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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       m2ps  -  Converts text in Mule internal code to PostScript
       format

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       m2ps [options] <infile> outfile

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Uses the specified file as a header for PostScript output.
       The  default  header file is /usr/i18n/mule/lib/mule/$VERSION/etc/m2ps.ps.
  Specifies the resolution of the  output
       device.  The default value is 300.  Specifies FontScale in
       points. The default value is 10.  Specifies  LinePitch  in
       points.  The default value is 14.  Specifies the number of
       lines on a page.  The default value is 56.  Specifies TopMargin
  in  points.   The default value is 800.  Specifies
       LeftMargin in points.  The default value is 30.  Indicates
       that  your  PostScript  printer has limited memory.  Indicates
 that your PostScript printer  has  a  large  memory.
       This  is  the  default.  Indicates A4 paper size.  This is
       the default.  Indicates US-LETTER paper size.   Shows  the
       version  number of m2ps software.  Uses the specified font
       server. Refer to the xfs(1X) referent page for information
       about  font  servers.  Uses the specified path to find the
       bdf.tbl file that maps leading codes to  their  associated
       fonts.  The  default path is /usr/i18n/mule/lib/mule/$VERSION/etc/bdf.tbl.

OPERANDS    [Toc]    [Back]

       Specifies the file  containing  text  in  mule  *internal*
       code.  Specifies the file containing the output PostScript
       program.

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       The m2ps command converts text encoded  in  Mule  internal
       code  (called *internal*) to a PostScript file that can be
       printed.  To handle text not coded in *internal* code, you
       first have to convert the code to *internal*.  You can use
       the coco command to perform this code conversion.   Alternatively,
  you  can run the any2ps program to do both jobs
       (convert the code to  *internal*  and  also  generate  the
       PostScript file).

       Our  implementation  of  the  m2ps command is derived from
       software supplied by the Free  Software  Foundation.  However,
  the original code, written by Ken'ichi Handa of the
       Electrotechnical Laboratory in Japan, uses BDF files  that
       are  available  for public domain fonts. BDF files are not
       available for fonts supplied with the Tru64 UNIX  product.
       Therefore,  our  implementation  of  m2ps  uses the X font
       server, along with a table (bdf.tbl), to  obtain  printing
       information.

       Each line of the bdf.tbl file maps a leading code value to
       a font name. A line contains 2  columns,  separated  by  a
       colon  (:),  for  the  leading  code  value and font name,
       respectively. You can modify the file if you want m2ps  to
       use  different fonts for one or more of the leading codes.



FILES    [Toc]    [Back]

       PostScript header file Sample PostScript file  created  by
       m2ps.  The original file is in mule's documentation directory.
  Table that maps leading codes to font names.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
       Commands: any2ps(1), coco(1), mule(1), xfs(1X)



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