NAME

       aecat - display an aewan document

SYNOPSIS

       aecat [-b] [-c] [-{n|N}] [{-p | -l <layer_num>}] [-f <format>] [-o <output_file>] inputfile

DESCRIPTION

       This is an utility program that will convert an aewan document to ANSI escape sequences so that it can be
       rendered on a standard terminal. Alternatively, it  can  also  generate  HTML  code  for  displaying  the
       document  in  a  web  page.  Any  particular layer of the document may be converted, or you may request a
       composite of all layers.

OPTIONS

       -f     specifies output format - can "text", "html" or  "comment".  Default  is  "text".   The  "comment"
              format extracts document metadata.

       -c     prepend a 'clear screen' escape sequence (only valid when outputting text).

       -o<file>
              writes output to specified file rather than stdout

       -b     disables output of color (only characters will be printed).

       -l<layer_no>
              specifies  which  layer  of  the  document  is to be used (must be an index, not a layer name). By
              default, layer 0 will be used.

       -L     displays the number of layers in the file.

       -p     exports a composite, that is, overlays all visible layers, paying attention to layer transparency,
              etc. The size of the composite will be the size of the first layer

       -n     suppress output of newlines

       -h     prints a short help text

AUTHORS

       This program is part of the Aewan Ascii Art Editor package.  See aewan(1) for author information.

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Bruno Takahashi C. de Oliveira. All rights reserved.

       This  program  is  licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or, at your option, any later
       version. For full license information, please refer to the COPYING file that accompanies the program.

SEE ALSO

       aewan(1), aewan(5), aemakeflic(1)