From 6251d05743c2a97bb353826b18d8ba0ade037b02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gitlost Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2021 14:06:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] manual: tweak flow --- docs/manual.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual.txt b/docs/manual.txt index 3b7f9f4c..95150f5a 100644 --- a/docs/manual.txt +++ b/docs/manual.txt @@ -410,8 +410,9 @@ zint --height=100 -d "This Text" This specifies a symbol height of 100 times the X-dimension of the symbol. -The switch --compliantheight changes the default height to be compliant with the -barcode standard (if any). For instance +The default height of most linear barcodes is 50X, but this can be changed for +barcodes whose specifications give a standard height by using the switch +--compliantheight. For instance zint -b LOGMARS -d "This Text" --compliantheight @@ -422,11 +423,12 @@ given: zint -b LOGMARS -d "This Text" --compliantheight --height=6.2 Warning 247: Height not compliant with standards -The switch --heightperrow is useful for symbologies that have a variable number -of linear rows, namely PDF417, MicroPDF417, Codablock-F, Code16K, Code 49 and -DataBar Expanded Stacked, as it changes the treatment of the height value from -overall height to per-row height, allowing you to specify a consistent height -for each linear row without having to know how many there will be. For instance +Another switch is --heightperrow, which can be useful for symbologies that have +a variable number of linear rows, namely PDF417, MicroPDF417, Codablock-F, +Code16K, Code 49 and DataBar Expanded Stacked, as it changes the treatment of +the height value from overall height to per-row height, allowing you to specify +a consistent height for each linear row without having to know how many there +are. For instance zint -b PDF417 -d "This Text" --height=4 --heightperrow