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1.1       root        1: .TH BLITBLT 1
                      2: .CT 1 comm_other
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: blitblt \- print hard copy of screen image
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B blitblt
                      7: [
                      8: .B -p
                      9: .I command
                     10: ]
                     11: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     12: .I Blitblt
                     13: copies part or all of a 
                     14: .IR suntools (1)
                     15: or
                     16: .IR X (1)
                     17: screen into a file
                     18: or down a pipe to a printer daemon.
                     19: The program is menu-driven off button 3 as follows:
                     20: .nr xx \w'\f5sweep rectangle\f1'u+2n/1n
                     21: .TP \n(xx
                     22: .B choose window
                     23: A bull's eye cursor appears.
                     24: Clicking button 3 with the cursor inside a window
                     25: selects it for subsequent manipulation.
                     26: .TP
                     27: .B window interior
                     28: As above, but the border surrounding the window is not included.
                     29: .TP
                     30: .B reverse video
                     31: The video is inverted in the selected window or rectangle.
                     32: .TP
                     33: .B sweep rectangle
                     34: A rectangle cursor appears.  The rectangle swept out on button 3
                     35: becomes the selected area.
                     36: .TP
                     37: .B whole screen
                     38: The entire screen, including border areas is selected.
                     39: .TP
                     40: .B write file
                     41: The portion of the screen previously selected and prepared is written
                     42: into a file or pipe. The filename is typed in answer to a prompt appearing
                     43: at the bottom of the
                     44: .I blitblt
                     45: layer.
                     46: Hitting return selects the (default) name in parentheses.
                     47: If the first character typed is a 
                     48: .L |
                     49: (pipe symbol), the remainder of
                     50: the line is taken as a shell command which will read the bitmap
                     51: on its standard input.
                     52: .TP
                     53: .BI | " command"
                     54: The selected portion of the screen is sent to the
                     55: .I command
                     56: specified by the
                     57: .B -p
                     58: option (default
                     59: .IR bcan .)
                     60: .TP
                     61: .B exit
                     62: Must be confirmed by clicking button 3 in response to the skull cursor.
                     63: .SH SEE ALSO
                     64: .IR bcan (1), 
                     65: .IR bitfile (5), 
                     66: .SH BUGS
                     67: If a pipe request fails, the
                     68: .I blitblt
                     69: layer becomes unusable.
                     70: .I Blitblt
                     71: only works on monochrome displays.

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