aecat(1)						      General Commands Manual							  aecat(1)

NAME

       aecat - display an aewan document

SYNOPSIS

       aecat [-b] [-c] [-{n|N}] [{-p | -l <layer_num>}] [-f <format>] [-o <output_file>] inputfile

DESCRIPTION

       This  is an utility program that will convert an aewan document to ANSI escape sequences so that it can be rendered on a standard terminal.
       Alternatively, it can also generate HTML code for displaying the document in a web page. Any particular layer of the document may  be  con-
       verted, or you may request a composite of all layers.

OPTIONS

       -f     specifies output format - can "text", "html" or "comment". Default is "text".  The "comment" format extracts document metadata.

       -c     prepend a 'clear screen' escape sequence (only valid when outputting text).

       -o<file>
	      writes output to specified file rather than stdout

       -b     disables output of color (only characters will be printed).

       -l<layer_no>
	      specifies which layer of the document is to be used (must be an index, not a layer name). By default, layer 0 will be used.

       -L     displays the number of layers in the file.

       -p     exports  a  composite,  that is, overlays all visible layers, paying attention to layer transparency, etc. The size of the composite
	      will be the size of the first layer

       -n     suppress output of newlines

       -h     prints a short help text

AUTHORS

       This program is part of the Aewan Ascii Art Editor package.  See aewan(1) for author information.

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Bruno Takahashi C. de Oliveira. All rights reserved.

       This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or, at your option, any later version. For full  license  informa-
       tion, please refer to the COPYING file that accompanies the program.

SEE ALSO

       aewan(1), aewan(5), aemakeflic(1)

aecat (Aewan Ascii Art Editor)					    March 2005								  aecat(1)