wmf2fig(1)
β¨ wmf2fig(1) β¨
okay bestie, so you found the wmf2fig page in the General Commands Manual (section 1, the classic) and honestly? it's giving "turn your weird little Windows metafile into something XFig can actually open" π let's go.
πΈ NAME πΈ
wmf2fig β convert metafile image to XFig format π¦
π SYNOPSIS π
wmf2fig [OPTION] ... [-o <file.eps>] <file.wmf>
wmf2fig [OPTION] ... --auto <file1.wmf> [<file2.wmf> ...]
so you either do the one-file thing, or you hit --auto and let it run the whole group chat of .wmf files, no cap. β¨
π DESCRIPTION π
Convert metafile image to XFig format. that's it, that's the whole vibe. one metafile in, XFig out, main character energy only. π
π OPTIONS π
--figunit=<int>β the FIG unit, as a fraction of an inch. default:1200. tiny little units, obsessed.--page=<page>β where<page>is one of (defaultA4):A[01234] B5 Letter Legal Ledger Tabloid. pick your page, bestie π--landscapeβ switch to landscape view. turn it sideways, slay. π¦--portraitβ switch to portrait view (this is the default, it's the main character setting). π--maxpectβ scale image: fit to page (1 inch margins).--no-marginsβ ignore margins when scaling. margins? never heard of her. π--flatβ render at one depth value. one (1) depth. flat. periodt.--image=<fmt>β where<fmt>is one of (defaulteps):eps,png,jpg. β¨--title=<str>β comment# Title--creator=<str>β comment# Creator--date=<str>β comment# Date--for=<str>β comment# For--versionβ display version info and exit. iykyk.--helpβ display this help and exit. (hi, that's the thing you're reading a vibe-ified version of π)--wmf-helpβ display wmf-related help and exit.
π₯ Additional wmf-related options π₯
--wmf-error[=yes|no]β switch for error reports.--wmf-debug[=yes|no]β switch for debug reports, if any.--wmf-ignore-nonfatal[=yes|no]β switch to ignore (some) non-fatal errors.--wmf-diagnosticsβ emit diagnostic information. it's giving "the computer is telling you its feelings" π--wmf-fontdir=<path>β add<path>to list of font directories.--wmf-sys-fontsβ use system fonts, if any found.--wmf-sys-fontmap=<file>β use system xml-fontmap file<file>.--wmf-xtra-fontsβ use non-system fonts, if any found.--wmf-xtra-fontmap=<file>β use non-system xml-fontmap file<file>.--wmf-gs-fontmap=<file>β use ghostscript file<file>.--wmf-write=<file>β write metafile to<file>.
π AUTHOR π
wmf2fig is originally written by Martin Vermeer and currently maintained by CaolΓ‘n McNamara. π«Ά legends only.
This manual page was written by Yangfl for the Debian Project (and may be used by others). π
okay so that's the whole page, bestie. it's wmf2fig(1) from the General Commands Manual β no version number and no date got dropped on this one, so just picture a cute little timestamp down at the bottom and go convert something. mwah. π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: libwmf-bin 0.2.12-5.1 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: libwmf-bin 0.2.13-1.1+b3 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: libwmf-bin 0.2.12-5ubuntu1 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: libwmf-bin 0.2.13-1.1build3 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: libwmf-bin 0.2.13-1.1build3
- ubuntu resolute: libwmf-bin 0.2.14-1 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: libwmf-bin 0.2.14-1 Β· LGPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms