DIG

NAME

dig - device independent graphics metafile filter

SYNOPSIS

dig (-p|-g) (-s width_x_height) (-r) (-o outfile) (infile)

DESCRIPTION

dig accepts a graphics metafile in a given file or on its standard input and displays it according to its current operational status. If the output of the program is redirected into a file or a pipe, or if the program is executed on an alphanumeric terminal graphics is produced in metafile format. Options allow redirection to the printer or to a graphics file.

Options and their meanings are:

-I Identify program name and version number.

-p Send output directly to printer.

-g Output to graphic file (GIF format).

-r Use full display rectangle, rather than square coordinates.

-s width_x_height Specify image size for output graphic file, in format <width>x<height>, e.g. 1024x768.

-o outfile Specify name for output graphic file

ENVIRONMENT

The environment variable GTERM selects the graphics terminal, GPRINT selects the printer.

VERSION/AUTHOR

1.4 - Mark Huckvale

SEE ALSO

DIG(SFS3)

BUGS

Does not support pie-slices or shading of filled shapes. Filled pies are assumed to be filled circles. Text is printed in a roman font that is not identical to the Masscomp gps format.
Fri Jul 09 14:54:30 2004