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1.1     ! root        1: .TH POSTBGI 8 local
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: postbgi \- PostScript translator for BGI (Basic Graphical Instructions) files
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B postbgi
        !             6: [ options ] [ files ]
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Postbgi
        !             9: translates BGI (Basic Graphical Instructions)
        !            10: .I files
        !            11: into PostScript and writes the results on the
        !            12: standard output.
        !            13: If no
        !            14: .I files
        !            15: are specified, or if \- is one of the input
        !            16: .I files,
        !            17: the standard input is read.
        !            18: The following
        !            19: .I options
        !            20: are understood:
        !            21: .TP 1.0i
        !            22: .BI \-c num
        !            23: Print
        !            24: .I num
        !            25: copies of each page.
        !            26: By default only one copy is printed.
        !            27: .TP 1.0i
        !            28: .BI \-f name
        !            29: Print text using font
        !            30: .I name.
        !            31: Any PostScript font can be used,
        !            32: although the best results will only be
        !            33: obtained with constant width fonts.
        !            34: The default font is Courier.
        !            35: .TP 1.0i
        !            36: .BI \-m num
        !            37: Magnify each logical page by the factor
        !            38: .I num.
        !            39: Pages are scaled uniformly about the origin,
        !            40: which by default is located at the center of
        !            41: each page.
        !            42: The default magnification is 1.0.
        !            43: .TP 1.0i
        !            44: .BI \-n num
        !            45: Print
        !            46: .I num
        !            47: logical pages on each piece of paper,
        !            48: where
        !            49: .I num
        !            50: can be any positive integer.
        !            51: By default
        !            52: .I num
        !            53: is set to 1.
        !            54: .TP 1.0i
        !            55: .BI \-o list
        !            56: Print pages whose numbers are given in the comma-separated
        !            57: .IR list .
        !            58: The list contains single numbers
        !            59: .I N
        !            60: and ranges
        !            61: .IB N1 \- N2.
        !            62: A missing 
        !            63: .I N1
        !            64: means the lowest numbered page, a missing
        !            65: .I N2
        !            66: means the highest.
        !            67: .TP 1.0i
        !            68: .BI \-p mode
        !            69: Print
        !            70: .I files
        !            71: in either
        !            72: .B portrait
        !            73: or
        !            74: .B landscape
        !            75: .I mode.
        !            76: Only the first character of
        !            77: .I mode
        !            78: is significant.
        !            79: The default
        !            80: .I mode
        !            81: is portrait.
        !            82: .TP 1.0i
        !            83: .BI \-w num
        !            84: Set the line width used for graphics to
        !            85: .I num
        !            86: points, where a point is approximately 1/72
        !            87: of an inch.
        !            88: By default
        !            89: .I num
        !            90: is set to 0.0 points, which forces lines to be
        !            91: one pixel wide.
        !            92: .TP 1.0i
        !            93: .BI \-x num
        !            94: Translate the origin
        !            95: .I num
        !            96: inches along the positive x axis.
        !            97: The default
        !            98: coordinate system has the origin fixed at the
        !            99: center of the page, with positive
        !           100: x to the right and positive y up the page.
        !           101: Positive
        !           102: .I num
        !           103: moves everything right.
        !           104: The default offset is 0 inches.
        !           105: .TP 1.0i
        !           106: .BI \-y num
        !           107: Translate the origin
        !           108: .I num
        !           109: inches along the positive y axis.
        !           110: Positive
        !           111: .I num
        !           112: moves everything up the page.
        !           113: The default offset is 0 inches.
        !           114: .TP 1.0i
        !           115: .BI \-A file
        !           116: Append a simple accounting record to
        !           117: .I file
        !           118: after all the input
        !           119: .I files
        !           120: have been successfully translated.
        !           121: By default no accounting data is produced.
        !           122: .TP 1.0i
        !           123: .BI \-L file
        !           124: Use
        !           125: .I file
        !           126: as the PostScript prologue,
        !           127: which by default is /usr/lib/postscript/postbgi.ps.
        !           128: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           129: 0 exit status is returned if
        !           130: .I files
        !           131: were successfully processed.
        !           132: .SH BUGS
        !           133: The default line width is too small for 'write to white'
        !           134: print engines, like the one used by the PS-2400.
        !           135: .SH FILES
        !           136: /usr/lib/postscript/postbgi.ps
        !           137: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           138: dpost(1), postprint(1), posttek(1), postdmd(1)

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