[959f944] | 1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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| 2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 |
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| 6 | <!ENTITY a2ps-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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| 7 | <!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY a2ps-size "1.9 MB">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "19.2 MB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.26 SBU">
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| 11 | ]>
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| 12 |
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[5fd03d2] | 13 | <sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
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[dd3f20f0] | 14 | <?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
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[5fd03d2] | 15 | <title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
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| 16 |
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[959f944] | 17 | <sect2>
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| 18 | <title>Introduction to <application>a2ps</application></title>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilitized mainly in the
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| 21 | background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
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| 22 | every input format into PostScript output. The application's name expands
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| 23 | appropriately to "all to PostScript".</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 26 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 27 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 28 | url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 29 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 30 | url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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| 31 | <listitem><para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para></listitem>
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| 32 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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| 33 | &a2ps-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 35 | &a2ps-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 36 | </sect3>
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>International fonts: <ulink
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| 41 | url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/>
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| 42 | </para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 43 | </sect3>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <sect3><title><application>a2ps</application> dependencies</title>
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| 46 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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| 47 | <para><xref linkend="psutils"/> and
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| 48 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>
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| 49 | </para></sect4>
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| 50 | </sect3>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | </sect2>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <sect2>
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| 55 | <title>Installation of <application>a2ps</application></title>
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| 56 |
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following commands:
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| 59 | </para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput><command>cd contrib &&
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| 62 | cp Makefile.in Makefile.in.orig &&
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| 63 | sed -e "s:emacs::" Makefile.in.orig > Makefile.in &&
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| 64 | cd .. &&
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| 65 | cp configure{,.orig} &&
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| 66 | sed -e 's|/usr/local/share/ghostscript|/usr/share/ghostscript|g' \
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| 67 | configure.orig > configure &&
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| 68 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 69 | --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
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| 70 | --with-medium=letter &&
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| 71 | make &&
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| 72 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | </sect2>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <sect2>
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| 77 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <para><screen><command>cd contrib &&
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| 80 | cp Makefile.in Makefile.in.orig &&
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| 81 | sed -e "s:emacs::" Makefile.in.orig > Makefile.in &&
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| 82 | cd .. &&</command></screen>
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| 83 | These commands eliminate the compiling and installing of the
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| 84 | <application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
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| 85 | <application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
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| 86 | primary editor, you would want to skip these instructions.</para>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <para><screen><command>cp configure{,.orig} &&
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| 89 | sed -e 's|/usr/local/share/ghostscript|/usr/share/ghostscript|g' \
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| 90 | configure.orig > configure</command></screen>
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| 91 | This command modifies the configure script to search for
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| 92 | <application>Ghostscript</application> fonts
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| 93 | at the location where they were installed by the <acronym>BLFS</acronym>
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| 94 | instructions.</para>
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| 95 |
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| 96 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
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| 97 | goes to <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
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| 98 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
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| 101 | the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
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| 102 | would eliminate this switch.</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | </sect2>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <sect2>
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| 107 | <title>Configuring <application>a2ps</application></title>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>, <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | </sect3>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application> can be
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| 118 | found in the comments contained in the above files, and also by
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| 119 | running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
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| 120 | </sect3>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | </sect2>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <sect2>
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| 125 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <para>The <application>a2ps</application> package
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| 128 | contains <command>a2ps</command> and filter data.</para>
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| 129 | </sect2>
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| 130 |
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <sect3><title>a2ps</title>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <para><command>a2ps</command> is a filter, utilized primarily by
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| 137 | printing scripts, that converts standard input or supported files
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| 138 | to PostScript.</para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | </sect3>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | </sect2>
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[5fd03d2] | 143 |
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| 144 | </sect1>
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