MAHA(1)MAHA(1)NAMEmaha - make and print interpress files
SYNOPSISmaha [ options ] [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
Maha (maharani-the Interpress version of the program czarina) reads in
text files, converts them to interpress format and ships them to an
interpress printer. It also performs some simple page formatting.
The environment variable MAHA may be used to specify default options.
The value of MAHA is parsed as a string of arguments before the argu‐
ments that appear on the command line. For example, "MAHA=`-f Clas‐
sic/8'" sets your default body font to 8 point Classic.
In case conflicting options are given, the last option seen takes pre‐
cidence. Options are processed left to right, first processing any
options in the MAHA environment variable, then any options given on the
command line.
The possible options are:
-n Prints output n columns per page (note that n is limited to one
digit)
-b banner
Uses banner to label the output. It will appear on the cover
page on the line labeled "Document".
-c n Causes n copies of the output to be printed. The default is 1.
-f font
Sets the font to be used for the body of each page. The default
is "Vintage-Printwheel/10".
-F font
Sets the font to be used for page headings. The default is
"Modern-Bold/12".
-H header
Sets the format for page headings to the string header. This
overrides the -t option. Certain formatting options can be
embedded in this string. See the section below entitled "Header
Format". The default header is constructed from the file name,
its last modification date, and a page and line number.
-h header
Appends the string header to the current header format string.
This can be used to append something to the default header.
This overrides the -t option.
-l Causes line printer simulation mode to be used: pages will be
66 lines long and headers will be omitted. Turns on the -t
option.
-n name
Sets the delivery address of your output (the "For" field on the
cover sheet) to name. The default is your full name as recorded
in the gecos field of the password file ("/etc/passwd").
-o file
The interpress code is written into file. The default is gener‐
ated from the process i.d. of the program.
-P printer
Directs the interpresss code to printer for printing.
-r Rotates the output 90 degrees on the page (landscape mode).
This is good for output that requires a wide page or for program
listings when specifying two columns. Some people like the pro‐
gram listings produced by the command "maha -2 -r files".
-R Forces portrait mode (default). This overrides the -r option.
It is useful (for example) if the environment variable MAHA sets
-r.
-s pages
Selects pages to be printed. Pages may be a single page speci‐
fication (eg. "5"), a range of pages ("5-10"), or a list of page
specifications (eg. "3,11-13"). Note that this syntax is iden‐
tical to that accepted by the -o option of troff.
-t Causes page headings (titles) to be omitted.
Specifying Fonts
The naming scheme for fonts is a slight variant on the universal naming
scheme used by interpress. See section 3.2.2 in Interpress Electronic
Printing Standard (XSIS 048404) for a description of universal names.
Each identifier of a universal font name is separated by a slash ("/").
If the final identifier in the name is nothing more than a series of
digits, as in "Classic/8", then it is taken to be a point size. The
actual universal name is formed by removing this last identifier. If
the last part of the name is not strictly a number, then the point size
is assumed to be 10. Since most environments use the same prefix for a
universal font name, A standard prefix of several identifiers is
prepended to every font name given on the command line. This can be
overridden by placing a slash at the front of the given name in which
case the universal name is formed by simply removing the slash from the
front of the name. Note that the point size calculation mentioned
above will still be performed on this type of name.
Here are some examples that should clear the air:
If a font name has the unfortunate characteristic of containing nothing
but numbers in its last identifier, it can still be specified by always
appending a point size to the name, as in the last example above.
Header Format
The string that is used to build the header can have format options
embedded in it. Each formatting option is preceded with the character
"%" in a manner similar to printf(3S) strings in C. The following for‐
mat characters are recognized:
If a percent sign is followed by a character not in the list above,
then that character gets printed (without the leading percent sign).
Note that a percent sign can still be printed in the header by placing
two in the format. The default format string is:
"%f %t Page %p, line %l"
ENVIRONMENT
MAHA strings of options to be used by maha.
FILES
/etc/passwd contains information about system users
SEE ALSOcz(1) czarina
Interpress Electronic Printing Standard, XSIS 048404
BUGS
The document name doesn't appear on the banner page like it should.
This is really the fault of the queueing software.
Maha will not realize that a file is already in interpress format and
skip the conversion phase.
Maha doesn't have any metric information. Thus it won't wrap or clip
lines. If you are using a fixed width font, use ``pr'' as pre-proces‐
sor.
4th Berkeley Distribution 2/11/86 MAHA(1)
