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diff --git a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man index fa3c250b7e3..467ecc3876d 100644 --- a/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man +++ b/Build/source/texk/web2c/man/ovf2ovp.man @@ -1,36 +1,46 @@ -.TH OVF2OVP "16 June 2015" "Web2C @VERSION@" +.TH OVF2OVP "14 April 2016" "Web2C @VERSION@" .PP .SH "NAME" -ovf2ovp \- convert a virtual font file and its associated font metric file into property-list format +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 ]]] +.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 +\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\&. +output (by default) or to a file specified as \fIovpname\fP\&. .PP -The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VP -files\&. (\fBovf2ovp\fP is based on the WEB source code for -\fBvftovp\fP(1)\&.) +The program also works with TeX VF and TFM files, producing TeX VPL +files\&. .PP .SH "OPTIONS" -.PP -.IP -.IP "\fB-charcode-format=\fP\fITYPE\fP" -output character codes -according to \fITYPE\fP, which can be either `hex\&' or `ascii\&'\&. -Default is `hex\&'\&. ascii specifes all ASCII letters and digits; hex -gets you everything else\&. -.IP +.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" @@ -41,44 +51,45 @@ output version information and exit .PP .SH "FILES" .PP -.IP "\fIOVPFILE\fP" +.IP "\fIovpfile\fP" Omega Virtual Property List file -.IP "\fIOFMNAME\fP" +.IP "\fIofmname\fP" Omega Font Metric file -.IP "\fIOVFNAME\fP" +.IP "\fIovfname\fP" Omega Virtual Font file .PP .SH "BUGS" .PP -None known, but report any found to <omega@ens\&.fr> (mailing list)\&. You should also -check to see if the bug is also in \fBvftovp\fP(1)\&. +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), \fBofm2opl\fP(1), \fBovp2ovf\fP(1), +\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 -\fIDraft Manual for the Omega System\fP (\fIomega-manual\&.dvi\fP)\&. -.PP -Web page: <http://www\&.gutenberg\&.eu\&.org/omega/> -.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 tex()ware library\&. The idea of a +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 -<plaice@cse\&.unsw\&.edu\&.au> and Yannis Haralambous -<yannis@fluxus-virus\&.com>\&. +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 @@ -86,4 +97,3 @@ 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)\&. -.PP |