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ditroff(1)

PIC(1)  —  NEWS-OS Programmer’s Manual

NAME

pic, a3pic − ditroff preprocessor for drawing simple pictures

SYNOPSIS

pic [ files ]
a3pic [ 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. 

pic shrinks the picture bigger than 8 inches square into 8 inches square. 

a3pic shrinks the picture if it is bigger than 20 inches square. 

Currently supported devices are lbp8-II/AJ-2 (Canon) and NWP-533, NWP-537 or NWP-543 (Sony’s Video I/F lbp). 

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. 

NEWS-OSRelease 4.2.1R

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