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NAME

       gozer - a commandline text renderer

SYNOPSIS

       gozer [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       gozer  is  a  commandline  text	rendering  utility  for  creating  images  from  abitrary text in antialised truetype fonts using optional
       fontstyles, wordwrapping and layout control.  gozer uses the imlib2 library to create and save images.  gozer has a few	options,  detailed
       below. Specify [file] as the filename to save the rendered text to. Options can also be specified in an rc file , allowing you to save com-
       monly used options (such as fontpaths) for reuse.  The rc file $HOME/.gozerrc is always parsed for default settings, and other rc files can
       be specified on the commandline to override these options. See RC FILES for information on syntax.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	    display help output and exit.

       -v, --version
	    output version information and exit.

       -b, --background COL
	    use COL as the background color, see COLOUR_DEFINITIONS for syntax, default is transparent (0,0,0,0).

       -f, --foreground COL
	    use COL as the foreground color. Default is white (255,255,255,255).

       -F, --font STR
	    draw using font STR. Size is specified with the name, eg 'arial/12' for 12pt arial, default is 20thcent/16 (a font supplied by gozer).

       -j, --justification STR
	    justify text, allowed values for STR are left, right, center or block. Default is left.

       -l, --line-spacing INT
	    separate multiple lines by INT pixels, default 1.

       -p, --fontpath STR
	    colon seperated list of font directories to search for fonts in. Best used in the RCFILE to save typing it each time.

       -q, --quality INT
	    1-100, effects quality of output for certain formats, e.g. jpeg compression (higher means higher quality).

       -P, --pipe
	    Pipe input text from standard in instead of reading it from a file.

       -r, --rc-file STR
	    use STR as the rc file to look for extra options, default is $HOME/.gozerrc

       -s, --style STR
	    use STR as a file to load a fontstyle from, see FONTSTYLES for syntax.

       -t, --text STR
	    use STR as text to draw.

       -T, --textfile STR
	    read text to draw from file STR.

       -w, --wrap INT
	    wordwrap the text to INT pixels.

       -x, --x-offset INT
	    Offset text horizontally from top left by INT pixels.

       -y, --y-offset INT
	    Offset text vertically from top left by INT pixels.

RC FILES

       rc file syntax is simple. The '#' character at the start of a line denotes that the line is a comment, otherwise lines are started with the
       name of a long option from the commandline (without prefixing the --), some whitespace and the value of the option. E.g.
       fontpath /usr/share/truetype:/usr/local/share/truetype
       NOTE that options in a --rc-file specified rc file OVERRIDE those from the commandline, but the $HOME/.gozerrc file is  always  read  first
       for default settings.

COLOUR_DEFINITIONS
       You can define colours in 4 ways. Using the html style: #RRGGBB (in which case alpha defaults to 255),
       #RRGGBBAA, or an alternative style:
       r,g,b or r,g,b,a (no spaces between commas please).
       eg for white text, either use #ffffff, #ffffffff, "255,255,255" or "255,255,255,255". For red, #ff0000, #ff0000ff or "255,0,0" etc.

FONTSTYLES

       fontstyles can be defined in the EFM syntax (for compatibility only, these are not as powerful), or the recommended syntax defined here.
       The first line contains the line:
       #Style
       The second, an optional style name,
       #NAME mystyle
       There follows a list of layers. Each is described by this rule:
       RED GREEN BLUE ALPHA X_OFFSET Y_OFFSET
       The special values or 0,0,0,0 for red, green, blue and alpha specify the positioning of the actual text in it's selected colour.
       For example, the following style defines a very simple shadow for text:
       #Style
       #NAME shadow
       0 0 0 128 -3 -3
       0 0 0 0 0 0

BUGS

       None known.

LICENSE

       Copyright Tom Gilbert 2000

       Permission  is  hereby  granted,  free  of  charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
       "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,  copy,  modify,  merge,  publish,
       distribute,  sublicense,  and/or  sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
       the following conditions:

       The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies of the Software, its documentation  and  marketing  &
       publicity materials, and acknowledgment shall be given in the documentation, materials and software packages that this Software was used.

       THE  SOFTWARE  IS  PROVIDED  "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MER-
       CHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
       LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
       DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

       Email bugs and feature requests to
       <gozer_sucks@linuxbrit.co.uk>

								   Oct 26, 2000 							  gozer(1)