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ditroff(1)

PIC(1)  —  UNIX Programmer’s Manual

NAME

pic − ditroff preprocessor for drawing simple pictures

SYNOPSIS

pic [ −Tt ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

Pic is a ditroff(1) preprocessor for drawing simple figures on a typesetter. The basic objects are box, line, arrow, circle, ellipse, arc and text. 

The optional argument −Tt specifies device t; currently supported devices are lbp8 for lbp8-I/AJ-2, or lbp8-II/AJ-2 (Canon with RS-232C), nwp533 for NWP-533 or NWP-537 (Sony’s Video I/F lbp).  The Dault is nwp533.

Originally supported devices, aps (Autologic APS-5), X97 (Xerox 9700), and i10 (Imagen Imprint-10) are not yet tested and not included in this release. 

SEE ALSO

ditroff(1). 
PIC — A Graphics Language for Typesetting.

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