Command Line Arguments

Jpgfdraw can be invoked from a command prompt using:

jpgfdraw <option-list> <filename>

Note that <option-list> and <filename> may be omitted. Only one filename is permitted, and it must be either a JDR or an AJR file. This script uses the environment variable JDR_JVMOPTS to pass options to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). For example, if you want to run Jpgfdraw with a maximum size of 128Mb for the memory allocation pool, you can set JDR_JVMOPTS to -Xmx128m:

setenv JDR_JVMOPTS -Xmx128m

This script also uses the environment variable JPGFDRAW_OPTS to pass options to Jpgfdraw. For example, if you always want Jpgfdraw to start up with the grid showing, you can set JPGFDRAW_OPTS to -show_grid:

setenv JPGFDRAW -show_grid

Note that these environment variables only have an effect if you use the jpgfdraw script to run the JRE.

If you can't use the jpgfdraw script, you can invoke Jpgfdraw from the command line using (no line breaks):

java <java options> -jar jpgfdraw.jar <jpgfdraw options> <filename>

(You may need to include the full pathname to jpgfdraw.jar.)

The following options are provided:

-disable_print

Don't request printer attributes on startup.

-show_grid

Show the grid.

-noshow_grid

Don't show the grid.

-grid_lock

Set the grid lock on.

-nogrid_lock

Don't set the grid lock.

-toolbar

Show the toolbars.

-notoolbar

Don't show the toolbars.

-statusbar

Show the status bar.

-nostatusbar

Don't show the status bar.

-rulers

Show the rulers.

-norulers

Don't show the rulers.

-paper

Set the paper size. This option must be followed by a string identifying the paper size. Known paper sizes are listed in Table 3.1. Custom sizes can be specified using -paper user <width> <height>, where <width> and <height> must be positive dimensions. Recognised units: pt, bp, in, mm, cm, pc, dd and cc. If the unit is omitted, bp is assumed. Examples:

-paper a4r
-paper user 8.5in 12in
-paper user 600 1000

-experimental

Enables experimental functions. These functions may not work properly.

-noexperimental

Disables experimental functions. (Default.)

-debug

Enables the debug menu. This menu provides the functions: Debug->Object info (which displays diagnostic information about the currently selected objects), Debug->Write Log (which writes diagnostic information for all currently open images to a log file in the configuration directory) and Debug->Dump All (which saves all current images to a subdirectory of the configuration directory).

-nodebug

Disables the debug menu (default). However you can still use F10 and F11 to do the same action as Debug->Write Log and Debug->Dump All, respectively.

-version

Prints the current version to standard output.

-help

Prints available command line options to standard output.

**Table 3.1:** Paper size identifiers for use with `-paper` command line switch.
`a10`	A10 portrait	`a10r`	A10 landscape
`a9`	A9 portrait	`a9r`	A9 landscape
`a8`	A8 portrait	`a8r`	A8 landscape
`a7`	A7 portrait	`a7r`	A7 landscape
`a6`	A6 portrait	`a6r`	A6 landscape
`a5`	A5 portrait	`a5r`	A5 landscape
`a4`	A4 portrait	`a4r`	A4 landscape
`a3`	A3 portrait	`a3r`	A3 landscape
`a2`	A2 portrait	`a2r`	A2 landscape
`a1`	A1 portrait	`a1r`	A1 landscape
`a0`	A0 portrait	`a0r`	A0 landscape
`b10`	B10 portrait	`b10r`	B10 landscape
`b9`	B9 portrait	`b9r`	B9 landscape
`b8`	B8 portrait	`b8r`	B8 landscape
`b7`	B7 portrait	`b7r`	B7 landscape
`b6`	B6 portrait	`b6r`	B6 landscape
`b5`	B5 portrait	`b5r`	B5 landscape
`b4`	B4 portrait	`b4r`	B4 landscape
`b3`	B3 portrait	`b3r`	B3 landscape
`b2`	B2 portrait	`b2r`	B2 landscape
`b1`	B1 portrait	`b1r`	B1 landscape
`b0`	B0 portrait	`b0r`	B0 landscape
`c10`	C10 portrait	`c10r`	C10 landscape
`c9`	C9 portrait	`c9r`	C9 landscape
`c8`	C8 portrait	`c8r`	C8 landscape
`c7`	C7 portrait	`c7r`	C7 landscape
`c6`	C6 portrait	`c6r`	C6 landscape
`c5`	C5 portrait	`c5r`	C5 landscape
`c4`	C4 portrait	`c4r`	C4 landscape
`c3`	C3 portrait	`c3r`	C3 landscape
`c2`	C2 portrait	`c2r`	C2 landscape
`c1`	C1 portrait	`c1r`	C1 landscape
`c0`	C0 portrait	`c0r`	C0 landscape
`letter`	Letter portrait	`letterr`	Letter landscape
`legal`	Legal portrait	`legalr`	Legal landscape
`executive`	Executive portrait	`executiver`	Executive landscape

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