From: polluks Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 01:09:12 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Added chrcvt documentation X-Git-Tag: V2.16~189^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=refs%2Fpull%2F249%2Fhead;p=cc65 Added chrcvt documentation --- diff --git a/doc/chrcvt.sgml b/doc/chrcvt.sgml new file mode 100755 index 000000000..848fb529d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/chrcvt.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ + + +
+chrcvt Users Guide +<author><url url="mailto:polluks@sdf.lonestar.org" name="Stefan A. Haubenthal"> +<date>2013-02-10 + +<abstract> +chrcvt is the vector font converter. It is able to convert a foreign font into +the native format. +</abstract> + +<!-- Table of contents --> +<toc> + +<!-- Begin the document --> + + +<sect>Overview<p> + +chrcvt is a vector font converter. It is able to convert a "BGI Stroked +Font" to a compact TGI native vector font. See the function <url +url="funcref.html#tgi_load_vectorfont" name="tgi_load_vectorfont"> for usage. + + + +<sect>Usage<p> + +The chrcvt utility converts the font of one Borland file to its cc65 equivalent. + + +<sect1>Command line option overview<p> + +The program may be called as follows: + +<tscreen><verb> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Usage: chrcvt [options] file [options] [file] +Short options: + -h Help (this text) + -v Be more verbose + -V Print the version number and exit + +Long options: + --help Help (this text) + --verbose Be more verbose + --version Print the version number and exit +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- +</verb></tscreen> + + +<sect1>Command line options in detail<p> + +Here is a description of all the command line options: + +<descrip> + + <tag><tt>-v, --verbose</tt></tag> + + Increase the converter verbosity. + + + <tag><tt>-h, --help</tt></tag> + + Print the short option summary shown above. + + + <tag><tt>-V, --version</tt></tag> + + Print the version number of the utility. When submitting a bug report, + please include the operating system you're using, and the compiler + version. +</descrip> + + +<sect>Input and output<p> + +The converter will read one CHR file per invocation and write the font +in TCH format to a new file. + +Example output for the command +<tscreen><verb> +chrcvt --verbose LITT.CHR +</verb></tscreen> +<tscreen><verb> +BGI Stroked Font V1.1 - Aug 12, 1991 +Copyright (c) 1987,1988 Borland International +</verb></tscreen> + + + +<sect>Copyright<p> + +chrcvt is (C) Copyright 2009, Ullrich von Bassewitz. For usage of the +binaries and/or sources the following conditions apply: + +This software is provided 'as-is', without any expressed or implied +warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages +arising from the use of this software. + +Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, +including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it +freely, subject to the following restrictions: + +<enum> +<item> The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not + claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software + in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be + appreciated but is not required. +<item> Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not + be misrepresented as being the original software. +<item> This notice may not be removed or altered from any source + distribution. +</enum> + +</article>