NAME

       meta2bmp - convert metafile to Windows Bitmap (BMP) File

SYNOPSIS

       meta2bmp [ -c | -r ][ -x width ][ -y height ][ -m minrad ][ -o outname ] file ..

DESCRIPTION

       Meta2bmp  reads  each  metafile  file  in sequence and converts it to a compressed, color-
       mapped BMP file.  The result is sent to the standard output  (which  must  be  redirected)
       unless the -o option is used.  The argument to the -o option specifies the base file name,
       to which a page number and ".bmp" is added as a suffix.  Note that  this  option  must  be
       present in order to produce more than a single page of output.

       The  default output resolution is 400 by 400, but a different resolution can be given with
       the -x and -y options.

       The -m option can be used to set a minimum value for the line radius in pixels.  This  may
       be  helpful for improving the readability of high resolution output.  The default value is
       0, which allows lines of one pixel thickness.

       If the option -c is specified, the input  files  are  only  conditioned  for  output,  ie.
       expanded  (see pexpand).  This is useful if many copies of the same output is desired.  If
       the option -r is instead specified, the input is assumed already to be conditioned.  If no
       input files are specified, the standard input is read.

EXAMPLE

       To convert the plots examp1.plt and examp2.plt to 1024x1024 Targa files:

         bgraph examp1.plt examp2.plt | meta2bmp -o examp -x 1024 -y 1024

FILES

       see pexpand(1) and psort(1)

AUTHOR

       Greg Ward

SEE ALSO

       bgraph(1), igraph(1), meta2tga(1), pexpand(1), psmeta(1), psort(1), ra_t8(1)