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MGP2PS(1)              DragonFly General Commands Manual             MGP2PS(1)


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.

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT        November 1997       DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT

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