source: general/genlib/libpaper.xml@ 2b919a2

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY libpaper-download-http "http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpaper/libpaper_&libpaper-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libpaper-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpaper/libpaper_&libpaper-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY libpaper-md5sum        "2d7239e4e7cb295aff54814f0d97992d">
  <!ENTITY libpaper-size          "361 KB">
  <!ENTITY libpaper-buildsize     "2.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY libpaper-time          "less than 0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libpaper" xreflabel="libpaper-&libpaper-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="libpaper.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>libpaper-&libpaper-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="libpaper">
    <primary sortas="a-libpaper">libpaper</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to libpaper</title>

    <para>
      This package is intended to provide a simple way for applications to take
      actions based on a system or user-specified paper size.
    </para>

    &lfs75_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libpaper-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libpaper-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &libpaper-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &libpaper-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &libpaper-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &libpaper-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
      User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/libpaper"/>
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of libpaper</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>libpaper</application> by running the following commands:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr     \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --disable-static &amp;&amp;
make
</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
mkdir -v /etc/libpaper.d
</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>

    <para><command>mkdir -v /etc/libpaper.d</command>:
    <application>libpaper</application> expects that packages will install files
    into this directory.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring libpaper</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>Create <filename>/etc/papersize</filename> to set the default
      system paper size.  Issue the following command as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to set this to
      &apos;A4&apos; (libpaper expects the lowercase form). You may wish
      to use a different size, such as letter.</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/papersize &lt;&lt; "EOF"
a4
EOF</userinput></screen>

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>
          paperconf, paperconfig
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libpaper.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/libpaper.d
        </seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="paperconf">
        <term><command>paperconf</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>print paper configuration information.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libpaper paperconf">
            <primary sortas="b-paperconf">paperconf</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="paperconfig">
        <term><command>paperconfig</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>configure the system default paper size.</para>
          <indexterm zone="libpaper paperconfig">
            <primary sortas="b-paperconfig">paperconfig</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libpaper-lib">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">libpaper.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains functions for interrogating the paper library.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="libpaper libpaper-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libpaper">libpaper.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>