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REM2PS(1) REM2PS(1) NNAAMMEE rem2ps - draw a PostScript calendar from Remind output SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS rreemm22ppss [[_o_p_t_i_o_n_s] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN RReemm22ppss reads the standard input, which should be the results of running RReemmiinndd with the --pp option. It emits PostScript code (which draws a calendar) to the standard output. OOPPTTIIOONNSS --nn Produce a calendar whose first column is Monday (rather than Sunday.) --pp ffiillee Include the contents of _f_i_l_e in the PostScript pro- logue. This allows you to define procedures, vari- ables etc. which can be used by the PPSS and PPSSFFIILLEE reminders. You should not include any document structuring comments in your prologue. --ll Produce the calendar in landscape mode rather than the default portrait mode. --cc[_n] If _n is omitted, disables the small calendars for next and previous months which are normally gener- ated. If _n is supplied, it can range from 0 to 3, with the following meanings: 00 Disable small calendars 11 Place the small calendars at the bottom- right if there is room; otherwise, place them at the top-left. 22 Place the small calendars at the top-left if there is room; otherwise, place them at the bottom-right. 33 Place the previous month's small calendar at the top-left and the next month's at the bottom-right if there is room; otherwise, follow _n=1. A moment's thought reveals that an option which splits the calendars if there is room and otherwise follows _n=2 yields the same results as _n=3. --ii Use ISO 8859-1 standard encoding for the PostScript fonts. If you do not use this option, the default encoding is used. --ee Make the calendar fill the entire page. By 30 September 1993 1 REM2PS(1) REM2PS(1) default, the calendar is slightly smaller than the page. This allows days with many reminders to "expand" as needed. However, if you don't have days which expand, you can use this option to make all of the boxes slightly bigger. One caveat: If you do use the --ee option and one day has many reminders, the calendar may expand off the page, losing some information. Experiment! --mm mmeeddiiaa Set the page size. If you use the -m option, you must specify the media type, which can be one of the following. (Sizes are approximate.) Letter 8.5 x 11 in. Legal 11 x 17 in. Ledger 8.5 x 14 in. Statement 5.5 x 8.5 in. Executive 7.5 x 10 in. A3 29.7 x 42 cm. A4 21 x 29.7 cm. A5 14.8 x 21 cm. B4 25.7 x 36.4 cm. B5 18.3 x 25.7 cm. Folio 8.5 x 13 in. Quarto 8.5 x 10.8 in. 10x14 10 x 14 in. Type "rem2ps -m help" for a list of available media. Note that the media type (and all RReemm22ppss options) are case-sensitive. If you don't use the --mm option, the media defaults to a compiled-in default - this is usually Letter for North America and A4 for Europe. The "-m help" option will dis- play the compiled-in default. --ff[ttsshheedd] _f_o_n_t Set the font for the calendar title, the small cal- endars, the day-of-week headings, the calendar entries, and the day numbers, respectively. _F_o_n_t 30 September 1993 2 REM2PS(1) REM2PS(1) must be the name of a valid PostScript font. The default fonts are equivalent to specifying: -ftshe Helvetica -fd Helvetica-BoldOblique In other words, the heading, entry and small- calendar fonts are set to Helvetica, and the font for the day numbers is set to Helvetica- BoldOblique. --ss[tthheedd] _s_i_z_e Set the size (in points) of the text for the the calendar title, day-of-week headings, the calendar entries, and the day numbers, respectively. _S_i_z_e must be a decimal number. The default sizes are equivalent to specifying: -sthd 14 -se 8 In other words, the heading and day numbers are 14-point fonts, and the calendar entries are printed in 8-point text. --bb _s_i_z_e Set the size of the blank white border in each cal- endar box to _s_i_z_e points. The default border size is 6 points, or 1/12 in. --tt _s_i_z_e Set the thickness of the black calendar grid lines. The default is 1, for a line thickness of one point (1/72 in.) --oo[llrrttbb] _s_i_z_e Set the left, right, top, and/or bottom margins to _s_i_z_e points. For this option only, _s_i_z_e must be an integer. It represents the margin size in units of 1/72 in. The default margin sizes are 36, for half-inch margins. If you wish to punch holes in the calendar page to insert it into a binder, you may wish to increase the left margin to one inch. In that case, you should also decrease the heading font size to 12 points for good output: # This gives good results for putting into a binder rem2ps -ol 72 -sh 12 UUSSAAGGEE To use RReemm22ppss, you should pipe the output of RReemmiinndd with the --pp option to RReemm22ppss, and then send the result to a printer. This is most easily illustrated with examples: remind -p12 /dev/null 1 jan 1994 | rem2ps | lpr -Plaser 30 September 1993 3 REM2PS(1) REM2PS(1) That example creates a blank calendar for the entire year of 1994, and sends it the the printer named "laser." remind -p ~/.reminders | rem2ps -l -sd 18 > cal.ps This reminder creates a calendar for the current month, filling in entries from the reminder file "~/.reminders." The calendar is produced in landscape mode, with a font size of 18 for the day numbers. The result is put in the PostScript file "cal.ps." VVAARRIIAABBLLEESS AAVVAAIILLAABBLLEE TTOO UUSSEERR--SSUUPPPPLLIIEEDD PPOOSSTTSSCCRRIIPPTT CCOODDEE The following variables are available to PPSS and PPSSFFIILLEE- type reminders. (This material is duplicated in the RReemmiinndd manual page.) LineWidth The width of the black grid lines making up the calendar. Border The border between the center of the grid lines and the space used to print calendar entries. This border is normally blank space. BoxWidth and BoxHeight The width and height of the calendar box, from cen- ter-to-center of the black gridlines. InBoxHeight The height from the center of the bottom black gridline to the top of the regular calendar entry area. The space from here to the top of the box is used only to draw the day number. /DayFont, /TitleFont, /EntryFont, /SmallFont and /HeadFont The fonts used to draw the day numbers, the month and year title, the calendar entries, the small calendars, and the day-of-week headings, respec- tively. DaySize, TitleSize, EntrySize and HeadSize The sizes of the above fonts. (The size of the small calendar font is _n_o_t defined here.) For example, if you wanted to print the Hebrew date next to the regular day number in the calendar, use: REM PS Border BoxHeight Border sub DaySize sub moveto \ /DayFont findfont DaySize scalefont setfont \ ([hebday(today())] [hebmon(today())]) show Note how /DayFont and DaySize are used. 30 September 1993 4 REM2PS(1) REM2PS(1) Note that if you supply PostScript code, it is possible to produce invalid PostScript files. Always test your PostScript thoroughly with a PostScript viewer before sending it to the printer. You should not use any docu- ment structuring comments in your PostScript code. In addition, prior to drawing a calendar page, RReemm22ppss emits the following PostScript code: save (mon) (yr) PreCal restore where _m_o_n and _y_r are the month and year of the calendar page. The default PPrreeCCaall procedure simply pops the argu- ments and does nothing. However, you can define a PPrreeCCaall function in your prologue file to do whatever you want - it can draw a background for the entire calendar, for instance. In the context of the PPrreeCCaall procedure, the following con- ditions hold: o The PostScript origin is at the bottom left-hand corner of the page, and PostScript units of 1/72" are in effect. o The variables MinX, MinY, MaxX and MaxY define the bounding box within which the calendar will be drawn. o The font and font-size variables, as well as Border and LineWidth described previously, are valid. For an example, create a file called "myprolog" whose con- tents are: /PreCal { /yr exch def /mon exch def /xsiz1 MaxX MinX sub def /ysiz1 MaxY MinY sub def /xsiz xsiz1 MinX sub MinX sub def /ysiz ysiz1 MinY sub MinY sub def xsiz ysiz lt {/len xsiz 1.41 mul def MinX MinX add ysiz1 xsiz1 sub 2 div MinY add MinY add moveto} {/len ysiz 1.41 mul def xsiz1 ysiz1 sub 2 div MinX add MinX add MinY MinY add moveto} ifelse /Helvetica-Bold findfont 1 scalefont setfont mon stringwidth pop ( ) stringwidth pop add yr stringwidth pop add 30 September 1993 5 REM2PS(1) REM2PS(1) len exch div /len exch def /Helvetica-Bold findfont len scalefont setfont 0.95 setgray 45 rotate mon show ( ) show yr show } bind def Use that file with the RReemm22ppss --pp option to create calen- dars with the year and month in large grey letters in the background of the calendar. AAUUTTHHOORR David F. Skoll BBUUGGSS All RReemm22ppss options are case-sensitive, unlike RReemmiinndd. Any time you supply a font name or size, line thickness, or border width, it is treated as a string and sent straight to the PostScript interpreter. Thus, if you supply invalid fonts or sizes, RReemm22ppss will not complain, but the resulting PostScript output will probably not work. You should ensure that the values you supply for margin widths are sensible. If they are too big for the media size, RReemm22ppss will not complain, but again, the PostScript output will probably not work. SSEEEE AALLSSOO RReemmiinndd 30 September 1993 6