NAME

       fd2ps -  Translates fdesign output to PostScript

SYNOPSIS

       fd2ps [-options] input.[fd] [output]

DESCRIPTION

       The program fd2ps translates the fd file produced by the interface builder program fdesign
       of the Forms Library into PostScript (ps), or optionally Encapsulated PostScript (eps) for
       printing  or  inclusion  into other documents. The input file can be given with or without
       the .fd extension.  If output file name is not specified, used is a filename derived  from
       the  input  file name by replacing the .fd extension with ps or eps. If output filename is
       specified as -, stdout is used.

OPTIONS

       fd2ps accepts the following command line options

       -help Prints a brief summary of all command line options.

       -version
             Prints the current version of fd2ps and exits.

       -p    The option requests portrait orientation.  By default, the orientation  is  switched
             to landscape if portrait will not fit the page. This option overrides the default.

       -l    This options requests landscape output.

       -bw n Specifies the border width of the interface. By default this information is obtained
             from the .fd file.

       -eps  This option requests Encapsulated PostScript instead of the plain PostScript output.

       -gray This options requests all colors be converted to  gray  levels.  By  default,  fd2ps
             outputs colors as specified in the .fd file.

       -G f  specifies  a  gamma  factor that will be used to adjust the builtin colors in a non-
             linear fashion.  It can be thought as a way to brighten or dim the  builtin  colors:
             larger the gamma, brighter the color.  The default gamma is 1.0.

       -dpi f
             This option specifies the screen resolution on which the user interface is designed.
             By giving a smaller or larger dpi number than that of the screen, the output  is  in
             effect  being  enlarged  or shrunk. This flag does not affect text size. The default
             DPI is 85.  If the .fd file is specified in device independent unit, this flag  does
             not have effect.

       -rgb file
             This  option specifies the path to the X color database (rgb.txt) for use in parsing
             XPM colornames. The default is /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt.  Environment  variable  RGBFile
             can be used to change the default.

       -paper name
             This option specifies the paper name, such as A4, Letter etc.  The output PostScript
             will always center on the page.  Use name all to get a list of the known paper names
             and sizes.  The default is US Letter unless environment variable PAPER is set to one
             of the known paper names.

       -pw f Specifies the paper width, in inches.

       -ph f Specifies the paper height, in inches.

       -verbose
             This option specifies verbose output, i.e., comments in the output PostScript  file.
             Most useful for debugging the fd2ps program.

BUGS

       Not all objects are currently supported.

SEE ALSO

       fdesign(1L), xforms(5)

AUTHOR

       Copyright (c) 1997-98 by T.C. Zhao (tc_zhao@yahoo.com)
       Since 2002: GNU Lesser General Public License
       Maintainers: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Angus Leeming and Jens Thoms Toerring <jt@toerring.de>

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