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32.\"	From: @(#)banner.6	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/29/95
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35.Dd January 26, 2005
36.Dt BANNER 6
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm banner
40.Nd print large banner on printer
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl d
44.Op Fl t
45.Op Fl w Ar width
46.Ar message ...
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48.Nm Banner
49prints a large, high quality banner on the standard output.
50If the message is omitted, it prompts for and reads one line of its
51standard input.
52.Pp
53The output should be printed on paper of the appropriate width,
54with no breaks between the pages.
55.Pp
56The following options are available:
57.Bl -tag -width indent
58.It Fl d
59Enable debug.
60.It Fl t
61Enable trace.
62.It Fl w Ar width
63Change the output from a width of 132 to
64.Ar width ,
65suitable for a narrow terminal.
66.El
67.Sh AUTHORS
68.An Mark Horton
69.Sh BUGS
70Several
71.Tn ASCII
72characters are not defined, notably <, >, [, ], \\,
73^, _, {, }, |, and ~.
74Also, the characters ", ', and & are funny looking (but in a useful way.)
75.Pp
76The
77.Fl w
78option is implemented by skipping some rows and columns.
79The smaller it gets, the grainier the output.
80Sometimes it runs letters together.
81.Pp
82Messages are limited to 1024 characters in length.
83