NAME

       gozer - a commandline text renderer

SYNOPSIS

       gozer [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       gozer  is  a  commandline  text  rendering  utility  for creating images from abitrary text in antialised
       truetype fonts using optional fontstyles, wordwrapping and layout control.  gozer uses the imlib2 library
       to  create  and  save images.  gozer has a few options, detailed below. Specify [file] as the filename to
       save the rendered text to. Options can also be specified in an rc file , allowing you  to  save  commonly
       used  options  (such  as  fontpaths)  for reuse.  The rc file $HOME/.gozerrc is always parsed for default
       settings, and other rc files can be specified on the commandline to override these options. See RC  FILES
       for information on syntax.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
            display help output and exit.

       -v, --version
            output version information and exit.

       -b, --background COL
            use  COL  as  the  background  color,  see  COLOUR_DEFINITIONS  for  syntax,  default is transparent
            (0,0,0,0).

       -f, --foreground COL
            use COL as the foreground color. Default is white (255,255,255,255).

       -F, --font STR
            draw using font STR. Size is specified with the name, eg  'arial/12'  for  12pt  arial,  default  is
            20thcent/16 (a font supplied by gozer).

       -j, --justification STR
            justify text, allowed values for STR are left, right, center or block. Default is left.

       -l, --line-spacing INT
            separate multiple lines by INT pixels, default 1.

       -p, --fontpath STR
            colon  seperated  list  of  font directories to search for fonts in. Best used in the RCFILE to save
            typing it each time.

       -q, --quality INT
            1-100, effects quality of output for certain formats, e.g. jpeg  compression  (higher  means  higher
            quality).

       -P, --pipe
            Pipe input text from standard in instead of reading it from a file.

       -r, --rc-file STR
            use STR as the rc file to look for extra options, default is $HOME/.gozerrc

       -s, --style STR
            use STR as a file to load a fontstyle from, see FONTSTYLES for syntax.

       -t, --text STR
            use STR as text to draw.

       -T, --textfile STR
            read text to draw from file STR.

       -w, --wrap INT
            wordwrap the text to INT pixels.

       -x, --x-offset INT
            Offset text horizontally from top left by INT pixels.

       -y, --y-offset INT
            Offset text vertically from top left by INT pixels.

RC FILES

       rc  file  syntax  is simple. The '#' character at the start of a line denotes that the line is a comment,
       otherwise lines are started with the name of a long option from the commandline  (without  prefixing  the
       --), some whitespace and the value of the option. E.g.
       fontpath /usr/share/truetype:/usr/local/share/truetype
       NOTE  that  options  in  a  --rc-file  specified  rc  file  OVERRIDE  those from the commandline, but the
       $HOME/.gozerrc file is always read first for default settings.

COLOUR_DEFINITIONS

       You can define colours in 4 ways. Using the html style: #RRGGBB (in which case alpha defaults to 255),
       #RRGGBBAA, or an alternative style:
       r,g,b or r,g,b,a (no spaces between commas please).
       eg for white text, either use #ffffff, #ffffffff, "255,255,255" or "255,255,255,255". For  red,  #ff0000,
       #ff0000ff or "255,0,0" etc.

FONTSTYLES

       fontstyles  can  be defined in the EFM syntax (for compatibility only, these are not as powerful), or the
       recommended syntax defined here.
       The first line contains the line:
       #Style
       The second, an optional style name,
       #NAME mystyle
       There follows a list of layers. Each is described by this rule:
       RED GREEN BLUE ALPHA X_OFFSET Y_OFFSET
       The special values or 0,0,0,0 for red, green, blue and alpha specify the positioning of the  actual  text
       in it's selected colour.
       For example, the following style defines a very simple shadow for text:
       #Style
       #NAME shadow
       0 0 0 128 -3 -3
       0 0 0 0 0 0

BUGS

       None known.

LICENSE

       Copyright Tom Gilbert 2000

       Permission  is  hereby  granted,  free  of  charge,  to  any person obtaining a copy of this software and
       associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without  restriction,  including
       without  limitation  the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
       copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to  the
       following conditions:

       The  above  copyright  notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies of the Software,
       its documentation and marketing  &  publicity  materials,  and  acknowledgment  shall  be  given  in  the
       documentation, materials and software packages that this Software was used.

       THE  SOFTWARE  IS  PROVIDED  "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
       LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO
       EVENT  SHALL  THE  AUTHORS  BE  LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
       CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR  OTHER
       DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

       Email bugs and feature requests to
       <gozer_sucks@linuxbrit.co.uk>

                                                  Oct 26, 2000                                          gozer(1)