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diff --git a/upstream/fedora-40/man1/pic.1 b/upstream/fedora-40/man1/pic.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f4b99984 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/fedora-40/man1/pic.1 @@ -0,0 +1,1569 @@ +.TH \%pic 1 "24 January 2024" "groff 1.23.0" +.SH Name +\%pic \- compile pictures for +.I troff +or TeX +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" Legal Terms +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 1989-2020 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_pic_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 +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.\" Definitions +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.ie t \{\ +. ds tx T\h'-.1667m'\v'.224m'E\v'-.224m'\h'-.125m'X +. ds lx L\h'-0.36m'\v'-0.22v'\s-2A\s0\h'-0.15m'\v'0.22v'\*[tx] +.\} +.el \{\ +. ds tx TeX +. ds lx LaTeX +.\} +. +.ie \n(.g .ds ic \/ +.el .ds ic \^ +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Synopsis +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.SY \%pic +.RB [ \-CnSU ] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +.YS +. +. +.SY \%pic +.B \-t +.RB [ \-cCSUz ] +.RI [ file\~ .\|.\|.] +.YS +. +. +.SY \%pic +.B \-\-help +.YS +. +. +.SY \%pic +.B \-v +. +.SY \%pic +.B \-\-version +.YS +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Description +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The GNU implementation of +.I pic \" generic +is part of the +.MR groff 1 +document formatting system. +. +.I \%pic +is a +.MR \%troff 1 +preprocessor that translates descriptions of diagrammatic pictures +embedded in +.MR roff 7 +or \*[tx] input files into the language understood by \*[tx] or +.IR \%troff . +. +It copies the contents of each +.I file +to the standard output stream, +except that lines between +.B .PS +and any of +.BR .PE , +.BR .PF , +or +.B .PY +are interpreted as picture descriptions in the +.I pic +language. +. +End a +.I \%pic +picture with +.B .PE +to leave the drawing position at the bottom of the picture, +and with +.B .PF +or +.B .PY +to leave it at the top. +. +Normally, +.I \%pic +is not executed directly by the user, +but invoked by specifying the +.B \-p +option to +.MR groff 1 . +. +If no +.I file +operands are given on the command line, +or if +.I file +is +.RB \[lq] \- \[rq], +the standard input stream is read. +. +. +.P +It is the user's responsibility to provide appropriate definitions +of the +.BR PS , +.BR PE , +and one or both of the +.B PF +and +.B PY +macros. +. +When a macro package does not supply these, +obtain simple definitions with the +.I groff +option +.BR \-mpic ; +these will center each picture. +. +. +.P +GNU +.I pic \" GNU +supports +.B PY +as a synonym of +.B PF +to work around a name space collision with the +.I mm +macro package, +which defines +.B PF +as a page footer management macro. +. +Use +.B PF +preferentially unless a similar problem faces your document. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Options +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.B \-\-help +displays a usage message, +while +.B \-v +and +.B \-\-version +show version information; +all exit afterward. +. +. +.TP +.B \-c +Be more compatible with +.IR tpic ; +implies +.BR \-t . +. +Lines beginning with +.B \[rs] +are not passed through transparently. +. +Lines beginning with +.B .\& +are passed through with the initial +.B .\& +changed to +.BR \[rs] . +. +A line beginning with +.B .ps +is given special treatment: +it takes an optional integer argument specifying the line thickness +(pen size) +in milliinches; +a missing argument restores the previous line thickness; +the default line thickness is 8\~milliinches. +. +The line thickness thus specified takes effect only when a +non-negative line thickness has not been specified by use of the +.B \%thickness +attribute or by setting the +.B \%linethick +variable. +. +. +.TP +.B \-C +Recognize +.BR .PS , +.BR .PE , +.BR .PF , +and +.B .PY +even when followed by a character other than space or newline. +. +. +.TP +.B \-n +Don't use +.I groff +extensions to the +.I troff \" generic +drawing commands. +. +Specify this option if a postprocessor you're using doesn't support +these extensions, +described in +.MR groff_out 5 . +. +This option also causes +.I \%pic +not to use zero-length lines to draw dots in +.I troff \" generic +mode. +. +. +.TP +.B \-S +Operate in +.I safer mode; +.B sh +commands are ignored. +. +This mode, +enabled by default, +can be useful when operating on untrustworthy input. +. +. +.TP +.B \-t +Produce \*[tx] output. +. +. +.TP +.B \-U +Operate in +.I unsafe mode; +.B sh +commands are interpreted. +. +. +.TP +.B \-z +In \*[tx] mode, +draw dots using zero-length lines. +. +. +.P +The following options supported by other versions of +.I pic \" generic +are ignored. +. +. +.TP +.B \-D +Draw all lines using the \[rs]D escape sequence. +GNU +.I pic \" GNU +always does this. +. +.TP +.BI \-T\~ dev +Generate output for the +.I troff \" generic +device +.IR dev . +. +This is unnecessary because the +.I troff \" generic +output generated by +GNU +.I pic \" GNU +is device-independent. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Usage +.\" ==================================================================== +. +This section primarily discusses the differences between GNU +.I pic \" GNU +and the Eighth Edition Research Unix version of AT&T +.I pic \" AT&T +(1985). +. +Many of these differences also apply to later versions of AT&T +.IR pic . +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "\*[tx] mode" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +\*[tx]-compatible output is produced when the +.B \-t +option is specified. +. +You must use a \*[tx] driver that supports +.I tpic +version 2 specials. +. +.RI ( tpic +was a fork of AT&T +.I pic \" AT&T +by Tim Morgan of the University of California at Irvine that diverged +from its source around 1984. +. +It is best known today for lending its name to a group of +.B \[rs]special +commands it produced for \*[tx].) +.\" http://ftp.cs.stanford.edu/tex/texhax/texhax90.019 +. +. +.P +Lines beginning with +.B \[rs] +are passed through transparently; +a +.B % +is added to the end of the line to avoid unwanted spaces. +. +You can safely use this feature to change fonts or the value of +.BR \[rs]baselineskip . +. +Anything else may well produce undesirable results; +use at your own risk. +. +By default, +lines beginning with a dot are not treated specially\[em]but see the +.B \-c +option. +. +. +.P +In \*[tx] mode, +.I \%pic +will define a vbox called +.B \[rs]graph +for each picture. +. +Use GNU +.IR pic 's \" GNU +.B figname +command to change the name of the vbox. +. +You must print that vbox yourself using the command +. +.RS +.EX +\[rs]centerline{\[rs]box\[rs]graph} +.EE +.RE +. +for instance. +. +Since the vbox has a height of zero +(it is defined with +.BR \[rs]vtop ) +this will produce slightly more vertical space above the picture than +below it; +. +.RS +.EX +\[rs]centerline{\[rs]raise 1em\[rs]box\[rs]graph} +.EE +.RE +. +would avoid this. +. +To give the vbox a positive height and a depth of zero +(as used by \*[lx]'s +.IR \%graphics.sty , +for example) +define the following macro in your document. +. +.RS +.EX +\[rs]def\[rs]gpicbox#1{% + \[rs]vbox{\[rs]unvbox\[rs]csname #1\[rs]endcsname\[rs]kern 0pt}} +.EE +.RE +. +You can then simply say +.B \[rs]gpicbox{graph} +instead of +.BR \[rs]box\[rs]graph . +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Commands +.\" ==================================================================== +. +Several commands new to GNU +.I pic \" GNU +accept delimiters, +shown in their synopses as braces +.BR "{ }" . +. +Nesting of braces is supported. +. +Any other characters +(except a space, +tab, +or newline) +.\" XXX even crazy control characters, ugh--src/preproc/pic/lex.cpp:1266 +may be used as alternative delimiters, +in which case the members of a given pair must be identical. +. +Strings are recognized within delimiters of either kind; +they may contain the delimiter character or unbalanced braces. +. +. +.TP +\fBfor\fR \fIvariable\fR \fB=\fR \fIexpr1\fR \fBto\fR \fIexpr2\fR \ +[\fBby\fR [\fB*\fR]\,\fIexpr3\/\fR] \fBdo\fR \fIX\fR \fIbody\fR \fIX\fR +Set +.I variable +to +.IR expr1 . +. +While the value of +.I variable +is less than or equal to +.IR expr2 , +do +.I body +and increment +.I variable +by +.IR expr3 ; +if +.B by +is not given, +increment +.I variable +by 1. +. +If +.I expr3 +is prefixed by +.B * +then +.I variable +will instead be multiplied by +.IR expr3 . +. +The value of +.I expr3 +can be negative for the additive case; +.I variable +is then tested whether it is greater than or equal to +.IR expr2 . +. +For the multiplicative case, +.I expr3 +must be greater than zero. +. +If the constraints aren't met, +the loop isn't executed. +. +.I X +can be any character not occurring in +.IR body . +. +.TP +\fBif\fR \fIexpr\fR \fBthen\fR \fIX\fR \fIif-true\fR \fIX\fR \ +[\fBelse\fR \fIY\fR \fIif-false\fR \fIY\fR] +Evaluate +.IR expr ; +if it is non-zero then do +.IR if-true , +otherwise do +.IR if-false . +. +.I X +can be any character not occurring in +.IR if-true . +. +.I Y +can be any character not occurring in +.IR if-false . +. +.TP +.BI print\~ arg\c +\~.\|.\|. +Concatenate and write arguments to the standard error stream followed by +a newline. +. +Each +.I arg +must be an expression, +a position, +or text. +. +This is useful for debugging. +. +.TP +.BI command\~ arg\c +\~.\|.\|. +.\" Move right margin to indentation since we must indent more later. +.RS +Concatenate arguments +and pass them as a line to +.I troff \" generic +or \*[tx]. +. +Each +.I arg +must be an expression, +a position, +or text. +. +.B command +allows the values of +.I pic +variables to be passed to the formatter. +. +For example, +. +.RS +.EX +\&.PS +x = 14 +command ".ds string x is " x "." +\&.PE +\[rs]*[string] +.EE +.RE +. +produces +. +.RS +.EX +x is 14. +.EE +.RE +when formatted with +.IR troff . \" generic +.RE +. +. +.TP +\fBsh\fR \fIX\fR \fIcommand\fR \fIX\fR +Pass +.I command +to a shell. +. +. +.TP +\fBcopy\fR \fB"\,\fIfilename\/\fB"\fR +Include +.I filename +at this point in the file. +. +. +.TP +.BR copy\~ [ \[dq]\c +.IB filename \[dq]\c +.RB ]\~ thru\~\c +.IR "X body X" \~\c \" space in roman: we must use 2-font macro with \c +.RB [ until\~ \[dq]\c +.IB word \[dq]\c +] +.TQ +.BR copy\~ [ \[dq]\c +.IB filename \[dq]\c +.RB ]\~ thru\~\c +.IR macro \~\c \" space roman because we must use 2-font macro with \c +.RB [ until\~ \[dq]\c +.IB word \[dq]\c +] +.\" Move right margin to indentation since we must indent more later. +.RS +This construct does +.I body +once for each line of +.IR filename ; +the line is split into blank-delimited words, +and occurrences of +.BI $ i +in +.IR body , +for +.I i +between 1 and 9, +are replaced by the +.IR i -th +word of the line. +. +If +.I filename +is not given, +lines are taken from the current input up to +.BR .PE . +. +If an +.B until +clause is specified, +lines will be read only until a line the first word of which is +.IR word ; +that line will then be discarded. +. +.I X +can be any character not occurring in +.IR body . +. +For example, +. +.RS \" now move further +.EX +\&.PS +copy thru % circle at ($1,$2) % until "END" +1 2 +3 4 +5 6 +END +box +\&.PE +.EE +.RE +. +and +. +.RS +.EX +\&.PS +circle at (1,2) +circle at (3,4) +circle at (5,6) +box +\&.PE +.EE +.RE +. +are equivalent. +. +The commands to be performed for each line can also be taken from a +macro defined earlier by giving the name of the macro as the argument to +.BR thru . +. +The argument after +.B thru +is looked up as a macro name first; +if not defined, +its first character is interpreted as a delimiter. +.RE +. +. +.TP +.B reset +.TQ +.BI reset\~ pvar1\c +.RB [ , ]\~\c +.IR pvar2 \~.\|.\|. +Reset predefined variables +.IR pvar1 , +.I pvar2 +\&.\|.\|.\& to their default values; +if no arguments are given, +reset all predefined variables to their default values. +. +Variable names may be separated by commas, +spaces, +or both. +. +Assigning a value to +.B scale +also causes all predefined variables that control dimensions to be reset +to their default values times the new value of +.BR scale . +. +. +.TP +\fBplot\fR \fIexpr\fR [\fB"\,\fItext\*(ic\fB"\fR] +This is a text object which is constructed by using +.I text +as a format string for sprintf +with an argument of +.IR expr . +. +If +.I text +is omitted a format string of +.B \[dq]%g\[dq] +is used. +. +Attributes can be specified in the same way as for a normal text +object. +Be very careful that you specify an appropriate format string; +.I \%pic +does only very limited checking of the string. +. +This is deprecated in favour of +.BR sprintf . +. +.TP +.IB var \~:=\~ expr +.RS +This syntax resembles variable assignment with +.B = +except that +.I var +must already be defined, +and +.I expr +will be assigned to +.I var +without creating a variable local to the current block. +. +(By contrast, +.B = +defines +.I var +in the current block if it is not already defined there, +and then changes the value in the current block only.) +. +For example, +. +.RS +.EX +.B .PS +.B x = 3 +.B y = 3 +.B [ +.B x := 5 +.B y = 5 +.B ] +.B print x " " y +.B .PE +.EE +.RE +. +writes +. +.RS +.EX +5 3 +.EE +.RE +. +to the standard error stream. +.RE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS Expressions +.\" ==================================================================== +. +The syntax for expressions has been significantly extended. +. +. +.P +.IB x\ \[ha]\ y +(exponentiation) +.br +.BI sin( x ) +.br +.BI cos( x ) +.br +.BI atan2( y , \ x ) +.br +.BI log( x ) +(base 10) +.br +.BI exp( x ) +(base 10, i.e.\& +.ie t 10\v'-.4m'\fIx\*(ic\fR\v'.4m') +.el 10\[ha]\fIx\fR) +.br +.BI sqrt( x ) +.br +.BI int( x ) +.br +.B rand() +(return a random number between 0 and 1) +.br +.BI rand( x ) +(return a random number between 1 and +.IR x ; +deprecated) +.br +.BI srand( x ) +(set the random number seed) +.br +.BI max( e1 , \ e2 ) +.br +.BI min( e1 , \ e2 ) +.br +.BI ! e +.br +\fIe1\fB && \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB || \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB == \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB != \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB >= \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB > \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB <= \fIe2\fR +.br +\fIe1\fB < \fIe2\fR +.br +\fB"\,\fIstr1\*(ic\fB" == "\,\fIstr2\*(ic\fB"\fR +.br +\fB"\,\fIstr1\*(ic\fB" != "\,\fIstr2\*(ic\fB"\fR +.br +. +. +.LP +String comparison expressions must be parenthesised in some contexts +to avoid ambiguity. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SS "Other changes" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +A bare expression, +.IR expr , +is acceptable as an attribute; +it is equivalent to +.IR dir\ expr , +where +.I dir +is the current direction. +. +For example +.LP +.RS +.B line 2i +.RE +.LP +means draw a line 2\ inches long in the current direction. +. +The \[oq]i\[cq] +(or \[oq]I\[cq]) +character is ignored; +to use another measurement unit, +set the +.I scale +variable to an appropriate value. +. +. +.LP +The maximum width and height of the picture are taken from the variables +.B maxpswid +and +.BR maxpsht . +. +Initially, +these have values 8.5 and 11. +. +. +.LP +Scientific notation is allowed for numbers. +For example +. +. +.RS +.LP +.B +x = 5e\-2 +.RE +. +. +.LP +Text attributes can be compounded. +. +For example, +. +.RS +.LP +.B +"foo" above ljust +.RE +. +. +.LP +is valid. +. +. +.LP +There is no limit to the depth to which blocks can be examined. +. +For example, +.RS +.LP +.EX +[A: [B: [C: box ]]] with .A.B.C.sw at 1,2 +circle at last [\^].A.B.C +.EE +.RE +. +. +.LP +is acceptable. +. +. +.LP +Arcs now have compass points determined by the circle of which the arc +is a part. +. +. +.LP +Circles, +ellipses, +and arcs can be dotted or dashed. +. +In \*[tx] mode splines can be dotted or dashed also. +. +. +.LP +Boxes can have rounded corners. +. +The +.B rad +attribute specifies the radius of the quarter-circles at each corner. +If no +.B rad +or +.B diam +attribute is given, +a radius of +.B boxrad +is used. +. +Initially, +.B boxrad +has a value of\ 0. +. +A box with rounded corners can be dotted or dashed. +. +. +.LP +Boxes can have slanted sides. +. +This effectively changes the shape of a box from a rectangle to an +arbitrary parallelogram. +. +The +.B xslanted +and +.B yslanted +attributes specify the x and y\~offset of the box's upper right +corner from its default position. +. +. +.LP +The +.B .PS +line can have a second argument specifying a maximum height for +the picture. +. +If the width of zero is specified the width will be ignored in computing +the scaling factor for the picture. +. +GNU +.I pic \" GNU +will always scale a picture by the same amount vertically as well as +horizontally. +. +This is different from DWB 2.0 +.I pic \" foreign +which may scale a picture by a different amount vertically than +horizontally if a height is specified. +. +. +.LP +Each text object has an invisible box associated with it. +. +The compass points of a text object are determined by this box. +. +The implicit motion associated with the object is also determined +by this box. +. +The dimensions of this box are taken from the width and height +attributes; +if the width attribute is not supplied then the width will be taken to +be +.BR textwid ; +if the height attribute is not supplied then the height will be taken to +be the number of text strings associated with the object times +.BR textht . +. +Initially, +.B textwid +and +.B textht +have a value of 0. +. +. +.LP +In +(almost all) +places where a quoted text string can be used, +an expression of the form +. +. +.IP +.BI sprintf(\[dq] format \[dq],\~ arg ,\fR\~.\|.\|.\fB) +. +. +.LP +can also be used; +this will produce the arguments formatted according to +.IR format , +which should be a string as described in +.MR printf 3 +appropriate for the number of arguments supplied. +. +Only the modifiers +.RB \[lq] # \[rq], +.RB \[lq] \- \[rq], +.RB \[lq] + \[rq], +and \[lq]\~\[rq] [space]), +a minimum field width, +an optional precision, +and the conversion specifiers +.BR %e , +.BR %E , +.BR %f , +.BR %g , +.BR %G , +and +.B %% +are supported. +. +. +.LP +The thickness of the lines used to draw objects is controlled by the +.B linethick +variable. +. +This gives the thickness of lines in points. +. +A negative value means use the default thickness: +in \*[tx] output mode, +this means use a thickness of 8 milliinches; +in \*[tx] output mode with the +.B \-c +option, +this means use the line thickness specified by +.B .ps +lines; +in +.I troff +output mode, +this means use a thickness proportional to the pointsize. +. +A zero value means draw the thinnest possible line supported by +the output device. +. +Initially, +it has a value of \-1. +. +There is also a +.BR thick [ ness ] +attribute. +. +For example, +. +. +.RS +.LP +.B circle thickness 1.5 +.RE +. +. +.LP +would draw a circle using a line with a thickness of 1.5 points. +. +The thickness of lines is not affected by the +value of the +.B scale +variable, +nor by the width or height given in the +.B .PS +line. +. +. +.LP +Boxes +(including boxes with rounded corners or slanted sides), +circles and ellipses can be filled by giving them an attribute of +.BR fill [ ed ]. +. +This takes an optional argument of an expression with a value between +0 and 1; +0 will fill it with white, +1 with black, +values in between with a proportionally gray shade. +. +A value greater than 1 can also be used: +this means fill with the +shade of gray that is currently being used for text and lines. +. +Normally this will be black, +but output devices may provide a mechanism for changing this. +. +Without an argument, +then the value of the variable +.B \%fillval +will be used. +. +Initially, +this has a value of 0.5. +. +The invisible attribute does not affect the filling of objects. +. +Any text associated with a filled object will be added after the object +has been filled, +so that the text will not be obscured by the filling. +. +. +.P +Additional modifiers are available to draw colored objects: +.BR \%outline [ d ] +sets the color of the outline, +.B shaded +the fill color, +and +.BR colo [ u ] r [ ed ] +sets both. +. +All expect a subsequent string argument specifying the color. +. +.RS +.EX +circle shaded \[dq]green\[dq] outline \[dq]black\[dq] +.EE +.RE +. +Color is not yet supported in \*[tx] mode. +. +Device macro files like +.I ps.tmac +declare color names; +you can define additional ones with the +.B \%defcolor +request +(see +.MR groff 7 ). +. +. +.LP +To change the name of the vbox in \*[tx] mode, +set the pseudo-variable +.B \%figname +(which is actually a specially parsed command) +within a picture. +. +Example: +.RS +.LP +.B .PS +.br +.B figname = foobar; +.br +.B ... +.br +.B .PE +.RE +. +. +.LP +The picture is then available in the box +.BR \[rs]foobar . +. +. +.LP +.I \%pic +assumes that at the beginning of a picture both glyph and fill color are +set to the default value. +. +. +.LP +Arrow heads will be drawn as solid triangles if the variable +.B arrowhead +is non-zero and either \*[tx] mode is enabled or the +.B \-n +option has not been given. +. +Initially, +.B arrowhead +has a value of\ 1. +. +Solid arrow heads are always filled with the current outline color. +. +. +.LP +The +.I troff +output of +.I \%pic +is device-independent. +. +The +.B \-T +option is therefore redundant. +. +All numbers are taken to be in inches; +numbers are never interpreted to be in +.I troff +machine units. +. +. +.LP +Objects can have an +.B aligned +attribute. +. +This will only work if the postprocessor is +.MR grops 1 +or +.MR gropdf 1 . +. +Any text associated with an object having the +.B aligned +attribute will be rotated about the center of the object +so that it is aligned in the direction from the start point +to the end point of the object. +. +This attribute will have no effect on objects whose start and end points +are coincident. +. +. +.LP +In places where +.IB n th +is allowed, +.BI \[aq] expr \[aq]th +is also allowed. +. +.RB \[lq] \[aq]th \[lq] +is a single token: +no space is allowed between the apostrophe and the +.RB \[lq] th \[rq]. +. +. +For example, +.IP +.EX +for i = 1 to 4 do { + line from \[aq]i\[aq]th box.nw to \[aq]i+1\[aq]th box.se +} +.EE +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Conversion +.\" ==================================================================== +. +To obtain a stand-alone picture from a +.I \%pic +file, +enclose your +.I pic \" language +code with +.B .PS +and +.B .PE +requests; +.I roff +configuration commands may be added at the beginning of the file, +but no +.I roff +text. +. +. +.LP +It is necessary to feed this file into +.I groff +without adding any page information, +so you must check which +.B .PS +and +.B .PE +requests are actually called. +. +For example, +the +.I mm +macro package adds a page number, +which is very annoying. +. +At the moment, +calling standard +.I groff +without any macro package works. +. +Alternatively, +you can define your own requests, +e.g., +to do nothing: +. +. +.LP +.RS +.EX +\&.de PS +\&.. +\&.de PE +\&.. +.EE +.RE +. +. +.LP +.I groff +itself does not provide direct conversion into other graphics file +formats. +. +But there are lots of possibilities if you first transform your +picture into PostScript\*R format using the +.I groff +option +.BR \-Tps . +. +Since this +.IR ps -file +lacks BoundingBox information it is not very useful by itself, but it +may be fed into other conversion programs, usually named +.BI ps2 other +or +.BI psto other +or the like. +. +Moreover, +the PostScript interpreter Ghostscript +.RI ( gs (1)) +has built-in graphics conversion devices that are called with the option +. +. +.LP +.RS +.BI "gs \-sDEVICE=" <devname> +.RE +. +. +.LP +Call +. +. +.LP +.RS +.B gs \-\-help +.RE +. +. +.LP +for a list of the available devices. +. +. +.LP +An alternative may be to use the +.B \-Tpdf +option to convert your picture directly into +.B PDF +format. +. +The MediaBox of the file produced can be controlled by passing a +.B \-P\-p +papersize to +.IR groff . +. +. +.br +.ne 3v +.P +As the Encapsulated PostScript File Format +.B EPS +is getting more and more important, +and the conversion wasn't regarded trivial in the past you might be +interested to know that there is a conversion tool named +.I ps2eps +which does the right job. +. +It is much better than the tool +.I ps2epsi +packaged with +.IR gs . +. +. +.LP +For bitmapped graphic formats, +you should use +.IR pstopnm ; +the resulting (intermediate) +.MR pnm 5 +file can be then converted to virtually any graphics format using the +tools of the +.B netpbm +package. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Files +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%groff/\:\%1.23.0/\:\%tmac/pic.tmac +offers simple definitions of the +.BR PS , +.BR PE , +.BR PF , +and +.B PY +macros. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH Bugs +.\" ==================================================================== +. +Characters that are invalid as input to GNU +.I troff \" GNU +(see the +.I groff +Texinfo manual or +.MR groff_char 7 +for a list) +are rejected even in \*[tx] mode. +. +. +.LP +The interpretation of +.B \%fillval +is incompatible with the +.I pic \" AT&T +in Tenth Edition Research Unix, +which interprets 0 as black and 1 as white. +. +. +.\" ==================================================================== +.SH "See also" +.\" ==================================================================== +. +.TP +.I /usr/\:\%share/\:\%doc/\:\%groff/\:pic\:.ps +\[lq]Making Pictures with GNU pic\[rq], +by Eric S.\& Raymond. +. +This file, +together with its source, +.IR pic.ms , +is part of the +.I groff +distribution. +. +. +.P +\[lq]PIC\[em]A Graphics Language for Typesetting: User Manual\[rq], +by Brian W.\& Kernighan, +1984 +(revised 1991), +AT&T Bell Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report No.\& 116 +. +. +.P +.I ps2eps +is available from CTAN mirrors, e.g., +.UR ftp://\:ftp\:.dante\:.de/\:tex\-archive/\:support/\:ps2eps/ +.UE +. +. +.LP +W.\& Richard Stevens, +.UR http://\:www\:.kohala\:.com/\:start/\:troff/\:pic2html\:.html +.I Turning PIC into HTML +.UE +. +. +.LP +W.\& Richard Stevens, +.UR http://\:www\:.kohala\:.com/\:start/\:troff/\:pic\:.examples\:.ps +.IR "Examples of " pic " Macros" +.UE +. +. +.LP +.MR \%troff 1 , +.MR groff_out 5 , +.MR tex 1 , +.MR gs 1 , +.MR ps2eps 1 , +.MR pstopnm 1 , +.MR ps2epsi 1 , +.MR pnm 5 +. +. +.\" Clean up. +.rm tx +.rm lx +.rm ic +. +.\" Restore compatibility mode (for, e.g., Solaris 10/11). +.cp \n[*groff_pic_1_man_C] +.do rr *groff_pic_1_man_C +. +. +.\" Local Variables: +.\" fill-column: 72 +.\" mode: nroff +.\" End: +.\" vim: set filetype=groff textwidth=72: |