GROPBM(1)

NAME
gropbm - GNU roff driver for Hershey fonts

SYNOPSIS
gropbm [-c cmd] [-m] [-x dpi-x] [-y dpi-y] [-w inch-wide] [-l inch-long] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
Gropbm is a GNU runoff driver to translate ditroff output using Hershey fonts into either portable bitmaps (PBM) or Bellcore window manager format (MGR). MGR support is only available when specified at compile time.

OPTIONS

-c cmd
    Each page of output will be piped to cmd instead of written on standard output.

-m  Output will be in MGR format instead of PBM format.

-x dpi-x
    Set x resolution in dots per inch, default is 72.

-y dpi-y
    Set y resolution in dots per inch, default is 72.

-w inch-wide
    Set bitmap width in inch, default is 8.

-l inch-long
    Set bitmap length in inch, default is 12.

-v  Verbose, print page numbers on standard error.

EXAMPLES
Previewing each page of output:

groff -man -Tpbm -P-m -P-v -P-c -P'(cat > /tmp/gropbm$$; \
mgrview -r /tmp/gropbm$$; rm /tmp/gropbm$$)' gropbm.1

RESTRICTIONS
Drawing commands other than lines and circles/ellipses are not supported yet.

AUTHOR
Michael Haardt

HISTORY
This program is derived from mroff (my roff), which no longer exists.

SEE ALSO
groff(1), mgrview(1), pbm(5)