[OS X TeX] Re: finding commands (was: Turning eps to pdf problems)

[Victor Ivrii]

On 5/22/06, Robert Bruner <rrb at math.wayne.edu> wrote:
>      convert h
>
> does say
>
> Usage: ./convert [-f <input filename>] [-o <output filename>] [-i <input mimetype>] [-j <output mimetype>] [-P <PPD filename>] [-u] [-a <attribute string>] [-U <username>] [-J <jobname] [-c <copies>] [-D]


% ./convert

means that you are trying to execute command which is in the same
directory as the files (rather unlikely and for permanent command
means the messed installation). As long as command is installed
correctly,

% convert

is enough. If we are talking about convert which is part of ImageMagick
just type convert with no filenames to get a pretty complete instructions.


>
> which is some help, but wildly incomplete.  What I would like seems to
> make me a fossil.  I would like a list of commands, grouped by function
> and also alphabetically, and a reasonably complete description of their
> syntax, function and dependencies, as we had in the old days on Unix
> systems.  As David Watson says:
>
> > I didn't even know that that particular program was there, but, ...
>
> and I would like ways to find out what is available without
> having to wait for someone to mention it, or (hopeless, I don't have
> the time) just wade through all the directories trying things.
>
> As Bruno Voisin says:
>
> > So yes, where in Apple's documentation can one find out about such
> > things as /System/Library/Printers/Libraries/convert?
>
> My brief experience with the Mac is that it is so well designed I can
> do what I want pretty well without such documentation, but I would
> still like to find out what is available more sytematically.  David is
> probably right when he says
>
> >  ...  I would presume they don't
> > expect people to use this utility directly, and as such, they don't
> > put it in the User Manual.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Bruner
>
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