NAME

       Passepartout - an XML-based desktop publishing application

SYNOPSIS

       passepartout [options] files...

DESCRIPTION

       Passepartout  is  an open source desktop publishing application.  The goal is to provide a
       simple and user-friendly, yet powerful tool for creating  printed  material.  Passepartout
       combines a WYSIWYG layout editor with a high-quality typesetting engine.

       You  do  not  use  Passepartout  for  writing  text,  because  it is only a layout editor.
       Basically speaking, Passepartout is in the business of taking  the  different  parts  that
       make  up  a  page,  such  as  text, photos, graphics, and "gluing" them on piece of paper.
       Passepartout can import from several different bitmapped image  formats  as  well  as  EPS
       files.  you write the text in your favorite text editor (e.g. Emacs or VI) in an XML-based
       format.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
              Show summary of options.

       -v, --version
              Show version number.

       -V     Be verbose.

       -d     Show debugging messages.

SEE ALSO

       xml2ps(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was originally written by Gaudenz Steinlin  <gaudenz@soziologie.ch>,  for
       the Debian project (but may be used by others).

                                         January 12, 2004                        PASSEPARTOUT(1x)