0. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-n num +Print +.I num +logical pages on each piece of paper, +where +.I num +can be any positive integer. +By default +.I num +is set to 1. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-o list +Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated +.IR list . +The list contains single numbers +.I N +and ranges +.IB N1 \- N2. +A missing +.I N1 +means the lowest numbered page, a missing +.I N2 +means the highest. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-p mode +Print +.I files +in either +.B portrait +or +.B landscape +.I mode. +Only the first character of +.I mode +is significant. +The default +.I mode +is portrait. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-w num +Set the line width used for graphics to +.I num +points, where a point is approximately 1/72 +of an inch. +By default +.I num +is set to 0.0 points, which forces lines to be +one pixel wide. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-x num +Translate the origin +.I num +inches along the positive x axis. +The default +coordinate system has the origin fixed at the +center of the page, with positive +x to the right and positive y up the page. +Positive +.I num +moves everything right. +The default offset is 0 inches. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-y num +Translate the origin +.I num +inches along the positive y axis. +Positive +.I num +moves everything up the page. +The default offset is 0 inches. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-A file +Append a simple accounting record to +.I file +after all the input +.I files +have been successfully translated. +By default no accounting data is produced. +.TP 1.0i +.BI \-L file +Use +.I file +as the PostScript prologue, +which by default is /usr/lib/postscript/postbgi.ps. +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +0 exit status is returned if +.I files +were successfully processed. +.SH BUGS +The default line width is too small for 'write to white' +print engines, like the one used by the PS-2400. +.SH FILES +/usr/lib/postscript/postbgi.ps +.SH SEE ALSO +dpost(1), postprint(1), posttek(1), postdmd(1) |
