DMTXWRITE(1)

💖 DMTXWRITE(1) — the barcode-maker bestie 💖

okay so this is dmtxwrite, a General Commands Manual page, and it's literally the glow-up your data needs. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

dmtxwrite — create Data Matrix barcodes 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dmtxwrite [OPTION]... [FILE]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe: dmtxwrite takes data from a file or from standard input, encodes it, and writes out the resulting ECC200 Data Matrix barcode as an image. That's it, that's the whole main character moment. 💅

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -c, --codewords — don't make a barcode, just print the codeword listing instead. lowkey a peek behind the curtain 🫣
• -d, --module=N — module size, in pixels.
• -m, --margin=N — margin size, in pixels.
• -e, --encoding=[bfactxe8] — which encodation scheme we're using, bestie:
  • b = Best optimized — best possible optimization (beta) 🔥
  • f = Fast optimized — basic optimization (not implemented)
  • a = ASCII — [default] — ASCII standard & extended
  • c = C40 — digits and uppercase
  • t = Text — digits and lowercase
  • x = X12 — ANSI X12 EDI
  • e = EDIFACT — ASCII values 32-94
  • 8 = Base 256 — all byte values 0-255
• -f, --format=FORMAT — the output image format. PNG is the [default], but there's also TIF, GIF, PDF, etc… go wild 🌈
• -l, --list-formats — list out all the available image formats for u.
• -o, --output=FILE — where the barcode goes. filename, babes. Default is standard output.
• -p, --preview — prints an ASCII art preview straight to standard output. it's giving retro, it's giving iconic 💀
• -r, --resolution=N — sets the image print resolution, in dpi.
• -s, --symbol-size=[sr|RxC] — symbol size, default is "s".
  • Automatic symbol size options:
    • s = Auto square
    • r = Auto rectangle
  • Manual symbol size options for square symbols:

10x10   12x12   14x14   16x16   18x18   20x20
22x22   24x24   26x26   32x32   36x36   40x40
44x44   48x48   52x52   64x64   72x72   80x80
88x88   96x96 104x104 120x120 132x132 144x144

• Manually symbol size options for rectangle symbols:

 8x18    8x32   12x26   12x36   16x36   16x48

• -C, --color=COLOR — barcode color (not implemented). crying, but okay 😭
• -B, --bg-color=COLOR — background color (not implemented). also crying 😭
• -M, --mosaic — creates a non-standard Data Mosaic barcode. not like other barcodes fr fr
• -R, --rotate=DEGREES — rotation angle in degrees (not implemented).
• -v, --verbose — use verbose messages, if u wanna know everything 👀
• -V, --version — print the program version info.
• --help — display this help message and quit. bye bestie 🫶

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⭐ STANDARDS ⭐

• ISO/IEC 16022:2000
• ANSI/AIM BC11 ISS

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💀 BUGS 💀

Found a bug? Email bug reports to mike@dragonflylogic.com. be nice about it tho 💜

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🌷 AUTHOR 🌷

Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Mike Laughton

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and that's the whole page, no cap. everything above is straight from the General Commands Manual source, dated June 2, 2011, and yeah it's still DMTXWRITE(1) energy all the way down. slay 🎀✨💖