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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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]>
<sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
<title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
<?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>a2ps</application></title>
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilitized mainly in the
background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
every input format into PostScript output. The application's name expands
appropriately to "all to PostScript".</para>
<title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&a2ps-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&a2ps-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<indexterm zone="a2ps">
<primary sortas="a-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>International fonts: <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>
<sect2 role="package">
<title>Introduction to a2ps</title>
<sect3><title><application>a2ps</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="psutils"/>,
<xref linkend="tex"/>,
<xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
<ulink
url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe
Reader</ulink> and
<ulink
url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>
<para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilitized mainly
in the background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
every input format into PostScript output. The application's name
expands appropriately to "all to PostScript".</para>
</sect2>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing="compact">
<listitem>
<para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated disk space required: &a2ps-buildsize;</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Estimated build time: &a2ps-time;</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>a2ps</application></title>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem>
<para>International fonts: <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">a2ps Dependencies</bridgehead>
<screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
<bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
<xref linkend="psutils"/>,
<xref linkend="tex"/>,
<xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
<ulink
url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe
Reader</ulink> and
<ulink
url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink></para>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of a2ps</title>
<para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|" \
lib/path-concat.c &amp;&amp;
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--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
--enable-shared --with-medium=letter &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>
make install</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
<application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
<application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
primary editor, skip this step.</para>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
<application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
<application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
primary editor, skip this step.</para>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
This command modifies the configure script to search for
<application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they were
installed by the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> instructions.</para>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
This command modifies the configure script to search for
<application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they were
installed by the BLFS instructions.</para>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|"
lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
<application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x</para>
<para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|"
lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
<application>GCC</application>-3.4.x</para>
<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
<para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para>
<para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para>
<para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
would eliminate this switch.</para>
<para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
would eliminate this switch.</para>
</sect2>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>a2ps</application></title>
<sect2 role="configuration">
<title>Configuring a2ps</title>
<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<sect3 id="a2ps-config">
<title>Config Files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>,
<filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>
<para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>,
<filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>
</sect3>
<indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
<primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
<indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
<primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps-site.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application> can be
found in the comments contained in the above files, and also by
running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
</sect3>
</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect3>
<title>Configuration Information</title>
<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application>
can be found in the comments contained in the above files, and also
by running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
<para>The <application>a2ps</application> package
contains <command>a2ps</command>, <command>card</command>,
<command>composeglyphs</command>, <command>fixnt</command>,
<command>fixps</command>, <command>ogonkify</command>,
<command>pdiff</command>, <command>psmandup</command>,
<command>psset</command>, <command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command>,
<filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> libraries
and filter data.</para>
</sect2>
</sect3>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
</sect2>
<sect3><title>a2ps</title>
<para><command>a2ps</command> is a filter, utilized primarily by
printing scripts, that converts standard input or supported files
to PostScript.</para></sect3>
<sect2 role="content">
<title>Contents</title>
<sect3><title>card</title>
<para><command>card</command> prints a reference card of a given program's
options.</para></sect3>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
<sect3><title>composeglyphs</title>
<para><command>composeglyphs</command> creates a composite font
program.</para></sect3>
<seglistitem>
<seg>a2ps, card, composeglyphs, fixnt, fixps, ogonkify,
pdiff, psmandup, psset, and texi2dvi4a2ps</seg>
<seg>liba2ps.[so,a] and filter data</seg>
<seg>Not determined at this time</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<sect3><title>fixnt</title>
<para><command>fixnt</command> is supposed to fix the problems in
the PostScript files generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under
Windows NT (3.5 and 4.0).</para></sect3>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<sect3><title>fixps</title>
<para><command>fixps</command> tries to fix common PostScript problems that
break postprocessing.</para></sect3>
<varlistentry id="a2ps-prog">
<term><command>a2ps</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is a filter, utilized primarily by printing scripts,
that converts standard input or supported files to PostScript.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-prog">
<primary sortas="b-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<sect3><title>ogonkify</title>
<para><command>ogonkify</command> provides international support for
Postscript by performing various munging of PostScript files
related to printing in different languages.</para></sect3>
<varlistentry id="card">
<term><command>card</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>prints a reference card of a given program's options.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps card">
<primary sortas="b-card">card</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<sect3><title>pdiff</title>
<para><command>pdiff</command> produces a pretty comparison between
files.</para></sect3>
<varlistentry id="composeglyphs">
<term><command>composeglyphs</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>creates a composite font program.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps composeglyphs">
<primary sortas="b-composeglyphs">composeglyphs</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<sect3><title>psmandup</title>
<para><command>psmandup</command> tries to produce a version of a given
PostScript file to print in manual duplex.</para></sect3>
<varlistentry id="fixnt">
<term><command>fixnt</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>is supposed to fix the problems in the PostScript files
generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under Windows NT
(3.5 and 4.0).</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps fixnt">
<primary sortas="b-fixnt">fixnt</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<sect3><title>psset</title>
<para><command>psset</command> produces a version of a given PostScript file
with a protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'. Typical use
is making a file print duplex, or on the manual tray, etc.</para></sect3>
<varlistentry id="fixps">
<term><command>fixps</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>tries to fix common PostScript problems that break
postprocessing.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps fixps">
<primary sortas="b-fixps"></primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<sect3><title>texi2dvi4a2ps</title>
<para><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command> compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to
<acronym>DVI</acronym> or <acronym>PDF</acronym></para></sect3>
<varlistentry id="ogonkify">
<term><command>ogonkify</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>provides international support for Postscript by performing
various munging of PostScript files related to printing in different
languages.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps ogonkify">
<primary sortas="b-ogonkify">ogonkify</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</sect2>
<varlistentry id="pdiff">
<term><command>pdiff</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>produces a pretty comparison between files.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps pdiff">
<primary sortas="b-pdiff">pdiff</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="psmandup">
<term><command>psmandup</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>tries to produce a version of a given PostScript file to
print in manual duplex.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps psmandup">
<primary sortas="b-psmandup">psmandup</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="psset">
<term><command>psset</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>produces a version of a given PostScript file with a
protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'.
Typical use is making a file print duplex, or on the manual
tray, etc.</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps psset">
<primary sortas="b-psset">psset</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="texi2dvi4a2ps">
<term><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF</para>
<indexterm zone="a2ps texi2dvi4a2ps">
<primary sortas="b-texi2dvi4a2ps">texi2dvi4a2ps</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>