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* splashtool: (splashtool).          A simple tool for creating SYSLINUX splashes without fuss
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Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Mattias Andrée

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@top splashtool -- A simple tool for creating SYSLINUX splashes without fuss
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@title splashtool
@subtitle A simple tool for creating SYSLINUX splashes without fuss
@author by Mattias Andrée (maandree)

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* Overview::                        Brief overview of @command{splashtool}.
* Invoking::                        How to use @command{splashtool}.
* GNU Free Documentation License::  Copying and sharing this manual.
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@node Overview
@chapter Overview

@command{splashtool} is a simple tool that lets you create an almost
exact image of how your SYSLINUX bootloader configurations will reader
if you are using @command{vesamenu}, so that you can do edits to the
background image and the @file{syslinux.cfg} so that you do not need
to use a virtual machine and real machine that you reboot.



@node Invoking
@chapter Invoking

The @command{splashtool} takes two manditory arguments follwed by one
optional argument.

The first argument is the @file{syslinux.cfg} file you want to create
a preview for, the @var{background} and @var{font} specified in the
file should be relattive to @file{syslinux.cfg}, but  @command{splashtool}
also accepts absolute paths.

The second argument is output PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file.

The third argument is optional is should start with either `-w' or `--w',
if you want to create a preview of how it will look on a widescreen
monitor. @command{splashtool} assumes the image is 640 by 480 pixels,
and the output for widescreen is 853 by 480 pixels.

No other option should be used, not even `--'.



@node GNU Free Documentation License
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
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