ASPIC(1)

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👑 ASPIC(1) — like, the manual for aspic, bestie

okay so this is the page for aspic, from the General Commands Manual section, and it's literally your whole guide to the command line interface. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

aspic — a line-art processor 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

aspic [<options>] [<source> [<destination>]]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So Aspic is this program that takes a textual description of a line art graphic and converts it into a form that's suitable for including in another document. Iconic behaviour, honestly. ✨

The default output format is Encapsulated PostScript, but it also supports Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). If you want the full spec, go read the reference manual — this man page is only about the command line interface, no cap.

Now, the file-handling tea ☕:

  • If you give no source or destination, Aspic reads from the standard input and writes to the standard output.
  • If you give only an input file, the output file is the same name with its extension replaced by .eps or .svg (or added if the input has no extension at all).
  • You can pass a single hyphen character as a file name to mean the standard input or output streams. 🎀
  • Error messages get written to the standard error stream.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -help — gives you some help information and then exits. your little cheat sheet moment 🌈
  • -nv — disables the use of Aspic variables, so dollar is no longer special. (yes, the $ loses its main character status 💀)
  • -eps or -ps — output is encapsulated PostScript. this is the default, so if you do nothing, this is what you get. ✨
  • -svg — output is Scalar Vector Graphics (SVG). 🦋
  • -tr — translates certain characters (e.g. grave accent becomes opening quote). little glow-up for your text 🎀
  • -v — verify the Aspic version number, and exit. vibe check complete ✅

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

Philip Hazel — the legend himself 👑

⭐ REVISION ⭐

Last updated: 10 September 2022

and that's the whole thing bestie, you ate it 💖 sending you off with all the love from the General Commands Manual section — this was ASPIC(1), signed, sealed, and last updated on 10 September 2022 🎀✨

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