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.TH FIXFM4 1L "3 Novembre 1994" "Irisa local" "FrameMaker et PostScript
.SH NAME
.I fixfm4 
\- a script for crunching FM 4.0 Postscript files  
for inclusion in LaTeX files or printing on ANY paper size

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B fixfm4
.I [-bb]
.I InputFile
.I OutputFile

.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I fixfm4
is a program which translates FrameMaker 4.0.x
PostScript files in such a way that you can 

.IP 
- either include them directly into Latex Documents, using, for
example, 
.I psfig 
macros (they are now EPSI files, with a correct
%%BoundingBox line and without any side-effect when printing)

.IP
- or print them on any PostScript printer, supporting any (letter, legal,
A4,..) paper size, whichever be the original paper size in FrameMaker.

.PP
Too, it disable \fImanualfeed\fP operation.

Actually, FrameMaker 4 PostScript tests, when printing, that the paper
size for which the document has been written for is REALLY available on
the current printer (lettertray for letter size, A4tray for A4, etc.). 

If it is, the file prints right. If it is not available, an error message is
printed such as:

.ce 1
Can't select requested paper size for Frame print job!

.SH OPTIONS

To run the filter use:
.PP
.ce 1
fixfm4 [-bb] [-p] InputFile [OutputFile]
  
.IP "\fI-bb\fP" 
asks for a %%BoundingBox line, along with the mods for printing on any paper
size.

.IP "\fI-p\fP"
make the orientation of the PostScript file 
.I always
portrait, even if it was landscape in the original file. Useful if you
intend to include the PS file in a LaTeX document.

.IP "\fIInputFile\fP"
is the file to be filtered

.IP "\fIOutputFile\fP"
is the resulting file.

If \fIOutputFile\fP is missing, the resulting file will be
\fIInputFile\fP, with no clash of course!

If \fIOutputFile\fP ends with \fI.epsi\fP suffix, a preview image will
be added to the file (if \fI-bb\fP present). 

If it ends with another suffix and \fI-bb\fP is present, only the
%%BoundingBox line of the (modified) original file will be corrected to
reflect the real Bounding Box.

.PP

The \fIInputFile\fP (original file) is ALWAYS modified to print everywhere.
More, manualfeed is cancelled, if present.

.SH NOTES

.I fixfm4
does not act as a Unix filter, so redirections can not be used.

Called without any parameter, 
a help message is displayed on stdout to remind you what is fixfm4.

For BoundingBox computing, 
.I fixfm4 
calls 
.I pstoepsi
or
.I ps2epsi
which in turn calls
.I gs
(ghostscript). So if you have not these files, do not use 
.I -bb
option. 

It also uses perl, an interpreted language optimized for
scanning arbitrary  text  files, written by Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>.

.I fixfm4
applies ONLY to FrameMaker 4.0.x (x tested until 3) PostScript files.
It DOES NOT apply to previous versions. See psfilt(1)
.SH AUTHOR
Eric A. Brewer with several mods from Peter Nuth (nuth@ai.mit.edu) and
Bertrand Decouty (decouty@irisa.fr) who also wrote this man page.

Originally posted in comp.text.frame, on 30 Nov 93.

.SH SEE ALSO
pstoepsi(l), psfig(l), psfilt(l)

.SH TRADEMARKS
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.