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diff --git a/static/v10/man9/ped.9 b/static/v10/man9/ped.9 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..becd4d41 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man9/ped.9 @@ -0,0 +1,318 @@ +.TH PED 9.1 +.CT 1 editor writing_troff graphics +.SH NAME +ped, tped \- picture editor +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B ped +[ +.B -f +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.PP +.B tped +[ +.I option ... +] +[ +.I file ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Ped +is an interactive drawing program for +5620 terminals. +A +.I file +argument is equivalent to +an +.L e +command as described below. +Most features of +.I ped +are menu-controlled and self-explanatory; further details +are in the reference. +.PP +Button 1 selects actions +from a permanent menu and to draw or pick up an object. +Button 3 terminates drawing actions or changes +the permanent menu. +Button 2 causes the permanent menu to revert to +.LR basic . +.PP +The operation of +.I ped +is split between host and terminal. +When a file is first read, it is kept on +the host; +.L bring in +gets it to the 5620. +.PP +Option +.B -f +causes +.I ped +to display all text in one size to save time and space. +.PP +Some of the actions on permanent menus (switched by button 3) +are described below. +The last action is usually remembered and may be +executed repeatedly +until another is selected. +Thus, for example, one can fill many polygons with +one button click per polygon. +Actions marked +.L (t) +in the menu toggle on and off. +.PP +.B basic +menu +.RS +.TF rotate +.TP +.B blitblt +Copy part of the screen to file +.FR BLITBLT , +see +.IR blitblt (9.1). +.TP +.B exit +Leave +.IR ped , +requires a confirming push of button 3. +.TP +.B markers +Make visible the defining points of objects; +these are the only points sensitive to selection by button 1. +.RE +.TP +.B type comm +Take input from the keyboard. +.RS +.TF rotate +.TP +.BI e " file" +Begin editing +.IR file, +remember its name, as in +.IR ed (1). +Commands +.B f +(file name), +.B r +(read), +.B w +(write), +behave similarly. +.TP +.B qq +Same as +.B exit +in +.B basic +menu; altered files will be saved in +.FR ped.save . +.TP +.B cd +Change working directory. +.TP +.B pwd +Print working directory. +.TP +newline +Reactivate mouse. +.TP +.BI u " string" +Remember +.I string +as a shell command for the selection +.L user oper +in menu +.LR refine. +.PD +.RE +.TP +.B ch size +.PD0 +.RS +.TF rotate +.TP +.B rotate +displays a vector from the center (of the bounding box) of an object to the +selected point. +The object is rotated and scaled to bring that point to +a second selected position. +.TP +.B h-elong +Change aspect ratio. +The inverse is +.BR v-elong . +.RE +.PD +.TP +.B move +Button 3 cancels a move or copy. +To help untangle overlapping objects, the cancellation +does not take place until returning to the basic menu. +.RS +.PD0 +.TF rotate +.TP +.B attach +Move an open polygon (a broken line) +and hook it to the end of another. +.TP +.B join +Connect the ends of two polygons with a new line. +.TP +.B link +Cause multiple polygons to move and be filled as one +(useful for making holes). +Linked polygons must all be open or all be closed. +.TP +.B match +Move objects to bring selected points together. +.TP +.B center +Move objects to bring their centers together. +.TP +.B family/pt +Select objects to be moved or deleted together. +.RE +.PD +.TP +.B draw +Button 1 fixes a point; +button 3 terminates an object. +.PD0 +.RS +.TF rotate +.TP +.B text +Type one or more lines terminated by an empty line. +.TP +.B grid +Snap points to locations on +a grid, which indexes through settings FMC (fine, medium, coarse, none). +.TP +.B fix sz +Set option +.BR -f . +.TP +.B family/bx +Sweep a box around objects to be moved or deleted together. +.RE +.PD +.TP +.B reshape +.RS +.TF rotate +.TP +.B formal +Adjust nearly rectangular lines to be perfectly so. +.TP +.B spline +A piecewise parabolic fit tangent to the midpoints of +a broken line. +.TP +.B corner +Make a guiding point of a spline to be multiple \- a corner +in an otherwise smooth curve. +.PD +.RE +.TP +.B refine +.RS +.TF rotate +.TP +.B adj t +Left-justify, right-justify, or center text. +.TP +.B edit text +Display text at the top, where button 1 selects a +position for inserting by typing or deleting by backspacing. +Button 3 concludes the editing. +.RE +.PD +.TP +.B shade +Assign textures for filling polygons, circles, or spline-bounded regions. +Curves are filled schematically on the 5620, but accurately on +the host. +.TP +.B color +Assign colors for display on other devices. +.TP +.B remote +Perform all editing on the host using the terminal +as a display device only. +.PP +.I Tped +converts files of graphic information produced by +.I ped +into typesetting requests for +.IR troff (1). +The options are: +.TP +.BI -T dev +Prepare output for particular devices known to +.IR troff : +.B -Taps +or +.BR -T202 . +.PD 0 +.TP +.B -b +Place a box around each picture. +.PD +.PP +The input may be straight +.I ped +output or may be arbitrary text files with +.I ped +output embedded between +pairs of delimiting lines: +.PD0 +.IP +.BI .GS " \fR[\fI size \fR]\fI" +ped file +\&. . . +.B .GE +.LP +or in another file: +.IP +.BI .GS " \fR[\fI size \fR]\fI pedfilename" +.PD +.PP +The optional size gives width or height: +.BI w= inches +or +.BI h= inches. +.SH FILES +.F .pederr +.br +.F ped.save +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR cip (9.1), +.IR paint (9.1), +.IR brush (9.1), +.IR graphdraw (9.1), +.IR pic (1), +.IR ideal (1), +.IR blitblt (9.1) +.br +T. Pavlidis, +`PED Users Manual', +this manual, Volume 2 +.SH DIAGNOSTICS +Error messages from the host +are placed in file +.BR .pederr . +.SH BUGS +Pictures may spill into the menu or message areas. +.br +Some experimentation with +.I tped +printout parameters +may be needed to +obtain satisfactory results. |
