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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY psutils-download-http "http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/psutils/psutils-p17.tar.gz/&psutils-md5sum;/psutils-&psutils-version;.tar.gz">
8 <!ENTITY psutils-download-ftp " ">
9<!-- <!ENTITY psutils-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.knackered.org/pub/psutils/psutils-&psutils-version;.tar.gz">-->
10 <!ENTITY psutils-md5sum "b161522f3bd1507655326afa7db4a0ad">
11 <!ENTITY psutils-size "68 KB">
12 <!ENTITY psutils-buildsize "740 KB">
13 <!ENTITY psutils-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
14]>
15
16<sect1 id="psutils" xreflabel="PSUtils-&psutils-version;">
17 <?dbhtml filename="psutils.html"?>
18
19
20 <title>PSUtils-&psutils-version;</title>
21
22 <indexterm zone="psutils">
23 <primary sortas="a-PSUtils">PSUtils</primary>
24 </indexterm>
25
26 <sect2 role="package">
27 <title>Introduction to PSUtils</title>
28
29 <para>
30 <application>PSUtils</application> is a set of utilities to manipulate
31 PostScript files.
32 </para>
33
34 &lfs91_checked;
35
36 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
37 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
38 <listitem>
39 <para>
40 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&psutils-download-http;"/>
41 </para>
42 </listitem>
43 <listitem>
44 <para>
45 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&psutils-download-ftp;"/>
46 </para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>
50 Download MD5 sum: &psutils-md5sum;
51 </para>
52 </listitem>
53 <listitem>
54 <para>
55 Download size: &psutils-size;
56 </para>
57 </listitem>
58 <listitem>
59 <para>
60 Estimated disk space required: &psutils-buildsize;
61 </para>
62 </listitem>
63 <listitem>
64 <para>
65 Estimated build time: &psutils-time;
66 </para>
67 </listitem>
68 </itemizedlist>
69
70 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
71 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/psutils"/></para>
72
73 </sect2>
74
75 <sect2 role="installation">
76 <title>Installation of PSUtils</title>
77
78 <para>
79 Install <application>PSUtils</application> by running the
80 following commands:
81 </para>
82
83<screen><userinput>sed 's@/usr/local@/usr@g' Makefile.unix &gt; Makefile &amp;&amp;
84make</userinput></screen>
85
86 <para>
87 This package does not come with a test suite.
88 </para>
89
90 <para>
91 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
92 </para>
93
94<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
95
96 </sect2>
97
98 <sect2 role="commands">
99 <title>Command Explanations</title>
100
101 <para>
102 <command>sed 's@/usr/local@/usr@g' Makefile.unix &gt; Makefile</command>:
103 This command creates a <filename>Makefile</filename> that installs the
104 program to the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> prefix instead
105 of the <filename class="directory">/usr/local</filename> prefix.
106 </para>
107
108 </sect2>
109
110 <sect2 role="content">
111 <title>Contents</title>
112
113 <segmentedlist>
114 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
115 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
116 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
117
118 <seglistitem>
119 <seg>epsffit, extractres, fixdlsrps, fixfmps, fixmacps, fixpsditps,
120 fixpspps, fixscribeps, fixtpps, fixwfwps, fixwpps, fixwwps, getafm,
121 includeres, psbook, psmerge, psnup, psresize, psselect, pstops,
122 and showchar</seg>
123 <seg>None</seg>
124 <seg>/usr/share/psutils</seg>
125 </seglistitem>
126 </segmentedlist>
127
128 <para>
129 Sometimes <command>psnup</command> and other utilities from this
130 package produce PostScript files that don't conform to Adobe's DSC
131 standard. <application>CUPS</application> may print them incorrectly.
132 On the other hand, <application>CUPS</application> has builtin
133 replacements for most commands from this package. For example, to print
134 a document 2-up, you can issue this command:
135 </para>
136
137<screen><userinput>lp -o number-up=2 <replaceable>&lt;filename&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
138
139 <variablelist>
140 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
141 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
142 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
143
144 <varlistentry id="epsffit">
145 <term><command>epsffit</command></term>
146 <listitem>
147 <para>
148 fits an EPSF file to a given bounding box.
149 </para>
150 <indexterm zone="psutils epsffit">
151 <primary sortas="b-epsffit">epsffit</primary>
152 </indexterm>
153 </listitem>
154 </varlistentry>
155
156 <varlistentry id="extractres">
157 <term><command>extractres</command></term>
158 <listitem>
159 <para>
160 is a filter to extract resources from a PostScript document.
161 </para>
162 <indexterm zone="psutils extractres">
163 <primary sortas="b-extractres">extractres</primary>
164 </indexterm>
165 </listitem>
166 </varlistentry>
167
168 <varlistentry id="fixprogs">
169 <term><command>fix*</command></term>
170 <listitem>
171 <para>
172 are filters of different kinds of documents to work with PSUtils.
173 </para>
174 <indexterm zone="psutils fixprogs">
175 <primary sortas="b-fixprogs">fix*</primary>
176 </indexterm>
177 </listitem>
178 </varlistentry>
179
180 <varlistentry id="getafm">
181 <term><command>getafm</command></term>
182 <listitem>
183 <para>
184 create an AFM file for a PostScript font.
185 </para>
186 <indexterm zone="psutils getafm">
187 <primary sortas="b-getafm">getafm</primary>
188 </indexterm>
189 </listitem>
190 </varlistentry>
191
192 <varlistentry id="includeres">
193 <term><command>includeres</command></term>
194 <listitem>
195 <para>
196 is a filter to include resources in a PostScript document.
197 </para>
198 <indexterm zone="psutils includeres">
199 <primary sortas="b-includeres">includeres</primary>
200 </indexterm>
201 </listitem>
202 </varlistentry>
203
204 <varlistentry id="psbook">
205 <term><command>psbook</command></term>
206 <listitem>
207 <para>
208 rearranges pages into signatures.
209 </para>
210 <indexterm zone="psutils psbook">
211 <primary sortas="b-psbook">psbook</primary>
212 </indexterm>
213 </listitem>
214 </varlistentry>
215
216 <varlistentry id="psmerge">
217 <term><command>psmerge</command></term>
218 <listitem>
219 <para>
220 is a filter to merge several PostScript files into one.
221 </para>
222 <indexterm zone="psutils psmerge">
223 <primary sortas="b-psmerge">psmerge</primary>
224 </indexterm>
225 </listitem>
226 </varlistentry>
227
228 <varlistentry id="psnup">
229 <term><command>psnup</command></term>
230 <listitem>
231 <para>
232 puts multiple pages per physical sheet of paper.
233 </para>
234 <indexterm zone="psutils psnup">
235 <primary sortas="b-psnup">psnup</primary>
236 </indexterm>
237 </listitem>
238 </varlistentry>
239
240 <varlistentry id="psresize">
241 <term><command>psresize</command></term>
242 <listitem>
243 <para>
244 alters the document paper size.
245 </para>
246 <indexterm zone="psutils psresize">
247 <primary sortas="b-psresize">psresize</primary>
248 </indexterm>
249 </listitem>
250 </varlistentry>
251
252 <varlistentry id="psselect">
253 <term><command>psselect</command></term>
254 <listitem>
255 <para>
256 selects pages and page ranges.
257 </para>
258 <indexterm zone="psutils psselect">
259 <primary sortas="b-psselect">psselect</primary>
260 </indexterm>
261 </listitem>
262 </varlistentry>
263
264 <varlistentry id="pstops">
265 <term><command>pstops</command></term>
266 <listitem>
267 <para>
268 performs general page rearrangements and selection.
269 </para>
270 <indexterm zone="psutils pstops">
271 <primary sortas="b-pstops">pstops</primary>
272 </indexterm>
273 </listitem>
274 </varlistentry>
275
276 <varlistentry id="showchar">
277 <term><command>showchar</command></term>
278 <listitem>
279 <para>
280 outputs PostScript to draw a character with metric info.
281 </para>
282 <indexterm zone="psutils showchar">
283 <primary sortas="b-showchar">showchar</primary>
284 </indexterm>
285 </listitem>
286 </varlistentry>
287
288 </variablelist>
289
290 </sect2>
291
292</sect1>
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