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MFPS(local) UNIX Programmer's Manual MFPS(local)
NAME
mfps - GEM metafile to PostScript converter
SYNOPSIS
mfps [ -bcelmpR ] [ -B<_✓b_✓u_✓g> ] [-f<_✓f_✓i_✓l_✓e_✓n_✓a_✓m_✓e> ] file
mdump file
DESCRIPTION
_✓m_✓f_✓p_✓s reads the contents of the specified GEM-metafile (as
generated e.g. by _✓G_✓E_✓M-_✓D_✓r_✓a_✓w or _✓E_✓a_✓s_✓y_✓d_✓r_✓a_✓w) and transforms it
into a stream of _✓P_✓o_✓s_✓t_✓S_✓c_✓r_✓i_✓p_✓t- instructions, which are sent to
standard output. The produced output, when processed by a
PostScript-device (such as the _✓A_✓p_✓p_✓l_✓e _✓L_✓a_✓s_✓e_✓r_✓W_✓r_✓i_✓t_✓e_✓r ), will
print the picture which is represented by the metafile.
_✓m_✓d_✓u_✓m_✓p prints a symbolic representation of GEM-metafiles on
standard error. The program is useful for analyzing struc-
ture and contents of metafiles.
The following _✓o_✓p_✓t_✓i_✓o_✓n_✓s may be used with mfps:
-b Tries do draw a box around the picture.
-c Insert comments for every GEM-object into the
PostScript output. This is useful if you want to
understand how particular/all graphic objects are
created.
-e The generated PostScript program will conform to the
_✓E_✓n_✓c_✓a_✓p_✓s_✓u_✓l_✓a_✓t_✓e_✓d _✓P_✓o_✓s_✓t_✓S_✓c_✓r_✓i_✓p_✓t _✓F_✓i_✓l_✓e _✓F_✓o_✓r_✓m_✓a_✓t (EPSF) as defined
by Adobe. Pictures represented in such a file are
suitable to be imbedded into other documents, e.g.
_✓d_✓i_✓t_✓r_✓o_✓f_✓f or TEX formatted documents.
-f_✓f_✓i_✓l_✓e_✓n_✓a_✓m_✓e
Directs the output to the specified file instead of
standard-output.
-l Prints the picture in landscape rather than portrait
format. mfps will select landscape format automagi-
cally if the picture won't fit on the page in portrait
format.
-m Enables manual feeding of the LaserWriter. This is
useful for preparing overhead projector slides.
-p Prints the picture in portrait mode. This option dis-
ables the automatic landscaping of wide pictures, which
would not fit on the page in natural format.
-B<_✓b_✓u_✓g>
Will tell mfps to behave buggy, i.e. to retain certain
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MFPS(local) UNIX Programmer's Manual MFPS(local)
bugs of earlier versions that are considered _✓f_✓e_✓a_✓t_✓u_✓r_✓e_✓s
by some users. The only bug in this category so far is
related to the way that texts are treated. If the bug-
letter t is specified, all text objects will be printed
with PostScript font-specific spacing. This usually
makes texts in Helvetica wider and texts in Roman nar-
rower on the output page than they appear on the screen
but the spacing is esthetically _✓o_✓p_✓t_✓i_✓m_✓a_✓l. Without the
t-option selected, the font spacing may be altered to
fit the specified lengths.
-R Print version information on standard output.
SEE ALSO
gem2ps(1), fitps(1), mdump(1)
BUGS
Arcs, pies and circles are optional GEM-VDI objects and not
supported by the current implementation. Fill-patterns are
always opaque. There are also some unimplemented patterns.
_✓m_✓f_✓p_✓s provides no general GEM-metafile to PostScript conver-
sion but works with metafiles produced by _✓G_✓E_✓M-_✓D_✓r_✓a_✓w _✓V_✓1._✓0 or
_✓E_✓a_✓s_✓y_✓d_✓r_✓a_✓w _✓V_✓2._✓0. The program relies strongly on correct
metafile extent information, which is supplied in the
metafile header. Metafiles produced by GEM-applications not
updating metafile extents or using optional graphic entities
may cause strange results.
AUTHOR
Axel Mahler
Technical University Berlin
_✓U_✓U_✓C_✓P: axel@coma.uucp (unido!coma!axel)
_✓B_✓I_✓T_✓N_✓E_✓T: axel@db0tui62
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