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FD2PS

Section: Forms Library (1L)
Updated: February 1998
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NAME

fd2ps - Translates fdesign output to PostScript

SYNOPSIS

fd2ps[-options] input.[fd] [output]

DESCRIPTION

The programfd2pstranslates thefdfile produced by the interface builder programfdesignof theForms Libraryinto PostScript (ps), or optionally Encapsulated PostScript(eps) for printing or inclusion into other documents. The input filecan be given with or without the .fd extension.If output file name is not specified, used is a filename derived from the input file name by replacing the .fd extension withps or eps. If output filename is specified as -, stdout is used.

OPTIONS

fd2psaccepts the following command line options

-help: Prints a brief summary of all command line options.
-version: Prints the current version offd2psand exits.
-p: The option requests portrait orientation.By default, the orientation is switched to landscapeif portrait will not fit the page. This optionoverrides the default.
-l: This options requests landscape output.
-bw n: Specifies the border width of the interface. By default this informationis obtained from the .fd file.
-eps: This option requests Encapsulated PostScript instead ofthe plain PostScript output.
-gray: This options requests all colors be convertedto gray levels. By default,fd2ps outputs colors as specified in the .fd file.
-G f: specifies a gamma factor that will be used toadjust the builtin colors in a non-linear fashion. It can be thought as a way to brighten or dimthe builtin colors: larger the gamma, brighter the color.The default gamma is 1.0.
-dpi f: This option specifies the screen resolution on whichthe user interface is designed. By giving a smaller or larger dpi number than that of the screen,the output is in effect being enlarged or shrunk. Thisflag does not affect text size. The default DPI is 85.If the .fd file is specified in device independentunit, this flag does not have effect.
-rgb file: This option specifies the path to the X color database (rgb.txt)for use in parsing XPM colornames. The default is/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt. Environment variable RGBFilecan be used to change the default.
-paper name: This option specifies the paper name, such as A4, Letter etc.The output PostScript will always center on the page. Use name allto get a list of the known paper names and sizes. The default is US Letter unless environment variablePAPERis set to one of the known paper names.
-pw f: Specifies the paper width, in inches.
-ph f: Specifies the paper height, in inches.
-verbose: This option specifies verbose output, i.e., commentsin the output PostScript file. Most useful fordebugging thefd2psprogram.

BUGS

Not all objects are currently supported.

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