1 hp2xx reads HPGL ASCII source files, interprets them, and
2 converts them into either another vector-oriented format or
3 one of several rasterfile formats. Currently, its HPGL
4 parser recognizes a subset of the HP 7550A command set. Some
5 high-level functions like filled polygons are missing.
6 Also, only the basic fixed character set 0 is supported.
7 Beside these limitations, hp2xx has proven to work with many
8 HP-GL sources without any trouble.
10 In addition, hp2xx includes an X11 previewer for HPGL files.
12 Supported vector formats are: TeX/Metafont, emTex-specials,
13 TeX/epic-Macros, and -I PostScript.
15 Supported raster formats are: HP-PCL, PCX, PIC, IMG,
16 PBM, and previews. However, generation of other formats is
17 made easy for programmers because of hp2xx's modular struc-