REM2PS

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 25 November 1992
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NAME

rem2ps - draw a PostScript calendar from Remind output

SYNOPSIS

rem2ps [options]

DESCRIPTION

Rem2ps reads the standard input, which should be the results of running Remind with the -p option. It emits PostScript code (which draws a calendar) to the standard output.

OPTIONS

-l

Produce the calendar in landscape mode rather than the default portrait mode.

-c

Do not generate small calendars for the next and previous months. By default, these small calendars are generated and placed on the main calendar.

-m media

Set the page size. You must specify the media type, which can be one of the following. (Sizes are approximate. For a list of media types, type "rem2ps -m help".)

Letter: 8.5 x 11 in.
Legal: 11 x 17 in.
Ledger: 8.5 x 14 in.
Statement: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
Executive: 7.5 x 10 in.
A3: 29.7 x 42 cm.
A4: 21 x 29.7 cm.
A5: 14.8 x 21 cm.
B4: 25.7 x 36.4 cm.
B5: 18.3 x 25.7 cm.
Folio: 8.5 x 13 in.
Quarto: 8.5 x 10.8 in.
10x14: 10 x 14 in.

Type "rem2ps -m help" for a list of available media. Note that the media type (and all Rem2ps options) are case-sensitive.

-f[shed] font

Set the font for the small calendar, the calendar headings, the calendar entries, and the day numbers, respectively. Font must be the name of a valid PostScript font. The default fonts are equivalent to specifying:

        -fhes Helvetica -fd Helvetica-BoldOblique

In other words, the heading, entry and small-calendar fonts are set to Helvetica, and the font for the day numbers is set to Helvetica-BoldOblique.

-s[hed] size

Set the size (in points) of the text for the the calendar headings, the calendar entries, and the day numbers, respectively. Size must be a decimal number. The default sizes are equivalent to specifying:

        -sdh 14 -se 8

In other words, the heading and day numbers are 14-point fonts, and the calendar entries are printed in 8-point text.

-b size

Set the size of the blank white border in each calendar box to size points. The default border size is 6 points, or 1/12 in.

-t size

Set the thickness of the black calendar grid lines. The default is 1, for a line thickness of one point (1/72 in.)

USAGE

To use Rem2ps, you should pipe the output of Remind with the -p option to Rem2ps, and then send the result to a printer. This is most easily illustrated with examples:

        remind -p12 /dev/null 1 jan 1994 | rem2ps | lpr -Plaser

That example creates a blank calendar for the entire year of 1994, and sends it the the printer named "laser."

        remind -p ~/.reminders | rem2ps -l -sd 18 > cal.ps

This reminder creates a calendar for the current month, filling in entries from the reminder file "~/.reminders." The calendar is produced in landscape mode, with a font size of 18 for the day numbers. The result is put in the PostScript file "cal.ps."

AUTHOR

David F. Skoll

BUGS

All Rem2ps options are case-sensitive, unlike Remind. Any time you supply a font name or size, line thickness, or border width, it is treated as a string and sent straight to the PostScript interpreter. Thus, if you supply invalid fonts or sizes, Rem2ps will not complain, but the resulting PostScript output will probably not work.

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