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ar [Command]

Command ar ar — Create, modify, and extract from archives Syntax ar [ - ] dmpqrtx[abcilosuvV] [ membername ] archive files ... Description The GNU ar program creates, modifies, and extracts from archives. An archive is a single file holding a collection of other files in a structure that makes it possible to retrieve the original individual files (called members of the archive). The original...

appres [Command]

Command appres appres — List X application resource database Syntax appres [[class [instance]] [–1] [toolkitoptions] Description The appres program prints the resources seen by an application (or subhierarchy of an application) with the specified class and instance names. It can be used to determine which resources a particular program will load. For example, % appres XTerm will list the resources that...

anytopnm [Command]

Command anytopnm anytopnm — Attempt to convert an unknown type of image file to a portable anymap Syntax anytopnm file Description anytopnm uses the file program, possibly augmented by the magic numbers file included with PBMPLUS, to try to figure out what type of image file it is. If that fails (very few image formats have magic numbers), looks at the filename extension. If that fails, punt. The type of...

ansi2knr [Command]

Command ansi2knr ansi2knr — Convert ANSI C to Kernighan & Ritchie C Syntax ansi2knr input_file output_file Description If no output_file is supplied, output goes to stdout. There are no error messages. ansi2knr recognizes functions by seeing a nonkeyword identifier at the left margin, followed by a left parenthesis, with a right parenthesis as the last character on the line. It will recognize a...

afmtodit [Command]

Command afmtodit afmtodit — Create font files for use with groff –Tps Syntax afmtodit [ –ns ][–ddesc_file ][–eenc_file ][–in ][–an ] afm_file map_file font Options –n Don’t output a ligatures command for this font. Use this with constant-width fonts. –s The font is special. The effect of this option is to add the special command to the font file. –ddesc_file The device description...

addftinfo [Command]

Command addftinfo addftinfo — Add information to troff font files for use with groff Syntax addftinfo [ –paramvalue... ] res unitwidth font Options Each of the f options changes one of the parameters that is used to derive the heights and depths. Like the existing quantities in the font file, each value is in inches/res for a font whose point size is unitwidth. param must be one of the...

[Review] KDE 4.8

Correct us if we’re wrong, but isn’t a point release supposed to be little more than a version with bug fixes and hardly any new features? Apparently, the KDE devs were so distracted as they continue to push the envelope of the modern desktop metaphor, that they forgot they were working on a point release, KDE 4.8 is stuffed to the brim with new features, new tools, bug fixes and performance...