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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY a2ps-download-http "&gnu-http;/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp "&gnu-ftp;/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum "781ac3d9b213fa3e1ed0d79f986dc8c7">
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10 | <!ENTITY a2ps-size "2.6 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "22 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.3 SBU">
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13 |
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14 | <!ENTITY i18n-fonts-version "0.1">
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15 | ]>
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16 |
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17 | <sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1info>
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21 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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22 | <date>$Date$</date>
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23 | </sect1info>
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24 |
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25 | <title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
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26 |
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27 | <indexterm zone="a2ps">
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28 | <primary sortas="a-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
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29 | </indexterm>
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30 |
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31 | <sect2 role="package">
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32 | <title>Introduction to a2ps</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>
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35 | <application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilized mainly
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36 | in the background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
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37 | every input format into PostScript output. The application's name
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38 | expands appropriately to <quote>all to PostScript</quote>.
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39 | </para>
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40 |
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41 | &lfs91_checked;
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42 |
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43 | <caution>
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44 | <para>
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45 | <application>a2ps</application> cannot convert UTF-8 encoded
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46 | text to PostScript. The issue is discussed in detail in the
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47 | <xref linkend="locale-not-valid-option"/> section of the
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48 | <xref linkend="locale-issues"/> page.
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49 | The solution is to use <xref linkend="paps"/> instead of
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50 | <application>a2ps</application> for converting
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51 | UTF-8 encoded text to PostScript.
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52 | </para>
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53 | </caution>
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54 |
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55 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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56 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>
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59 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-http;"/>
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60 | </para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>
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64 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/>
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65 | </para>
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66 | </listitem>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>
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69 | Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;
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70 | </para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>
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74 | Download size: &a2ps-size;
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75 | </para>
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76 | </listitem>
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77 | <listitem>
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78 | <para>
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79 | Estimated disk space required: &a2ps-buildsize;
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80 | </para>
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81 | </listitem>
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82 | <listitem>
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83 | <para>
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84 | Estimated build time: &a2ps-time;
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85 | </para>
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86 | </listitem>
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87 | </itemizedlist>
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88 |
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89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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90 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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91 | <listitem>
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92 | <para>
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93 | International fonts: <ulink url=
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94 | "&sources-anduin-http;/i18n-fonts/i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;.tar.bz2"/>
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95 | </para>
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96 | </listitem>
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97 | </itemizedlist>
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98 |
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99 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">a2ps Dependencies</bridgehead>
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100 |
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101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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102 | <para role="recommended">
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103 | <xref linkend="psutils"/>, and
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104 | <xref linkend="cups"/>
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105 | (otherwise, <application>a2ps</application> will use the
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106 | <command>cat >/dev/lp0</command> command instead of <command>lpr</command>
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107 | for sending its output to the printer)
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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111 | <para role="optional">
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112 | <xref linkend="gs"/>,
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113 | <xref linkend="libpaper"/>,
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114 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
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115 | <xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
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116 | <ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe Reader</ulink>, and
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117 | <ulink url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
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118 | </para>
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119 |
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120 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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121 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/A2PS"/></para>
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122 |
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123 | </sect2>
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124 |
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125 | <sect2 role="installation">
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126 | <title>Installation of a2ps</title>
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127 |
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128 | <para>
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129 | Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
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130 | commands:
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131 | </para>
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132 |
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133 | <screen><userinput>autoconf &&
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134 | sed -i -e "s/GPERF --version |/& head -n 1 |/" \
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135 | -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
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136 |
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137 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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138 | --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps \
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139 | --enable-shared \
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140 | --with-medium=letter &&
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141 | make &&
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142 | touch doc/*.info</userinput></screen>
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143 |
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144 | <para>
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145 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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146 | The <filename>printers.tst</filename> test will fail, as there is no
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147 | default test printer. The <filename>styles.tst</filename> may also
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148 | fail, as the tests report some inconsistencies between the generated
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149 | postscript and the reference sets. This is caused by version number
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150 | differences between the postscript test files and those generated by
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151 | the tests — these do not affect the operation of the program
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152 | and can be ignored.
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153 | </para>
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154 |
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155 | <para>
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156 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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157 | </para>
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158 |
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159 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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160 |
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161 | <para>
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162 | If desired, install the downloaded i18n-fonts by running the following
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163 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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164 | </para>
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165 |
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166 | <screen role="root"><userinput>tar -xf ../i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;.tar.bz2 &&
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167 | cp -v i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;/fonts/* /usr/share/a2ps/fonts &&
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168 | cp -v i18n-fonts-&i18n-fonts-version;/afm/* /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
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169 | pushd /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
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170 | ./make_fonts_map.sh &&
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171 | mv fonts.map.new fonts.map &&
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172 | popd</userinput></screen>
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173 |
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174 | </sect2>
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175 |
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176 | <sect2 role="commands">
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177 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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178 |
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179 | <para>
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180 | <command>autoconf</command>: This command is used to recreate the
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181 | <command>configure</command> script. This is required because there is
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182 | an issue in the mktime test which causes the
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183 | <command>configure</command> script to hang for 60 seconds and then
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184 | report that there is no working mktime function.
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185 | </para>
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186 |
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187 | <para>
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188 | <command>sed -i "s/GPERF --version |/& head -n 1 |/" configure</command>:
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189 | This fixes a bug in the handling of the version output of
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190 | <command>gperf</command>.
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191 | </para>
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192 |
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193 | <para>
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194 | <command>sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
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195 | This command modifies the <command>configure</command> script to search
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196 | for <application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where
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197 | they were installed by the BLFS instructions.
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198 | </para>
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199 |
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200 | <para>
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201 | <parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data is
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202 | installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
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203 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.
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204 | </para>
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205 |
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206 | <para>
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207 | <parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
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208 | the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.
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209 | </para>
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210 |
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211 | <para>
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212 | <parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes the
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213 | default paper format to US letter. It can either be given here or set
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214 | in <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename> after installation. The
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215 | default is A4, but there are several other options, in particular: A4dj
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216 | or letterdj are good settings for HP Deskjet and other printers that need
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217 | wider paper-handling margins. See <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>
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218 | after installation.
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219 | </para>
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220 |
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221 | <para>
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222 | <command>touch doc/*.info</command>: This command avoids trying to
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223 | regenerate the info files. This is an older package and the current
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224 | <filename class="extension">.texi</filename> files will produce errors
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225 | preventing <command>make install</command> from working properly.
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226 | </para>
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227 |
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228 | </sect2>
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229 |
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230 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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231 | <title>Configuring a2ps</title>
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232 |
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233 | <sect3 id="a2ps-config">
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234 | <title>Config Files</title>
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235 |
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236 | <para>
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237 | <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename> and
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238 | <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename>
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239 | </para>
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240 |
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241 | <indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
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242 | <primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</primary>
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243 | </indexterm>
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244 |
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245 | <indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
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246 | <primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps-site.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</primary>
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247 | </indexterm>
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248 |
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249 | </sect3>
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250 |
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251 | <sect3>
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252 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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253 |
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254 | <para>
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255 | Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application>
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256 | can be found in the comments contained in the above files, and also
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257 | by running <command>info a2ps</command>.
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258 | </para>
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259 |
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260 | </sect3>
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261 |
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262 | </sect2>
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263 |
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264 | <sect2 role="content">
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265 | <title>Contents</title>
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266 |
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267 | <segmentedlist>
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268 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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269 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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270 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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271 |
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272 | <seglistitem>
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273 | <seg>a2ps, card, composeglyphs, fixnt, fixps, ogonkify,
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274 | pdiff, psmandup, psset, and texi2dvi4a2ps</seg>
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275 | <seg>liba2ps.{so,a} and filter data</seg>
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276 | <seg>/etc/a2ps and /usr/share/a2ps</seg>
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277 | </seglistitem>
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278 | </segmentedlist>
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279 |
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280 | <variablelist>
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281 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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282 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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283 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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284 |
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285 | <varlistentry id="a2ps-prog">
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286 | <term><command>a2ps</command></term>
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287 | <listitem>
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288 | <para>
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289 | is a filter, utilized primarily by printing scripts,
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290 | that converts standard input or supported files to PostScript.
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291 | </para>
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292 | <indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-prog">
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293 | <primary sortas="b-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
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294 | </indexterm>
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295 | </listitem>
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296 | </varlistentry>
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297 |
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298 | <varlistentry id="card">
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299 | <term><command>card</command></term>
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300 | <listitem>
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301 | <para>
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302 | prints a reference card of a given program's options.
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303 | </para>
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304 | <indexterm zone="a2ps card">
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305 | <primary sortas="b-card">card</primary>
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306 | </indexterm>
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307 | </listitem>
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308 | </varlistentry>
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309 |
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310 | <varlistentry id="composeglyphs">
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311 | <term><command>composeglyphs</command></term>
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312 | <listitem>
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313 | <para>
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314 | creates a composite font program.
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315 | </para>
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316 | <indexterm zone="a2ps composeglyphs">
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317 | <primary sortas="b-composeglyphs">composeglyphs</primary>
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318 | </indexterm>
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319 | </listitem>
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320 | </varlistentry>
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321 |
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322 | <varlistentry id="fixnt">
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323 | <term><command>fixnt</command></term>
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324 | <listitem>
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325 | <para>
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326 | is supposed to fix the problems in the PostScript files
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327 | generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under Windows NT
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328 | (3.5 and 4.0).
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329 | </para>
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330 | <indexterm zone="a2ps fixnt">
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331 | <primary sortas="b-fixnt">fixnt</primary>
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332 | </indexterm>
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333 | </listitem>
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334 | </varlistentry>
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335 |
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336 | <varlistentry id="fixps">
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337 | <term><command>fixps</command></term>
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338 | <listitem>
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339 | <para>
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340 | tries to fix common PostScript problems that break
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341 | postprocessing.
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342 | </para>
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343 | <indexterm zone="a2ps fixps">
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344 | <primary sortas="b-fixps">fixps</primary>
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345 | </indexterm>
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346 | </listitem>
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347 | </varlistentry>
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348 |
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349 | <varlistentry id="ogonkify">
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350 | <term><command>ogonkify</command></term>
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351 | <listitem>
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352 | <para>
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353 | provides international support for Postscript by performing various
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354 | munging of PostScript files related to printing in different
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355 | languages.
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356 | </para>
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357 | <indexterm zone="a2ps ogonkify">
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358 | <primary sortas="b-ogonkify">ogonkify</primary>
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359 | </indexterm>
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360 | </listitem>
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361 | </varlistentry>
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362 |
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363 | <varlistentry id="pdiff">
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364 | <term><command>pdiff</command></term>
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365 | <listitem>
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366 | <para>
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367 | produces a pretty comparison between files.
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368 | </para>
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369 | <indexterm zone="a2ps pdiff">
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370 | <primary sortas="b-pdiff">pdiff</primary>
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371 | </indexterm>
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372 | </listitem>
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373 | </varlistentry>
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374 |
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375 | <varlistentry id="psmandup">
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376 | <term><command>psmandup</command></term>
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377 | <listitem>
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378 | <para>
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379 | tries to produce a version of a given PostScript file to
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380 | print in manual duplex.
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381 | </para>
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382 | <indexterm zone="a2ps psmandup">
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383 | <primary sortas="b-psmandup">psmandup</primary>
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384 | </indexterm>
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385 | </listitem>
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386 | </varlistentry>
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387 |
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388 | <varlistentry id="psset">
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389 | <term><command>psset</command></term>
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390 | <listitem>
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391 | <para>
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392 | produces a version of a given PostScript file with a
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393 | protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'.
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394 | Typical use is making a file print duplex, or on the manual
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395 | tray, etc.
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396 | </para>
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397 | <indexterm zone="a2ps psset">
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398 | <primary sortas="b-psset">psset</primary>
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399 | </indexterm>
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400 | </listitem>
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401 | </varlistentry>
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402 |
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403 | <varlistentry id="texi2dvi4a2ps">
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404 | <term><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command></term>
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405 | <listitem>
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406 | <para>
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407 | compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF.
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408 | </para>
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409 | <indexterm zone="a2ps texi2dvi4a2ps">
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410 | <primary sortas="b-texi2dvi4a2ps">texi2dvi4a2ps</primary>
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411 | </indexterm>
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412 | </listitem>
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413 | </varlistentry>
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414 |
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415 | </variablelist>
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416 |
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417 | </sect2>
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418 |
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419 | </sect1>
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