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gaphorconvert

GAPHORCONVERT(1)					      General Commands Manual						  GAPHORCONVERT(1)

NAME

       gaphorconvert - Gaphor UML diagram conversion tool

SYNOPSIS

       gaphorconvert [ options ] file1 file2...

DESCRIPTION

       This manual describes gaphorconvert command.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	   Show help message and exit.

       -v, --verbose
	   Verbose output.

       -u, --use-underscores
	   Use underscores instead of spaces for output filenames.

       -d directory, --dir=directory
	   Output to directory.

       -f format, --format=format
	   Output file format, default is pdf.

       -r regex, --regex=regex
	   Process diagrams with name matching regex regular experssion.  Diagram name includes package name, regular expressions are case
	   insensitive.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Dmitry Borodaenko for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy,
       distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2008 Arjan Molenaar, (C) 2012 Dmitry Borodaenko

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