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.\" $XFree86$
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.\" Authors:
.\"   Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@redhat.com>
.\"
.TH vdltodmx 1 __vendorversion__
.SH NAME
vdltodmx - dmx configuration file parser and printer
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vdltodmx
.I infile
.I outfile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I vdltodmx
reads the input file, which should be in VDL configuration file format.
After a successful parse, a file in Xdmx configuration file format is
written to the output file.
.P
The VDL file format is used with
.IR xmovie ,
which is available from
http://www.llnl.gov/icc/lc/img/xmovie/xmovie.html
.SH EXAMPLE
Given the following VDL-format file:
.RS
.nf
0
2
#
#
2560 2048 Left two-thirds [restrict=*:2]
2
:2.1 1280 2048   0    0 0 0
:2.2 1280 2048   1280 0 0 0
4
1280 1024 0      0
1280 1024 0      1024
1280 1024 1280   0
1280 1024 1280   1024
#
2560 2048 Right two-thirds [restrict=*:2]
2
:2.2 1280 2048   0   0 0 0
:2.3 1280 2048   1280 0 0 0
4
1280 1024 1280    0
1280 1024 1280    1024
1280 1024 2560 0
1280 1024 2560 1024
.fi
.RE
the following DMX-format file will be produced:
.RS
.nf
#
#
virtual "Left two-thirds" 2560x2048 {
    display :2.1 1280x2048;
    display :2.2 1280x2048 @1280x0;
}
#
virtual "Right two-thirds" 2560x2048 {
    display :2.2 1280x2048;
    display :2.3 1280x2048 @1280x0;
}
.fi
.RE
.SH BUGS
If the VDL file is not in the expected format, the program will probably
dump core.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Xdmx(1), xdmxconfig(1), vdl(3), xmovie(1)