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+.TH "EXTRACTBB" "1" "20 April 2012" "20120420" "DVIPDFMx"
+.PP 
+.SH "NAME" 
+extractbb, ebb \- extract bounding box information from graphics files
+.PP 
+.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
+.PP
+.B extractbb
+.RB [ \-v | \-q ]
+.RB [ \-O ]
+.RB [ \-m | \-x ]
+.IR file \&.\&.\&.
+.PP 
+.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
+.PP 
+For each
+.SM JPEG\c
+,
+.SM PNG\c
+, or
+.SM PDF
+file given on the command line,
+.B extractbb
+extracts the bounding box information and writes it into a file with extension
+.BR .xbb ,
+together with some header information. These files can then be used by
+.B dvipdfmx
+or other programs. For
+.SM PDF
+files, the number of pages and the
+.SM PDF
+version number are reported as well.
+The input filename extension may be in upper or lower case.
+.PP
+If called as
+.BR ebb ,
+the output is written in the ``bb'' format (and with extension
+.BR .bb )
+as used by
+.BR dvipdfm .
+.B Xbb
+may be defined as a synomym for
+.B extractbb
+on your system.
+.PP
+.SH "OPTIONS" 
+.PD 0
+.TP 10
+.B -v
+Be verbose.
+.TP
+.B -q
+Be quiet.
+.TP
+.B -O
+Write output to standard output.
+.TP
+.B -m
+Write output in dvipdfm's ``bb'' format.
+.TP
+.B -x
+Write output in dvipdfmx's ``xbb'' format (default), which is the same
+as that used by pdfTeX.
+.PD
+.PP
+.SH "OUTPUT FORMATS"
+.PP
+Here are more details about the bb and xbb formats:
+.PP
+The original ebb (from dvipdfm) ignored density information in bitmap
+images, and generated bounding boxes with 100px = 72bp = 1in.
+Unfortunately, screenshots (especially) tend to look bad with this
+approach.
+.PP
+So, extractbb (from dvipdfmx) uses density information if present.
+Otherwise, it generates bounding box with 100px = 100bp.  This is what
+pdfTeX does.
+.SH "BUGS"
+.PP
+There is currently no way to specify which bounding box is taken
+for
+.SM PDF
+files. It will always be the first one from the following
+list: ArtBox, TrimBox, BleedBox, MediaBox. (Often only MediaBox
+is defined.) Moreover, the reported bounding box always refers
+to the first page in a
+.SM PDF
+file.
+.PP
+.SH "AUTHOR" 
+.PP 
+\fBextractbb\fP was written by the DVIPDFMx project team
+<dvipdfmx@ktug.or.kr>, based on the program \fBebb\fP by Mark A. Wicks.
+.PP 
+This manual page was also written by the DVIPDFMx project team,
+based on a manual page Frank K\[:u]ster <frank@kuesterei\&.ch>
+wrote for the Debian GNU/Linux system\&. 
+It may be used, modified, and/or redistributed by others without
+contacting the authors\&.