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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man1/pstops.1 b/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man1/pstops.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..db3dae68 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-rawhide/man1/pstops.1 @@ -0,0 +1,213 @@ +.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.49.1. +.TH PSTOPS "1" "February 2023" "pstops 2.10" "User Commands" +.SH NAME +pstops - rearrange pages of a PostScript document +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B pstops +[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR...] [\fI\,INFILE \/\fR[\fI\,OUTFILE\/\fR]] +.SH DESCRIPTION +Rearrange pages of a PostScript document. +.PP +The input PostScript file should follow the Adobe Document Structuring +Conventions. +.PP +.I Pstops +can be used to perform arbitrary re-arrangements of documents. For many tasks, +it is simpler to use the other utilities in the PSUtils suite: see +.BR psutils (1). +.TP +\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-specs\fR=\fI\,SPECS\/\fR +page specifications (see below) +.TP +\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-pages\fR=\fI\,PAGES\/\fR +select the given page ranges +.TP +\fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-even\fR +select even\-numbered output pages +.TP +\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-odd\fR +select odd\-numbered output pages +.TP +\fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-reverse\fR +reverse the order of the output pages +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-paper\fR=\fI\,PAPER\/\fR +output paper name or dimensions (WIDTHxHEIGHT) +.TP +\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-inpaper\fR=\fI\,PAPER\/\fR +input paper name or dimensions (WIDTHxHEIGHT) +.TP +\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-draw\fR[=\fI\,DIMENSION\/\fR] +draw a line of given width (relative to original +page) around each page [argument defaults to 1; +default is 0] +.TP +\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-nobind\fR +disable PostScript bind operators in prolog; +may be needed for complex page rearrangements +.TP +\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR +don't show page numbers being output +.TP +\fB\-\-help\fR +display this help and exit +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +display version information and exit +.PP +PAGES is a comma\-separated list of pages and page ranges. +.PP +Each may be a page number, or a page range of the form +.IB first \- last . +If +.I first +is omitted, the first page is assumed, and if +.I last +is omitted, the last page is assumed. +The prefix character \[oq]_\[cq] indicates that the page number is relative to the end +of the document, counting backwards. +If just this character with no page number is used, a blank page will be +inserted. +Page numbers refer to the pages as they occur in the file, starting +at one. +The actual page number in the document may be different. +.PP +SPECS is a list of page specifications [default is "0", which selects +each page in its normal order]. +.PP +Pagespecs have the following syntax: +.RS +.TP 12 +.I pagespecs += +.RI [ modulo\fB:\fP ] specs +.TP +.I specs += +.IR spec [ \fB+\fPspecs | \fB,\fPspecs ] +.TP +.I spec += +.RB [ - ] \fIpageno\fP [\fIturns\fP][ @\fIscale\fP ][ ( \fIxoff\fP , \fIyoff\fP ) ] +.TP +.I turns += +.IR turn [ turns ] +.TP +.I turn += +.BR L | R | U | H | V +.RE +.sp +.I modulo +is the number of pages in each block. +The value of +.I modulo +should be greater than 0; the default value is 1. +.PP +.I specs +are the page specifications for the pages in each block. +The value of the +.I pageno +in each +.I spec +should be between 0 (for the first page in the block) and \fImodulo\fR\-1 +(for the last page in each block) inclusive. +If there is only one page specification, +the \fIpageno\fR (0) may be omitted. +.PP +The optional dimensions +.I xoff +and +.I yoff +shift the page by the specified amount. +.I xoff +and +.I yoff +may either be lengths (see +.BR psutils (1)) +or followed by +.B "w" +or +.B "h" +to indicate a multiple of the output paper width or height. +.PP +The optional parameters +.BR L , +.BR R , +.BR U , +.BR H , +and +.B V +rotate the page left, right, or upside-down, and flip (mirror) the page +horizontally or vertically respectively. +The optional +.I scale +parameter scales the page by the fraction specified. +If the optional minus sign is specified, the page number is relative to the end of +the document, instead of the start. +.PP +Pages whose +.IR spec s +are separated by +.B + +will be merged into a single page; otherwise, +they will remain as separate pages. +.PP +The shift, rotation, and scaling are applied +to the PostScript transformation matrix +in that order, regardless of the order +in which they appear on the command line. +.PP +Paper size names are converted to dimensions using +.BR paper (1). +The output paper size, if set, is used (after scaling) to set the +clipping path for each page. +.SS "Exit status:" +.TP +0 +if OK, +.TP +1 +if arguments or options are incorrect, or there is some other problem +starting up, +.TP +2 +if there is some problem during processing, typically an error reading or +writing an input or output file. +.SH EXAMPLES +To put two pages on one sheet of A4 paper, the pagespec to use is: +.sp +.ce +2:0L@.7(21cm,0)+1L@.7(21cm,14.85cm) +.sp +To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use: +.sp +.ce +2:-0 +.sp +To re-arrange pages for printing 2-up booklets, use +.sp +.ce +4:-3L@.7(21cm,0)+0L@.7(21cm,14.85cm) +.sp +for the front sides, and +.sp +.ce +4:1L@.7(21cm,0)+-2L@.7(21cm,14.85cm) +.sp +for the reverse sides (or join them with a comma for duplex printing). +.SH AUTHOR +Written by Angus J. C. Duggan and Reuben Thomas. +.SH BUGS +.B pstops +does not accept all DSC comments. +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co Reuben Thomas 2017\-2023. +Released under the GPL version 3, or (at your option) any later version. +.SH TRADEMARKS +.B PostScript +is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR psutils (1), +.BR paper (1) |