1PIC2GRAPH(1) General Commands Manual PIC2GRAPH(1)
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6 pic2graph - convert a PIC diagram into a cropped image
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9 pic2graph [-unsafe] [-format output-format] [-eqn delimiters] [convert-
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12 pic2graph --help
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14 pic2graph -v
15 pic2graph --version
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18 pic2graph reads a pic(1) program from the standard input and writes an
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21 it can be used for generating images of mathematical formulae.
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23 The input PIC code should not be wrapped with the .PS and .PE macros
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26 Arguments not recognized by pic2graph are passed to the ImageMagick or
27 GraphicsMagick program convert(1). By specifying these, you can give
28 your image a border, set the image's pixel density, or perform other
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35 -eqn delimiters
36 Use delimiters as the opening and closing characters that de‐
37 limit eqn directives; the default is “$$”. The option argument
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41 -format output-format
42 Write the image in output-format, which must be understood by
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45 --help Display a usage message and exit.
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48 Run groff in unsafe mode, enabling the PIC command sh to execute
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52 -v
53 --version
54 Display version information and exit.
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65 pic2graph was written by Eric S. Raymond ⟨esr@thyrsus.com⟩, based on a
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69 W. Richard Stevens, Turning PIC into HTML ⟨http://www.kohala.com/start/
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72 eqn2graph(1), grap2graph(1), pic(1), eqn(1), groff(1), convert(1)
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