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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)
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