NAME¶
aspic - a line-art processor
SYNOPSIS¶
aspic [<options>] [<source file> [<destination file>]]
DESCRIPTION¶
Aspic is a program that processes a textual description of a line art
graphic, and converts it into a form that is suitable for inclusion in another
document. The default output format is Encapsulated PostScript, but there is
also support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), and there is legacy support
for the SGCAL text processor. For a full specification, see the reference
manual. This man page contains only a description of the command line
interface.
If no source or destination file names are given, Aspic reads from the standard
input and writes to the standard output. Alternatively, a single hyphen
character may be given as a file name to indicate the standard input or output
streams. Error messages are written to the standard error stream.
OPTIONS¶
- -help
- Give some help information and exit.
- -nv
- Disable the use of Aspic variables (dollar is no longer
special).
- -ps
- Output is encapsulated PostScript. This is the
default.
- -svg
- Output is Scalar Vector Graphics (SVG), an XML
application.
- -sgcal
- Output is input for the SGCAL text formatter (not generally
released).
- -tr
- Translate certain characters (e.g. grave accent becomes
opening quote).
- -v
- Verify the Aspic version number, and exit.
AUTHOR¶
Philip Hazel
REVISION¶
Last updated: 01 March 2008
Copyright (c) 2008 University of Cambridge.
