cpicomp(1)

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version 1.1.3 · 2 versions
, in nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 cpicomp — the glow-up your CPI codepage has been waiting for 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this little icon from the PSF Tools manual (section 1, she's fancy) is about to take your chunky codepage and make it ✨snatched✨.

🦋 NAME 🦋

cpicomp — compress a CPI codepage by converting it to DRFONT format

no cap, that's literally her whole job.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cpicomp [--nointer] [INPUTFILE [OUTPUTFILE]]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — cpicomp takes your codepage and converts it from the wasteful FONT or FONT.NT format to the way more efficient DRFONT format.

she's basically doing a closet cleanout on your font data. the old formats are giving hoarder energy, DRFONT is giving minimalist queen. we love a transformation arc. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --nointer — okay so normally CPI files get saved interleaved, which means the data for each codepage sits right after the header, like little besties holding hands. with this option though? all the headers get saved together first, then all the data follows after. different layout, still valid, just… arranged differently. 🫶
⚠️ bestie WARNING, fr fr: it is particularly inadvisable to use --nointer on a DRFONT file. like, don't do it. the resulting font will not be handled correctly by the DRDOS MODE command. that's not a vibe. that's a 💀. the font will be broken and MODE will be confused and everyone will be sad. so just… no.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • cpidcomp(1) — her sister, the decompressor. the reverse queen. check her out too 🧚

🍓 AUTHOR 🍓

John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.

that's the whole page bestie, you're now officially certified in cpicomp 💜 go forth and compress responsibly!!

Version 1.1.3 — 28 April, 2026 — PSF Tools. mwah, xoxo, slay 💖

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