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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-05-05 17:17:16 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2011-05-05 17:17:16 +0000
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--- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pktype.man
+++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/pktype.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PKTYPE 1 "13 March 1996" "Web2C @VERSION@"
+.TH PKTYPE 1 "5 May 2011" "Web2C @VERSION@"
.\"=====================================================================
.if n .ds MF Metafont
.if t .ds MF M\s-2ETAFONT\s0
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
pktype \- verify and translate a packed font bitmap file to plain text
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pktype
-.I pk_file
-.RI [ output_file ]
+.IR pk_file [pk]
.\"=====================================================================
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page is not meant to be exhaustive. The complete
@@ -43,14 +42,10 @@ program for other software that wants to read
.I pk
files.
.PP
-The
+The input
.I pk_file
-on the command line must be complete. Because
-the resolution is part of the extension, it would not make
-sense to append a default extension as is done with \*(TX or
-DVI-reading software. If no
-.I output_file
-is specified, the plain text translation is written to standard output.
+on the command line may omit the suffix `pk.
+The plain text translation is always written to standard output.
.PP
The output file gives a compact encoding of the packed encoding, using
conventions described in the source code. Run lengths of black pixels
@@ -61,9 +56,7 @@ are used to indicate when a row should be repeated.
.B pktype
looks for
.I pk_file
-using the environment variable PKFONTS. If that is not set, it uses
-the variable TEXPKS. If that is not set, it uses TEXFONTS. If that
-is not set, it uses the system default.
+in the usual places according to Kpathsea.
.PP
See
.BR tex (1)
@@ -78,6 +71,6 @@ Donald E. Knuth et al.,
.IR \*(MFware .
.\"=====================================================================
.SH AUTHORS
-Tomas Rokicki wrote the program.
-Donald E. Knuth originally ported it to Unix.
-Pierre MacKay adapted it for compilation with Web2c.
+Tomas Rokicki wrote the program,
+Donald E. Knuth originally ported it to Unix,
+Pierre MacKay originally adapted it for compilation with Web2c.