glabels(1)

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💖 glabels — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so you know that little program glabels? yeah, the GNOME one. this is the manual page for it (glabels(1), if we're being formal, which we're not 💅). sit down, grab a boba, we're doing this. 🧋

✨ NAME ✨

glabels — the Label and Business Card creation program for GNOME, no cap. 🏷️💳

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like, here's how you actually call it:

glabels-3 [OPTIONS] [label-filename...]

and the batch twin:

glabels-3-batch [OPTIONS] [label-filename...]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so glabels-3 is a lightweight program for making labels and business cards for the GNOME desktop environment. it's literally designed to work with all those various laser/ink-jet peel-off label and business card sheets that you'll find at most office supply stores — you know the ones, the sheets you buy and then are too scared to use because you might waste one 🫣.

glabels-3 comes pre-configured with templates for so many of these products, like it already did the homework for you. and it also gives you an interactive template designer so you can build brand new templates according to user specifications. main character energy honestly. 👑

for the full documentation, go see the gLabels online help. that's where the deep lore lives. 📚

and glabels-3-batch? that's the command line utility — its whole thing is printing labels you previously prepared with glabels-3. it's giving "i don't need a GUI, i need results." 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

here's the whole menu, nothing skipped, we don't do that here:

  • -?, --help — displays a summary of the available command-line options. your little "wait what were the flags again" moment, solved. 🙈
  • --usage — displays a short usage summary. like --help but on a diet. ✨
  • -v, --version — prints program version information. gotta know which era of the software you're in. ⭐

🎀 Options specific to glabels-batch 🎀

these ones? only for glabels-batch. don't come crying to glabels-3 about them. 😭
  • -o filename, --output=filename — sets the output filename to filename. (default="output.ps") 📄
  • -i filename, --input=filename — sets the name of the file with data to be merged to filename. typically this is a .csv file containing the values to be printed on the labels. spreadsheet-to-sticker pipeline, iconic. 🍓
  • -s n, --sheets=n — sets the number of sheets to n. (default=1) 📚
  • -c n, --copies=n — sets the number of copies to n. (default=1) 🖨️
  • -f n, --first=n — sets the label on the first sheet to start printing from to n. (default=1) 🥇
  • -l, --outline — prints outlines around the labels. super useful for testing printer alignment or printing proof sheets. do a vibe check before you commit, bestie. 🧚
  • -C, --cropmarks — prints crop marks. helpful for cutting up sheets. ✂️
  • -r, --reverse — prints a mirror image of the labels. this is useful for clear labels intended to be seen from the back through glass. yes, it's a whole trick, and yes, it slays. 🪞

🌈 FILES 🌈

the $HOME/.config/libglabels/templates directory contains all user-defined templates. that's where your custom creations live. protect that folder with your life. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the gLabels homepage at <http://glabels.org/> — go, explore, be obsessed. 🔥

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Jim Evins <evins@snaught.com> — thank you for your service, legend. 🙇‍♀️

okay that's the whole page!! this manual came from the General Commands Manual and it's dated Jun 28, 2004 — yes, 2004, it's vintage, it's an antique, it's thriving. 🕰️✨ now go print something cute, bestie. 💖

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