.ds dF /usr/lib/font.ds dQ /usr/lib/postscript.TH BUILDTABLES 1 "DWB 3.2".SH NAME.B buildtables\- build.B trofftables on a PostScript printer.SH SYNOPSIS\*(mBbuildtables\f1.OP "" options [].OP "" "name \(el" [].SH DESCRIPTION.B buildtablesbuilds font width tables or the typesetter descriptionfile on a PostScript printer.No arguments means build a default set of tables;usually a superset of the LaserWriter Plus collection.The following.I optionsare understood:.TP 1.0i.OP \-b speedTransmit data over.I lineat baud rate.I speed.Recognized baud rates are 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600, and 19200.The default.I speedis 9600 baud..TP 1.0i.OP \-l lineBuild the tables on the PostScript printer attached to.I line.There is no default..TP 1.0i.OP \-t nameUse.I nameas the template for fonts not in the default set.Choose.MW Rfor proportionally spaced fonts and.MW CWfor fixed width fonts.Try.MW ZD(ZapfDingbats) if the font has a non-standardcharacter set.The default is.MR R ..TP 1.0i.OP \-C fileCopy.I fileinto each PostScript table program;.I filemust contain legitimate PostScript..TP 1.0i.OP \-H hostdirUse.I hostdiras the host-resident font directory.A file in.I hostdirthat matches the name of the.B trofffont is assumed to be a host-resident font program and is includedin the PostScript width table program.There is no default..TP 1.0i.OP \-S fileUse.I fileas the shell library file.Overrides the choice made with the.OP \-Toption..TP 1.0i.OP \-T nameSet the target device to.I name..brDevice.I namemeans.ft 2.MI \*(dF/dev name /shell.lib.ft 1is the shell library file.There is no default..PPIf.OP \-lis omitted output files are the PostScript programs thatbuild the tables, rather than the tables themselves.One of.OP \-Tor.OP \-Sis required.If both are given.OP \-Swins.Although.OP \-His the preferred mechanism for including host-resident font files,.OP \-Cmakes sense when only one width table is built..PPThe shell library file defines a collection of functions used tobuild.BR troff (1)tables.The default set of tables is the list of names returned by the.MW AllTablesfunction.Changes to the default list can be made by updating the.MW BuiltinTablesfunction..PPEach.B buildtablesargumentmust be a default table name, or a pair of names enclosed in quotes.If the argument is a pair, the first name is the.B trofffont and the second is the full PostScript font name.Tables are created in the current directory.Each is assigned a name that matches the.B trofftable name..PPThe PostScript table programs created by.BR trofftable (1)are written to files that have.MW .psappended to the.B trofftable name.The.MW .psfile is deleted after the table is built.Options not listed above are passed to.B trofftable.The PostScript table programs return data to the host computer usingPostScript's.MW printoperator.See.BR hardcopy (1)if you do not have access to the printer's serial port..SH EXAMPLES.PPBuild the default collection of devpost tables on the printerconnected to.MW /dev/tty00(no font name arguments):.EXbuildtables -l/dev/tty00 -Tpost.EETo do the same and to restrict the tables that are built,Add.B trofffont names (or.MR DESC )to restrict the tables built on the printer connected to.MR /dev/tty00 :.EXbuildtables -l/dev/tty00 -Tpost R I B BI DESC S.EEEnclose the.B troffand PostScript font names in quotes tobuild the width table for a font not in the default set(also on the printer connected to.MR /dev/tty00 ):.EXbuildtables -l/dev/tty00 -TLatin1 "GL Garamond-Light".EEA font must be available on the printer when the table is built.Use.OP \-Hor.OP \-Cto include host-resident fonts..SH WARNINGS.PPA width table will not build properly if the printer cannot accessthe PostScript font..PPThe.OP \-TLatin1option only works on PostScript printers that support the full.SM ISOLatin-1 character set.The error message from older printers will likely indicate a missing.MW ISOLatin1Encodingarray..SH FILES.MW \*(dF/dev*/shell.lib.br.MW \*(dQ/dpost.ps.br.MW \*(dQ/trofftable.ps.br.SH SEE ALSO.BR dpost (1),.BR hardcopy (1),.BR postio (1),.BR troff (1),.BR trofftable (1),.BR font (5)