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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e3af350ee17 --- /dev/null +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.TH OVF2OVP 1 "14 April 2016" "Web2C @VERSION@" +.PP +.SH "NAME" +ovf2ovp \- convert virtual font file and associated font metrics to property-list format +.PP +.SH "SYNOPSIS" +.PP +.B ovf2ovp +.RI [ options ] +.IR ovfname [ \fB.ovf\fP ] +.RI [ ofmname [ \fB.ofm\fP ] +.RI [ ovpfile [ \fB.ovp\fP ]]] +.PP +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.PP +\fBovf2ovp\fP translates a virtual font (OVF) file, \fIovfname\fP, +and its companion font metric (OFM) file, \fIofmname\fP, into a +human-readable property-list format\&. The program writes to standard +output (by default) or to a file specified as \fIovpname\fP\&. +.PP +The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL +files\&. +.PP +.SH "OPTIONS" +.PP +(Same as \fBofm2opl\fP). +.IP +.IP "\fB-charcode-format=\fP\fItype\fP" +output character codes according to \fItype\fP, +either `hex\&', `octal\&' or `ascii\&'\&. Default is +`hex\&'\&; `ascii' says to use +ASCII for letters and digits, hex for all else\&. +.IP "\fB-char-format=\fP\fIstype\fP" +output character codes according to \fIstype\fP, +either `num\&' or `ascii\&'\&. Default is `num'; `ascii' as in +-charcode-format. (These two redundant options both exist only for +historical compatibility.) +.IP "\fB-num-format=\fP\fIntype\fP" +output numbers according to \fIntype\fP, +either `hex' or `octal'; default is hex. +.IP "\fB-text-format=\fP\fIttype\fP" +output coding scheme and family according to \fIttype\fP, +either `mixed' or `upper' case; default is mixed. +.IP "\fB-help\fP" +display a brief summary of syntax and options +.IP "\fB-verbose\fP" +display progress reports +.IP "\fB-version\fP" +output version information and exit +.IP +.PP +.SH "FILES" +.PP +.IP "\fIovpfile\fP" +Omega Virtual Property List file +.IP "\fIofmname\fP" +Omega Font Metric file +.IP "\fIovfname\fP" +Omega Virtual Font file +.PP +.SH "BUGS" +.PP +Send bug reports to <http://lists.tug.org/tex-k> +(mailing list); may also check if the same bug is present in +\fBvftovp\fP(1)\&. General discussion of Omega (and Aleph) can take place +on the <http://lists.tug.org/omega> mailing list. +.PP +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.PP +\fBomega\fP(1), \fBaleph\fP(1), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBovp2ovf\fP(1), +\fBpltotf\fP(1), \fBtftopl\fP(1), \fBvftovp\fP(1), +\fBvptovf\fP(1) +.PP +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +According to the WEB documentation: +.PP +.RS +\fBVFtoVP\fP is an extended version of the program \fBTFtoPL\fP, +which is part of the standard TeXware library\&. The idea of a +virtual font was inspired by the work of David R\&. Fuchs who designed a +similar set of conventions in 1984 while developing a device driver +for ArborText, Inc\&. He wrote a somewhat similar program called +\fBAMFtoXPL\fP\&. +.RE +.PP +Thus, \fBovf2ovp\fP is based on the WEB source code for \fBvftovp\fP(1), +although nowadays it is a link to \fBomfonts\fP, implemented entirely in +C. +.PP +The primary authors of Omega are John Plaice and Yannis Haralambous. +Omega (and Aleph) are now maintained as part of TeX Live. +.PP +This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly +<cmc@debian\&.org>, for +the Debian GNU/Linux system\&. It may be used by other distributions +without contacting the author\&. Any mistakes or omissions in the +manual page are my fault; inquiries about or corrections to this +manual page should be directed to me (and not to the primary author)\&. |