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.\" RCSid "$Id: pexpand.1,v 1.2 2003/12/09 15:59:06 greg Exp $" |
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.TH PEXPAND 1 6/24/98 RADIANCE |
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.SH NAME |
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pexpand - expand requested commands in metafile |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B pexpand |
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[ |
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.B +/\-EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp |
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] |
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file .. |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.I Pexpand |
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reads each metafile |
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.I file |
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in sequence and expands any commands specified in a '+' option, |
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and deletes any commands specified in a '-' option. |
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This is necessary because most drivers will not support many |
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metafile commands such as 'v' (vector string) and 'O', 'C', and 's' |
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(segments). |
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.I Pexpand |
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will expand '+' instances into the corresponding primitives which |
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are supported, and delete all '-' instances. |
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.PP |
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Certain commands are currently considered basic, and must be supported |
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by all drivers. |
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The commands 'D', 'E', 'S', 'U', 'R', 'l', 'r', and 't' are |
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basic (see metafile(5)). |
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.PP |
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If no input files are specified, the standard input is read. |
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.TP 10n |
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.BR +EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp |
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Expand the requested command(s). |
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.TP |
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.BR \-EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp |
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Delete the requested command(s). |
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.SH EXAMPLE |
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To expand vector strings and segements, and delete pauses from "meta": |
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.IP "" .2i |
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pexpand +vOCs \-P meta |
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.SH FILES |
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/usr/lib/meta/vchars.mta (see metafile(5)) |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Greg Ward |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
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metafile(5), psort(1) |
