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.TH IPETOIPE 1 "June 25, 2004"
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.SH NAME
ipetoipe \- Convert between Ipe file formats
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ipetoipe
( -pdf | -eps | -ps | -xml ) [ -export ] [ -noshading ] 
[ -lastview ] \fIinput-file\fP
\fIoutput-file\fP

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBipetoipe\fP converts between the various Ipe file formats.

.TP
\fB-pdf\fP
convert to PDF format
.TP
\fB-eps\fP
convert to EPS (encapsulated Postscript) format
.TP
\fB-ps\fP
convert to Postscript format
.TP
\fB-xml\fP
convert to XML format
.TP
\fB-export\fP
do not include Ipe markup in the output file.
.br
\fIWarning:\fP this means that Ipe will not be able to read the
resulting output file. 
.TP
\fB-noshading\fP
do not shade the background of PDF output (if a shading has been
defined in the document's style sheet).
.TP
\fB-lastview\fP
create a Postscript/PDF page only for the last view of each Ipe page.
This is often convenient for making handouts for slides used in a
presentation. 

.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

\fBipetoipe\fP respects the following environment variables:

.TP
\fBIPELATEXDIR\fP
the directory where \fBipetoipe\fP runs Pdflatex.

.TP
\fBIPEPDFLATEX\fP
the name of the Pdflatex executable.  If Pdflatex is on your path, the
value 
.I "pdflatex"
is sufficient.

.TP
\fBTEXINPUTS\fP
when running Pdflatex, Ipe prepends both the current directory (where
Ipe was started) as the directory containing the current document to
the \fBTEXINPUTS\fP environment variable.

.SH AUTHOR
Otfried Cheong

.SH REPORTING BUGS
.ad l
Please report bugs using Ipe bugzilla at
.I "http://ipe.compgeom.org/bugzilla.html"

.SH SEE ALSO
.ad l
More information about Ipe can be found in  
.IR "The Ipe Manual" ,
which can be found in \fI/usr/share/doc/ipe/manual.html\fP or in pdf format
in \fI/usr/share/doc/ipe/manual.pdf\fP.