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MGP2PS(1)		     General Commands Manual		       MGP2PS(1)

NAME
     mgp2ps -- generate PostScript file from MagicPoint file

SYNOPSIS
     mgp2ps [-cirtV] [-f psfile] [-p papersize] [-x xmargin] [-y ymargin]
	    mgpfile

DESCRIPTION
     mgp2ps  is a converter from MagicPoint file mgpfile to PostScript file.  If
     -f option is specified, PostScript will be generated to psfile.  Otherwise,
     printed to the standard output.

     If there exists foo.eps corresponding to foo.gif (or whatever), the  encap-
     sulated PostScript file will be included to the PostScript file instead.

     The following options are available:

     -c      Generate  color  PostScript file (experimental).  By default mgp2ps
	     will generate monochrome postscript file.

     -i      Paint inside icon symbols.

     -r      Stack the paper in reverse order.

     -V      Be verbose.

     -f psfile
	     Pathname to put the PostScript output.

     -p papersize
	     papersize specifies the size of the paper to be used.  a3, a4,  a5,
	     b5,  A3,  A4,  A5,  B5,  letter, legal, ledger, tabloid, statement,
	     executive, folio, quarto and 10x14 are available.	Default size  is
	     a4.

     -x xmargin

     -y ymargin
	     xmargin  and ymargin specifies length of the margin area around the
	     edge of the paper.

     -t      Use truetypefont instead of psfont (ASCII font only).

     -e      Specify  encodings.  At  this   moment,   "iso-8859-1",   "latin1",
	     "iso-8859-2" "and latin-2" are supported as encodings.

     -m      emulate "%pause" directive.

     -X engine
	     Do  not  use  rendering engine, specified by engine.  engine can be
	     only FreeType so far.

     -g level
	     specify the distance level between lines. If level is 0, the result
	     will be close to the result of xft2 rendering. If others,	it  will
	     be close to the result of other rendering engines.

SEE ALSO
     mgp(1)

HISTORY
     mgp2ps was created so that Kazu Yamamoto could submit his tutorial document
     to the committee of Internet Week '97.

FreeBSD ports 15.quarterly	  November 1997 		       MGP2PS(1)

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