legend(1)

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version 8.6.5 · 7 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

✨ legend(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the legend girlies 💖 this is the legend(1) manual page, and yes it's short, but it's IMPORTANT, so let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

legend — create a legend image from a mapfile 💅

like... it makes a legend. from a mapfile. that's the whole vibe. iconic behavior fr fr ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

legend [mapfile outputimage | -v]

so you either hand it a mapfile plus an outputimage, OR you hit it with -v and it tells you about itself instead. main character energy either way 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

legend creates a legend image from a mapfile. no cap, that's its whole job and it does it slayfully.

the output format? depends on the graphics library used for rendering — so whatever your renderer is serving, that's what you're getting. it's giving "your mileage may vary" but make it cute 🌈

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • mapfile — Path to the mapfile. that's your source file bestie, the whole reason we're here 🗺️
  • outputimage — Path to the output image file. where the legend goes to live its best life ✨
  • -v — Display mapserver version and build options. it's the "who am i, really?" option 🪞 and honestly? self-awareness is hot 💅

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

scalebar(1) — its sibling, also doing the most 🫶 go check on them too

⭐ reminder: legend doesn't take extra flags here. it's mapfile outputimage or -v. periodt. don't try to freestyle 🫠

so yeah, that's the whole page 😭 short and sweet, lowkey obsessed with it ngl. it's all from legend(1), dated 22 August 2026 — go make a legend that eats, bestie 💖🌸🎀🦋✨

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