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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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