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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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| 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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| 419 | </sect1>
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