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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:44:05 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:44:05 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1.23.0.upstream/1.23.0upstream
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diff --git a/src/devices/grolbp/grolbp.1.man b/src/devices/grolbp/grolbp.1.man new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c8cda76 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/devices/grolbp/grolbp.1.man @@ -0,0 +1,504 @@ +'\" t +.TH grolbp @MAN1EXT@ "@MDATE@" "groff @VERSION@" +.SH Name +grolbp \- +.I groff +output driver for Canon CaPSL printers +. +. +.\" Modified from grolj4 man page by Francisco Andrés Verdú +.\" <pandres@dragonet.es> for the grolbp program. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" Legal Terms +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 1994-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of +.\" this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that +.\" the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of +.\" a permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this +.\" manual into another language, under the above conditions for +.\" modified versions, except that this permission notice may be +.\" included in translations approved by the Free Software Foundation +.\" instead of in the original English. +. +. +.\" Save and disable compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.do nr *groff_grolbp_1_man_C \n[.cp] +.cp 0 +. +.\" Define fallback for groff 1.23's MR macro if the system lacks it. +.nr do-fallback 0 +.if !\n(.f .nr do-fallback 1 \" mandoc +.if \n(.g .if !d MR .nr do-fallback 1 \" older groff +.if !\n(.g .nr do-fallback 1 \" non-groff *roff +.if \n[do-fallback] \{\ +. de MR +. ie \\n(.$=1 \ +. I \%\\$1 +. el \ +. IR \%\\$1 (\\$2)\\$3 +. . +.\} +.rr do-fallback +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Synopsis +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.SY grolbp +.RB [ \-l ] +.RB [ \-c\~\c +.IR num-copies ] +.RB [ \-F\~\c +.IR font-directory ] +.RB [ \-o\~\c +.IR orientation ] +.RB [ \-p\~\c +.IR paper-format ] +.RB [ \-w\~\c +.IR width ] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +. +.SY grolbp +[\c +.BI \-\-copies= num-copies\c +] [\c +.BI \-\-fontdir= font-directory\c +] [\c +.B \-\-landscape\c +] [\c +.BI \-\-linewidth= width\c +] [\c +.BI \-\-orientation= orientation\c +] [\c +.BI \-\-papersize= paper-format\c +] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +.YS +. +. +.SY grolbp +.B \-h +. +.SY grolbp +.B \-\-help +.YS +. +. +.SY grolbp +.B \-v +. +.SY grolbp +.B \-\-version +.YS +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Description +.\" ==================================================================== +. +This GNU +.I roff +output driver translates the output of +.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ +into a CaPSL and VDM format suitable for Canon LBP-4 and LBP-8 printers. +. +Normally, +.I grolbp +is invoked by +.MR groff @MAN1EXT@ +when the latter is given the +.RB \[lq] \-T\~lbp \[rq] +option. +. +(In this installation, +.B @DEVICE@ +is the default output device.) +. +Use +.IR groff 's +.B \-P +option to pass any options shown above to +.IR grolbp . +. +If no +.I file +arguments are given, +or if +.I file +is \[lq]\-\[rq], +.I grolbp +reads the standard input stream. +. +Output is written to the standard output stream. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Typefaces +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The driver supports the Dutch, +Swiss, +and Swiss-Narrow scalable typefaces, +each in the regular, +bold, +italic, +and bold-italic styles. +. +Additionally, +the bitmapped, +monospaced Courier and Elite typefaces are available in regular, +bold, +and +italic styles; +Courier at 8 and 12 points, +Elite at 8 and 10 points. +. +The following chart summarizes the +.I groff +font names used to access them. +. +. +.P +.TS +tab(|) allbox center; +Cb Cb Cb Cb Cb +L L L L L +. +Typeface | Roman | Bold | Italic | Bold-Italic +Dutch | TR | TB | TI | TBI +Swiss | HR | HB | HI | HBI +Swiss Narrow | HNR | HNB | HNI | HNBI +Courier | CR | CB | CI | +Elite | ER | EB | EI | +.TE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Paper format, orientation, and device description file" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.I grolbp +supports paper formats +.RB \[lq] A4 \[rq], +.RB \[lq] letter \[rq], +.RB \[lq] legal \[rq], +and +.RB \[lq] executive \[rq]. +. +These are matched case-insensitively. +. +The +.BR \-p , +.B \-\-papersize +option overrides any setting in the device description file +.IR DESC . +. +If neither specifies a paper format, +A4 is assumed. +. +. +.P +In its +.I DESC +file, +.I grolbp +(case-insensitively) recognizes an +.B orientation +directive accepting one mandatory argument, +.B portrait +or +.BR landscape . +. +The first valid orientation directive encountered controls. +.\" XXX: This is inconsistent with other description file processing. +. +The +.BR \-l , +.BR \-o , +and +.B \-\-orientation +command-line options +override any setting in +.IR DESC . +. +If none of the foregoing specify the orientation, +portrait is assumed. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Font description files" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +In addition to the font description file directives documented in +.MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@ , +.I grolbp +recognizes +.BR lbpname , +which maps the +.I groff +font name to the font name used internally by the printer. +. +Its syntax is as follows. +.RS +.EX +.RI lbpname\~ printer-font-name +.EE +.RE +. +. +.BR lbpname 's +argument is case-sensitive. +. +The printer's font names are encoded as follows. +. +. +.P +For bitmapped fonts, +.I printer-font_name +has the form +.RS +.EX +.RI N\[la] base-font-name \[ra]\[la] font-style \[ra] +.EE +.RE +.I base-font-name +is the font name as it appears in the printer's font listings without +the first letter, +up to +(but not including) +the font size. +. +.I font-style +can be one of the letters +.BR R , +.BR I , +or +.BR B , +.\" The bold-italic style apparently was not supported for bitmap fonts. +indicating the roman, +italic, +and bold styles, +respectively. +. +For instance, +if the printer's \[lq]font listing A\[rq] +shows \[lq]Nelite12I.ISO_USA\[rq], +the corresponding entry in the +.I groff +font description file is +.RS +.EX +lbpname NeliteI +.EE +.RE +. +You may need to modify +.I grolbp +to add support for new bitmapped fonts, +since the available font names and font sizes of bitmapped fonts +(as documented above) +are hard-coded into the program. +. +. +.P +For scalable fonts, +.I printer-font-name +is identical to the font name as it appears in the printer's \[lq]font +listing A\[rq]. +. +For instance, +to select the \[lq]Swiss\[rq] font in bold-italic style, +which appears in the font listing +as \%\[lq]Swiss\-BoldOblique\[rq], +.RS +.EX +lbpname Swiss\-BoldOblique +.EE +.RE +is the required directive, +and this is what we find in the +.I groff +font description file +.I HBI +for the +.B lbp +device. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Drawing commands" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +For compatibility with +.MR grolj4 @MAN1EXT@ , +an additional drawing command is available. +. +. +.TP +.BI \[rs]D\[aq]R\~ "dh dv" \[aq] +Draw a rule +(solid black rectangle) +with one corner at the drawing position, +and the diagonally opposite corner at the drawing position +.RI +( dh , dv ). +.\" XXX , at which the drawing position will be afterward. ? +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Options +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.B \-h +and +.B \-\-help +display a usage message, +while +.B \-v +and +.B \-\-version +show version information; +all exit afterward. +. +. +.TP +.BI \-c " num-copies" +.TQ +.BI \-\-copies= num-copies +Produce +.I num-copies +copies of each page. +. +. +.TP +.BI \-F " font-directory" +.TQ +.BI \-\-fontdir= font-directory +Prepend directory +.RI font-directory /dev name +to the search path for font and device description files; +.I name +is the name of the device, +usually +.BR lbp . +. +. +.TP +.B \-l +.TQ +.B \-\-landscape +Format the document in landscape orientation. +. +. +.TP +.BI \-o " orientation" +.TQ +.BI \-\-orientation= orientation +Format the document in the given +.IR orientation , +which must be +.RB \%\[lq] portrait \[rq] +or +.RB \%\[lq] landscape \[rq]. +. +. +.TP +.BI \-p " paper-format" +.TQ +.BI \-\-papersize= paper-format +Set the paper format to +.IR paper-format , +which must be a valid paper format as described above. +. +. +.TP +.BI \-w " width" +.TQ +.BI \-\-linewidth= width +Set the default line thickness to +.I width +thousandths of an em; +the default is +.B 40 +(0.04\~em). +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Environment +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I GROFF_FONT_PATH +lists directories in which to seek the selected output device's +directory of device and font description files. +. +See +.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ +and +.MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@ . +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Files +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I @FONTDIR@/\:\%devlbp/\:DESC +describes the +.B lbp +output device. +. +. +.TP +.IR @FONTDIR@/\:\%devlbp/ F +describes the font known +.RI as\~ F +on device +.BR lbp . +. +. +.TP +.I @MACRODIR@/\:lbp\:.tmac +defines macros for use with the +.B lbp +output device. +. +It is automatically loaded by +.I troffrc +when the +.B lbp +output device is selected. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH "See also" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.MR groff @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR @g@troff @MAN1EXT@ , +.MR groff_out @MAN5EXT@ , +.MR groff_font @MAN5EXT@ , +.MR groff_char @MAN7EXT@ +. +. +.\" Restore compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.cp \n[*groff_grolbp_1_man_C] +.do rr *groff_grolbp_1_man_C +. +. +.\" Local Variables: +.\" fill-column: 72 +.\" mode: nroff +.\" End: +.\" vim: set filetype=groff textwidth=72: |