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diff --git a/graphics/tiff/files/patch-fax2ps.1 b/graphics/tiff/files/patch-fax2ps.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5fce8e717dae --- /dev/null +++ b/graphics/tiff/files/patch-fax2ps.1 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +--- man/fax2ps.1.orig 2008-08-17 13:03:49.038994710 -0400 ++++ man/fax2ps.1 2008-08-17 13:03:52.510994390 -0400 +@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ + .SH NAME + fax2ps \- convert a + .SM TIFF +-facsimile to compressed \*(Ps\(tm ++facsimile to compressed PostScript\(tm + .SH SYNOPSIS + .B fax2ps + [ +@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ + reads one or more + .SM TIFF + facsimile image files and prints a compressed form of +-\*(Ps on the standard output that is suitable for printing. ++PostScript on the standard output that is suitable for printing. + .PP + By default, each page is scaled to reflect the + image dimensions and resolutions stored in the file. +@@ -62,26 +62,26 @@ + .PP + By default + .I fax2ps +-generates \*(Ps for all pages in the file. ++generates PostScript for all pages in the file. + The + .B \-p + option can be used to select one or more pages from + a multi-page document. + .PP + .I fax2ps +-generates a compressed form of \*(Ps that is +-optimized for sending pages of text to a \*(Ps ++generates a compressed form of PostScript that is ++optimized for sending pages of text to a PostScript + printer attached to a host through a low-speed link (such + as a serial line). + Each output page is filled with white and then only + the black areas are drawn. +-The \*(Ps specification of the black drawing operations ++The PostScript specification of the black drawing operations + is optimized by using a special font that encodes the + move-draw operations required to fill + the black regions on the page. + This compression scheme typically results in a substantially +-reduced \*(Ps description, relative to the straightforward +-imaging of the page with a \*(Ps ++reduced PostScript description, relative to the straightforward ++imaging of the page with a PostScript + .I image + operator. + This algorithm can, however, be ineffective +@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ + attempts to recover from such data errors by resynchronizing + decoding at the end of the current scanline. + This can result in long horizontal black lines in the resultant +-\*(Ps image. ++PostScript image. + .SH NOTES +-If the destination printer supports \*(Ps Level II then ++If the destination printer supports PostScript Level II then + it is always faster to just send the encoded bitmap generated + by the + .BR tiff2ps (1) +@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ + .I fax2ps + should probably figure out when it is doing a poor + job of compressing the output and just generate +-\*(Ps to image the bitmap raster instead. ++PostScript to image the bitmap raster instead. + .SH "SEE ALSO" + .BR tiff2ps (1), + .BR libtiff (3) |