NAME¶
pexpand - expand requested commands in metafile
SYNOPSIS¶
pexpand [
+/-EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp ] file ..
DESCRIPTION¶
Pexpand reads each metafile
file in sequence and expands any
commands specified in a '+' option, and deletes any commands specified in a
'-' option. This is necessary because most drivers will not support many
metafile commands such as 'v' (vector string) and 'O', 'C', and 's'
(segments).
Pexpand will expand '+' instances into the corresponding
primitives which are supported, and delete all '-' instances.
Certain commands are currently considered basic, and must be supported by all
drivers. The commands 'D', 'E', 'S', 'U', 'R', 'l', 'r', and 't' are basic
(see
metafile(5)).
If no input files are specified, the standard input is read.
- +EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp
- Expand the requested command(s).
- -EPDOCSURIlrtmvsp
- Delete the requested command(s).
EXAMPLE¶
To expand vector strings and segements, and delete pauses from "meta":
-
- pexpand +vOCs -P meta
FILES¶
/usr/lib/meta/vchars.mta (see
metafile(5))
AUTHOR¶
Greg Ward
SEE ALSO¶
metafile(5),
psort(1)
