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.
SEE ALSO
mgp(1)
HISTORY
mgp2ps was created so that Kazu Yamamoto
could submit his tutorial document to the committee of Internet
Week '97.