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-MPAGE
-!!!MPAGE
+<verbatim>
NAME
+ mpage - print multiple pages per sheet on PostScript printer
+
SYNOPSIS
+ mpage [-1248aAcEfHloOrRStuUvVxX] [-b papersize] [-B[num[lrtb]]*] [-C
+ [encoding]] [-da|p] [-D dateformat] [-F fontname] [-h header]
+ [-j first[-last][%interval]] [-J startpageno] [-L lines]
+ [-m[num[lrtb]]*] [-M[num[lrtb]]*] [-p[prprog]] [-P[printer]] [-s tab-
+ stop] [-W width] [-z printcmd] [-Z printcmd_args] [file...]]
+
DESCRIPTION
-ENVIRONMENT
-FILES
-BUGS
-VERSION
-AUTHORS
-----
-!!NAME
+ mpage reads plain text files or PostScript documents and prints them on
+ a PostScript printer with the text reduced in size so that several
+ pages appear on one sheet of paper. This is useful for viewing large
+ printouts on a small amount of paper. It uses ISO 8859.1 to print
+ 8
-bit characters.
+ The following options are recognized (note that arguments to options
+ may be separated from the option by spaces, except for -B, -m, -M, -p
+ and -P): Also when mpage encounters -- as option it will stop parsing
+ arguments and the remaining arguments are interpreted as filenames.
-mpage
- print multiple pages
per sheet on !PostScript printer
-!!SYNOPSIS
+
-1 Print 1 normal page
per sheet (included for symmetry).
+ -2 Print 2 normal pages per sheet.
-__mpage__ [[__
-1248aAcEfHloOrRStUvxX__] [[__-b__
-''papersize''] [[__-B__[[''num''[[__lrtb__]*]
-[[__-C__ [[''encoding'']]
-[[__-da__''|''__p__'']'' [[__-D__
-''dateformat''] [[__-F__ ''fontname''] [[__-h__
-''header''] [[__-j__
-''first''[[''-last''][[%''interval'']] [[__-L__
-''lines''] [[__-m__[[''num''[[__lrtb__]*]
-[[__-M__[[''num''[[__lrtb__]*]
-[[__-p__[[''prprog'']] [[__-P__[[''printer'']]
-[[__-s__ ''tabstop''] [[__-W__ ''width'']
-[[__-z__ ''printcmd''] [[__-Z__ ''printcmd_args'']
-[[''file''..
.]]
-!!DESCRIPTION
+
-4 Print 4 normal pages per sheet (default)
.
+ -8 Print 8 normal pages per sheet.
-''mpage'' reads plain text files or !PostScript documents
-and prints them on
a !PostScript printer with
the text
-reduced in size
so that several
pages appear on one
sheet of
-paper
. This is useful for viewing large printouts on a small
-amount of paper. It uses ISO 8859.1 to print 8-bit
-characters
.
+ -
a Toggle layout of
the pages on the sheet
so
that successively
+ numbered
pages run down the
sheet, as opposed to left to right
.
+ (default updown)
.
+ -A This option is deprecated, see -b. Prepare output for A4 sized
+ paper. For default see 'mpage -x'.
-The following options are recognized (note that arguments to
-options may
be separated from the option by spaces
, except
-for __
-B__
, __
-m__, __-M__, __-p__ and
-__
-P__)
:
+ -bpapertype
+ Prepare output for selected paper type. Papersize can
be A3 for
+ European A3
, A4 for European A4, Letter for US Letter or Legal
+
for Legal sized paper. For default see 'mpage
-x'. To see the
+ list of currently available types
, just give the 'mpage
-bl' or
+ 'mpage
-b?' command (Note
: mpage exits after finding such option
+ use.)
+ -B[<num>[lrtb]*]
+ Setup a box around a particular part of your page. Specify text
+ box margins and line thickness. The default is 0 columns
+ (lines) for both left and right (top and bottom) margins and 0
+ line thickness. Specifying -B solely toggles printing of the
+ box. l, r, t or b set the left, right, top or bottom margin
+ respectively to <num> columns (lines). Not specifying any of
+ the sides, will set the line thickness when <num> is given. For
+ example -B1 sets the line thickness to 1. Sides with negative
+ margins will not print.
-__
-1__
+
-c Toggle concatenation off pages from different files on single
+ sheets (default off).
+ -C[encodingfile]
+ Specify the character encoding file. The file should be in the
+ mpage library directory (/usr/share/mpage). Mpage has an inter-
+ nal default encoding based on Latin-1 or IBM codepage 850.
+ Depending on compile time option this encoding definition is on
+ or not. Not specifying an encodingfile will toggle the usage of
+ the internal encoding.
-Print 1 normal page per sheet
(included for
-symmetry
).
+ -da|p Force input to be taken as ascii
(a
) or postscript (p) text.
+ This way you can print your postscript code as text, or print
+ postscript code that mpage does not recognise. When using -dp,
+ make sure that the the postscript code contains %Page page sepa-
+ rators or else things will probably look odd
.
+ -Ddateformat
+</verbatim>
+<pre>
+ Set the date format as in [strftime(3)] to be used in date/time
+ representations (e.g. in headers). (Note: to be useful you
+ probably need the -H option.)
+</pre>
+<verbatim>
-__
-2__
+
-e Print
2 normal pages per sheet in duplex mode. Every first and
+ fourth page or on one side and every second and third on the
+ other side. This is more or less a combination of the -O and -E
+ option but then in one pass.
+ -E Print 2 normal pages per sheet. However, this option will print
+ every second and third page of every set of four pages. This
+ option will ignore -a and -l. See also the -O option. Using
+ these options double sided prints can be created without a
+ duplex printer.
-Print 2 normal pages per sheet
.
+ -f Toggles folding lines longer than page width (default off)
.
+ -Ffontname
+ Specify font. (default Courier). Check your printer for sup-
+ ported fonts. Note: this has almost nothing to do with the fonts
+ used for your X-windows/KDE/Gnome environment.
-__
-4__
+
-hheader
+ This is used only when the -p or -H switch is used and is passed
+ as the "-h header" option to pr(1) or as the header for -H.
+ -H Create header line for each logical page separated from page
+ text by a horizontal line. Unless -h is given, the header con-
+ sist of last file modification time, filename and page number,
+ all in bold and slightly larger font. This option only applies
+ to non-postscript files.
-Print 4 normal pages per sheet
-''(default)''
.
+ -Iindent
+ Indent text by indent characters
.
+ -jfirst[-last][%interval]
+ Print just the selected sheets, specified by a number, starting
+ at 1. Here last defaults to the end of data, interval to 1.
+ Several -j options can be given (upto MAXJARGS, default 100) to
+ create a complex selection of pages. Thus -j1-10 selects the
+ first 10 sheets, while -j 1%2 prints just the odd-numbered
+ sheets and -j 2%2 prints just the even ones.
-__
-8__
+ You can do double
-sided printing, in two passes, as follows. If
+ you use 3-hole punched paper, put it in the printer such that
+ the holes will appear at the top of the page -- on the right as
+ you pull out the printer tray, in our Laser writer II NTX.
+ Print the odd-numbered sheets with
+ mpage ... -j 1%2 ...
-Print 8 normal
pages per
sheet.
+ Note the number of
pages it reports. (Only half this many will
+ really be printed). When printing finishes, if mpage reported
+ an odd number of pages, remove the last one from the stack,
+ since there will be no even-numbered
sheet to match it. Then
+ arrange the stack of paper for printing on the other side. (If
+ it's punched, the holes will now be on the left.) On our II
+ NTX, the paper comes out blank-side up; replace it in the tray
+ still blank-side up but rotated 180 degrees. For other print-
+ ers, you figure it out
. Now print the even-numbered sheets in
+ reverse order with
+ mpage ... -r -j 2%2 ...
-__-a__
+ hoping no one else reaches the printer before you do.
-Toggle layout
of the pages on the
sheet so that successively
-numbered pages run down the sheet, as opposed to left
to
-right. (''default'' updown)
.
+ -Jstartpageno
+ Set the start value
of
the
sheet page count
to startpageno
+ instead of 1
.
-__
-A__
+
-k When mpage finds a %%TRailer or %%PSTrailer in the postscript
+ input file it normally assumes this is the end of the postscript
+ file and stops reading the input file. But when the PS file
+ includes EPS files, %%Trailers might be anywhere. Using this
+ option ignores the %%TRailer and %%PSTRailer lines.
+ -l Toggle printing landscape or portrait mode. Landscape pages are
+ 55 lines long by 132 characters wide by default. Portrait pages
+ are 66 lines long by 80 characters wide by default. (default
+ portrait.)
-This option is deprecated, see __
-b__
. Prepare output for
-European A4 sized paper
. For default see 'mpage
--x'
.
+ -Llines
+ Adjust the page reduction parameters so that lines lines will
+ fit in the space of one page.
This overrides the default values
+ normally supplied. (See
-l
.) If used in conjunction with -p
+ then this value is passed to the pr(1) as well
. As a side
+ effect this changes the font size as well (as will the
-W
+ option
.) So while there is an option to change font family,
+ there is no explicit option to change font size!
+ -m[<num>[lrtb]*]
+ Specify sheet margin. The default margin is 20 points. Only
+ specifying -m sets left margin to 40 points. l, r, t or b set
+ left, right, top or bottom margin respectively to <num> points.
+ Not specifying any of the sides will set all sides when <num> is
+ given. <num> defaults to 40 points. For example -m10 sets all
+ margins to 10 points. -ml50tb sets left margin to default 40
+ and top and bottom margin to 50 points. -m50l25bt30r set bottom
+ and top margin to 25, left margin to 50 and right margin to 30
+ points. Margins can have negative numbers. Very large values
+ have funny effects. This is left as an exercise to the user.
-__
-b__''papertype''
+
-M[<num>[lrtb]*]
+ Specify logical page margins. For syntax, see -m option.
+ Defaults are 4 for -M solely, and 8 for <num>. Margins can be
+ negative. This way large white borders in your (postscript)
+ documents can be reduced. Very large values have funny effects.
+ This is left as an exercise to the user.
+ -o Toggle printing of outlines around each reduced page (default
+ on).
-Prepare output for selected paper type
. ''Papersize'' can
-be ''A3'' for European A3, ''A4'' for European A4
,
-''Letter'' for US Letter or ''Legal'' for Legal sized
-paper
. For default see 'mpage
-x'
. To see
the list of
-currently available types, just give the 'mpage
-bl' or
-'mpage -b?' command (Note: mpage exits after finding such
-option use
.)
+ -O Print 2 normal pages per sheet
. However
, this option will print
+ every first and fourth page of every set of four pages
. This
+ option will ignore -a and
-l
. See also
the
-E option. Using
+ these options double sided prints can be created without a
+ duplex printer
.
+ -p[prprog]
+ Pipe input through prprog command (including specified options)
+ before printing (assumes the input is a text file). When no
+ command is specified, it defaults to pr(1).
-__
-B__
[[''''[[__lrtb__]*
]
+
-P
[printer
]
+ Specify the printer to which the PostScript output will be sent
+ (e.g.lpr -Pprinter). Using -P with no printer specified will
+ send the PostScript to the default printer queue (e.g. lpr).
+ Using -P- will return output to stdout, useful in combination
+ with MPAGE environment variable. Without -P output will be send
+ to standard output.
+ -r Reverse printing. The last sheet is printed first. The way of
+ arranging reduced pages on the sheets doesn't change.
-Setup a box around a particular part of your page. Specify
-text box margins and line thickness. The default is
-columns (lines) for both
left and
right (top and bottom)
-margins and 0 line thickness. Specifying __-B__ solely
-toggles printing of the box. ''l''
, ''r'', ''t'' or
-''b'' set the
left, right, top or
bottom margin
-respectively to '''' columns (lines)
. Not
-specifying any of the sides, will set the line thickness
-when '''' is given
. For example
-__
-B__''1'' sets the line thickness
to 1. Sides with
-negative margins will not print
.
+ -R Switch to
left to
right mode
, starting first page on
left bottom
+ corner
. This might be useful for landscape postscript files
.
+ (Note: using
-l after -R undoes -R, and switches
to normal land-
+ scape mode
.
+ -stabstop
+ Set tabstop width (default 8 characters). Should by >= 2.
-__
-c__
+
-S Accept non-square page reduction. By default, pages are shrunk
+ equally in X and Y, even if this wastes some space on the sheet.
+ With -S, reduced pages are larger but slightly distorted. (only
+ used when printing postscript files.)
+ -t Toggle printing on both sides of the paper. This option has 3
+ states: nop, yes, no, which mean: NOP:
+ dont do anything on PostScript, so printer default will be
+ used; YES:
+ force printer to do duplex; NO: force printer not to do it. If
+ there is no -t, then the duplex is NOP. If you put some -t on
+ the command line, the state toggles as "yes,no,yes,no...". So,
+ if your printer is set to print, by default, in duplex mode, you
+ will use "-t -t" on command line to force it to print in non-
+ duplex mode. Use this option only if your printer is capable of
+ printing in duplex mode. (default NOP).
-Toggle concatenation off
pages from different files
on
-single sheets
(''
default'' off)
.
+ -T
Toggle tumble of every second
pages. This option has 3 states:
+ nop, yes, no (with behaviour similar to -t). So, if your
+ printer is set to print, by default, in duplex mode, with tumble
+
on, you will use "-T -T" on command line to print in nontumble
+ mode. Use this option only if your printer is capable of print-
+ ing in duplex mode. With this version of mpage, you may use
+ this option even if you do not use -t.
(default NOP
.)
+ -u Toggle checking for UTF-8 input (not relevant for postscript
+ input).
-__
-C__[[''encodingfile
'']
+
-U This option is deprecated, see -b. Prepare output for US Letter
+ sized paper. For default see
'mpage -x
'.
+ -v Toggle printing a count of the number of sheets produced for
+ printing (default off.)
-Specify the character encoding file. The file should be in
-the mpage library directory (''/usr/lib/mpage'').
-''Mpage'' has an internal default encoding based on
-Latin
-1 or IBM codepage 850. Depending on compile time
-option this encoding definition is on or not. Not specifying
-an encodingfile will toggle the usage of the internal
-encoding
.
+
-V Print version information and exit
.
+ -Wwidth
+ Adjust the page reduction parameters so that a line with width
+ characters long will fit in the space of one page. This over-
+ rides the default values normally supplied. (See -l.) If used
+ in conjunction with -p then this value is passed to the s pr(1)
+ program as well. See also the -L option on font sizes.
-__
-d__''a''|''p''
+
-x Force usage display, which also shows current defaults.
+ -X [header]
+ Print header on the left and the page number on the right of
+ each physical page (sheet). If no header is given, the default
+ is the current filename (note influence of -c), the filename of
+ the first file on the page is used.
-Force input
to be taken as ascii
(''a''
) or postscript
-(''p''
) text
. This way you
can print your postscript code
-as text
, or print postscript code that mpage does not
-recognise
. When using __
-d__''p'', make sure that the
-the postscript code contains ''%Page'' page separators or
-else things will probably look odd
.
+ -zprintcommand
+ Specify command
to use to send output to. Default is lpr
(1
)
+ for BSD style spooler, lp
(1
) for SYSV style spooler
. You
can
+ specify command line options
, but note -Z
. For example
-zlp for
+ system V Unix
.
+ -Zprintprog_queuename_arg
+ Specify what option to use for the "-z printcommand" to specify
+ a printqueue. For example -zlp -Z-d for system V Unix. Default
+ is -P for BSD style spooler, -d for SYSV style spooler.
-__
-D__''dateformat''
+ENVIRONMENT
+ mpage examines the PRINTER (or LPDEST for SYSV style spooler) environ
-
+ ment variable to override its default printer.
+ The MPAGE_LIB environment variable can be used to control where the
+ character encoding files (-C) can be found.
-Set
the date format as in strftime(3) to
be used
in
-date/time representations (e.g. in headers)
.
+ mpage also examines
the MPAGE environment variable for default option
+ settings. Any option or combination of options can
be specified
in the
+ MPAGE environment variable
. For example, if MPAGE is set to the
+ string:
+ -2oPqms -L60
-__-E__
+ it would (in the absence of other command line arguments) print 2 pages
+ per sheet, 60 lines per page, with outlines, on the printer named qms
+ (overriding the PRINTER/LPDEST environment variable, if it exists.) In
+ the environment variable, white space is used as an option delimiter,
+ and no quoting is recognized.
+ Any command line options will override both the PRINTER and MPAGE envi-
+ ronment variables.
-Print 2 normal pages per sheet. However, this option will
-print every second and third page of every set of four
-pages. This option will ignore __-a__ and
-__-l__.
+FILES
+ /tmp/mpageXXXXXX
+ /usr/share/mpage
+BUGS
+ Suffers under the burden of far too many switches. (But you wanted the
+ choices!)
-__-f__
+ NULL characters in a postscript input file will cause mpage to crash!
+ Many others, we're sure.
-Toggles folding lines longer than page width (''default''
-off) .
+ Mpage is year 2000 compliant, as long as the underlying operating sys-
+ tem is!!!
+VERSION
+ Version 2.5.4, Released may 2004.
+ Location:
-__-F__''fontname''
-
-
-Specify font. (''default'' Courier).
-
-
-__-h__''header''
-
-
-This is used only when the __-p__ or __-H__ switch is
-used and is passed as the __-h__
-''header''''pr__(__1__) or as the
-header for __-H__.
-
-
-__-H__
-
-
-Create header line for each logical page separated from page
-text by a horizontal line. Unless __-h__ is given, the
-header consist of last file changetime, filename and page
-number, all in bold and slightly larger font. This option
-only applies to non-postscript files.
-
-
-__-I__''indent''
-
-
-Indent text by ''indent'' characters.
-
-
-__-j__''first''[[''-last''][[''%interval'']
-
-
-Print just the selected sheets, specified by number,
-starting at 1. Here ''last'' defaults to the end of data,
-''interval'' to 1. Thus __-j__''1-10'' selects the
-first 10 sheets, while __-j__ ''1%2'' prints just the
-odd-numbered sheets and __-j__ ''2%2'' prints just the
-even ones.
-
-
-You can do double-sided printing, in two passes, as follows.
-If you use 3-hole punched paper, put it in the printer such
-that the holes will appear at the top of the page -- on the
-right as you pull out the printer tray, in our Laser writer
-II NTX. Print the odd-numbered sheets with
-
-
-mpage ... -j 1%2 ...
-
-
-Note the number of pages it reports. (Only half this many
-will really be printed). When printing finishes, if mpage
-reported an ''odd'' number of pages, remove the last one
-from the stack, since there will be no even-numbered sheet
-to match it. Then arrange the stack of paper for printing on
-the other side. (If it's punched, the holes will now be on
-the left.) On our II NTX, the paper comes out blank-side up;
-replace it in the tray still blank-side up but rotated 180
-degrees. For other printers, you figure it out. Now print
-the even-numbered sheets in reverse order with
-
-
-mpage ... -r -j 2%2 ...
-
-
-hoping no one else reaches the printer before you
-do.
-
-
-__-k__
-
-
-When mapge finds a %%TRailer or %%PSTrailer in the
-postscript input file it normally assumes this is the end of
-the postscript file and stops reading the input file. But
-when the PS file includes EPS files, %%Trailers might be
-anywhere. Using this option ignores the %%TRailer and
-%%PSTRailer lines.
-
-
-__-l__
-
-
-Toggle printing landscape or portrait mode. Landscape pages
-are 55 lines long by 132 characters wide by default.
-Portrait pages are 66 lines long by 80 characters wide by
-default. (''default'' portrait.)
-
-
-__-L__''lines''
-
-
-Adjust the page reduction parameters so that ''lines''
-lines will fit in the space of one page. This overrides the
-default values normally supplied. (See __-l__.) If used
-in conjunction with __-p__ then this value is passed to
-the pr(1) as well. As a side effect this changes the
-font size as well (as will the __-W__ option.) So while
-there is an option to change font family, there is no
-explicit option to change font size!
-
-
-__-m__[[''''[[__lrtb__]*]
-
-
-Specify sheet margin. The default margin is 20 points. Only
-specifying __-m__ sets left margin to 40 points.
-''l'', ''r'', ''t'' or ''b'' set left, right,
-top or bottom margin respectively to ''''
-points. Not specifying any of the sides will set all sides
-when '''' is given. ''''
-defaults to 40 points. For example __-m__''10'' sets
-all margins to 10 points. __-m__''l50tb'' sets left
-margin to default 40 and top and bottom margin to 50 points.
-__-m__''50l25bt30r'' set bottom and top margin to 25,
-left margin to 50 and right margin to 30 points. Margins can
-have negative numbers. Very large values have funny effects.
-This is left as an exercise to the user.
-
-
-__-M__[[''''[[__lrtb__]*]
-
-
-Specify logical page margins. For syntax, see __-m__
-option. Defaults are 4 for __-M__ solely, and 8 for
-''''. Margins can be negative. This way large
-white borders in your (postscript) documents can be reduced.
-Very large values have funny effects. This is left as an
-exercise to the user.
-
-
-__-o__
-
-
-Toggle printing of outlines around each reduced page
-(''default'' on).
-
-
-__-O__
-
-
-Print 2 normal pages per sheet. However, this option will
-print every first and forth page of every set of four pages.
-This option will ignore __-a__ and
-__-l__.
-
-
-__-p__[[''prprog'']
-
-
-Pipe input through ''prprog'' command (including
-specified options) before printing (assumes the input is a
-text file). When no command is specified, it defaults to
-pr(1).
-
-
-__-P__[[''printer'']
-
-
-Specify the printer to which the !PostScript output will be
-sent (e.g.lpr -P''printer''). Using __-P__ with no
-printer specified will send the !PostScript to the default
-printer queue (e.g. lpr). Using -P- will return output to
-stdout, useful in combination with MPAGE environment
-variable. Without __-P__ output will be send to standard
-output.
-
-
-__-r__
-
-
-Reverse printing. The last sheet is printed first. The way
-of arranging reduced pages on the sheets doesn't
-change.
-
-
-__-R__
-
-
-Switch to left to right mode, starting first page on left
-bottom corner. This might be useful for landscape postscript
-files. (Note: using __-l__ after __-R__ undoes
-__-R__, and switches to normal landscape
-mode.
-
-
-__-s__''tabstop''
-
-
-Set tabstop width (''default'' 8 characters). Should by
-''
-
-
-__-S__
-
-
-Accept non-square page reduction. By default, pages are
-shrunk equally in X and Y, even if this wastes some space on
-the sheet. With __-S__, reduced pages are larger but
-slightly distorted. (only used when printing postscript
-files.)
-
-
-__-t__
-
-
-Toggle printing on both sides of the paper. This option has
-3 states: nop, yes, no, which mean: __NOP__: dont do
-anything on !PostScript, so printer default will be used;
-__YES__: force printer to do duplex; __NO__: force
-printer not to do it. If there is no -t, then the duplex is
-NOP. If you put some -t on the command line, the state
-toggles as
-__default''
-NOP).
-
-
-__-T__
-
-
-+Toggle tumble of every second pages. +This option has 3
-states: nop, yes, no (with behaviour similar to -t). +So, if
-your printer is set to print, by default, in duplex mode,
-+with tumble on, +you will use
-
-
-__-U__
-
-
-This option is deprecated, see __-b__. Prepare output for
-US Letter sized paper. For default see 'mpage
--x'.
-
-
-__-v__
-
-
-Toggle printing a count of the number of sheets produced for
-printing (''default'' off.)
-
-
-__-W__''width''
-
-
-Adjust the page reduction parameters so that a line with
-''width'' characters long will fit in the space of one
-page. This overrides the default values normally supplied.
-(See __-l__.) If used in conjunction with __-p__ then
-this value is passed to the s pr(1) program as well.
-See also the __-L__ option on font sizes.
-
-
-__-x__
-
-
-Force usage display, which also shows current
-defaults.
-
-
-__-X [[header]__
-
-
-Print header centered on each physical page (sheet). If no
-header is given, the default is the current filename (note
-__-c__) on the left and the page number on the
-right.
-
-
-__-z__''printcommand''
-
-
-Specify command to use to send output to. Default is
-__lpr__ (1) for BSD style spooler, __lp__ (1) for SYSV
-style spooler. You can specify command line options, but
-note __-Z__. For example __-zlp__ for system V
-Unix.
-
-
-__-Z__''printprog_queuename_arg''
-
-
-Specify what option to use for the -z__
-''printcommand''
-''-zlp -Z-d__ for system V Unix. Default is
-__-P__ for BSD style spooler, __-d__ for SYSV style
-spooler.
-!!ENVIRONMENT
-
-
-''mpage'' examines the __PRINTER__ (or __LPDEST__
-for SYSV style spooler) environment variable to override its
-default printer.
-
-
-The __MPAGE_LIB__ environment variable can be used to
-control where the character encoding files (__-C__) can
-be found.
-
-
-''mpage'' also examines the __MPAGE__ environment
-variable for default option settings. Any option or
-combination of options can be specified in the __MPAGE__
-environment variable. For example, if MPAGE is set to the
-string:
-
-
-__-2oPqms -L60__
-
-
-it would (in the absence of other command line arguments)
-print 2 pages per sheet, 60 lines per page, with outlines,
-on the printer named __qms__ (overriding the
-__PRINTER__/__LPDEST__ environment variable, if it
-exists.) In the environment variable, white space is used as
-an option delimiter, and no quoting is
-recognized.
-
-
-Any command line options will override both the
-__PRINTER__ and __MPAGE__ environment
-variables.
-!!FILES
-
-
-/usr/tmp/mpageXXXXXX
-/usr/lib/mpage
-!!BUGS
-
-
-Suffers under the burden of far too many switches. (But
-__you__ wanted the choices!)
-
-
-NULL characters in a postscript input file will cause mpage
-to crash!
-
-
-Many others, w're sure.
-
-
-Mpage is year 2000 compliant, as long as the underlying
-operating system is!!!
-!!VERSION
-
-
-Version 2.5.1 pre, Released March 1998.
-Location:
-
-
-
-ftp://ftp.mesa.nl/pub/mpage
-!!AUTHORS
-
-
-Marcel Mol
+
http://www.mesa.nl/pub/mpage
+
ftp://ftp.mesa.nl/pub/mpage
+AUTHORS
+ Marcel Mol <marcel@mesa.nl> (current maintainer).
-Mark P. Hahn (Original author)
-----
+
Mark P. Hahn (Original author)
+</verbatim>
