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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[959f944] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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[b3811e1] | 6 |
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[959f944] | 7 | <!ENTITY a2ps-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
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[b3811e1] | 9 | <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum "0c8e0c31b08c14f7a7198ce967eb3281">
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[959f944] | 10 | <!ENTITY a2ps-size "1.9 MB">
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[deddaa7] | 11 | <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "20.7 MB">
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[b3811e1] | 12 | <!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.26 SBU">
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[959f944] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[5fd03d2] | 15 | <sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
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[db35990d] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="a2ps">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to a2ps</title>
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| 31 |
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[bfb7882] | 32 | <para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilized mainly
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[db35990d] | 33 | in the background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
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| 34 | every input format into PostScript output. The application's name
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| 35 | expands appropriately to "all to PostScript".</para>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 38 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 39 | <listitem>
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| 40 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para>
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| 41 | </listitem>
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| 42 | <listitem>
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| 43 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 44 | </listitem>
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| 45 | <listitem>
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| 46 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 | <listitem>
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| 49 | <para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para>
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| 50 | </listitem>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &a2ps-buildsize;</para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>Estimated build time: &a2ps-time;</para>
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| 56 | </listitem>
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| 57 | </itemizedlist>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 60 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>International fonts: <ulink
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| 63 | url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/></para>
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| 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | </itemizedlist>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">a2ps Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 70 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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| 71 | <xref linkend="psutils"/>,
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| 72 | <xref linkend="tex"/>,
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| 73 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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| 74 | <ulink
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| 75 | url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>,
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| 76 | <ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe
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| 77 | Reader</ulink> and
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| 78 | <ulink
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| 79 | url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink></para>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | </sect2>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 84 | <title>Installation of a2ps</title>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
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| 87 | commands:</para>
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| 88 |
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[deddaa7] | 89 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
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| 90 | sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
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| 91 | sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" \
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[1eee454] | 92 | lib/path-concat.c &&
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[959f944] | 93 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 94 | --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
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[1eee454] | 95 | --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &&
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[deddaa7] | 96 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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[df80d76] | 99 | The <filename>printers.tst</filename> test will fail, as there is no default
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[470d3786] | 100 | test printer.</para>
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[deddaa7] | 101 |
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| 102 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | <para>Install the downloaded i18n-fonts by running the following
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[470d3786] | 107 | commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[deddaa7] | 108 |
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| 109 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cp -v fonts/* /usr/share/a2ps/fonts &&
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| 110 | cp -v afm/* /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
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| 111 | cd /usr/share/a2ps/afm &&
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| 112 | ./make_fonts_map.sh &&
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| 113 | mv fonts.map.new fonts.map</userinput></screen>
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[959f944] | 114 |
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[db35990d] | 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 118 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[959f944] | 119 |
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[db35990d] | 120 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
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| 121 | This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
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| 122 | <application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
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| 123 | <application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
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| 124 | primary editor, skip this step.</para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
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| 127 | This command modifies the configure script to search for
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| 128 | <application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they were
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| 129 | installed by the BLFS instructions.</para>
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| 130 |
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| 131 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|"
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| 132 | lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
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| 133 | <application>GCC</application>-3.4.x</para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
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| 136 | is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
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| 137 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
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| 140 | the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
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| 143 | the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
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| 144 | would eliminate this switch.</para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | </sect2>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 149 | <title>Configuring a2ps</title>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <sect3 id="a2ps-config">
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| 152 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 153 |
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| 154 | <para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>,
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| 155 | <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
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| 158 | <primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</primary>
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| 159 | </indexterm>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-config">
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| 162 | <primary sortas="e-etc-a2ps-a2ps-site.cfg">/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</primary>
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| 163 | </indexterm>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | </sect3>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <sect3>
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| 168 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application>
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| 171 | can be found in the comments contained in the above files, and also
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| 172 | by running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | </sect3>
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| 175 |
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| 176 | </sect2>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 179 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <segmentedlist>
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| 182 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 183 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 184 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 185 |
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| 186 | <seglistitem>
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| 187 | <seg>a2ps, card, composeglyphs, fixnt, fixps, ogonkify,
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| 188 | pdiff, psmandup, psset, and texi2dvi4a2ps</seg>
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| 189 | <seg>liba2ps.[so,a] and filter data</seg>
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[df80d76] | 190 | <seg>/etc/a2ps and /usr/share/a2ps</seg>
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[db35990d] | 191 | </seglistitem>
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| 192 | </segmentedlist>
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| 193 |
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| 194 | <variablelist>
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| 195 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 196 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 197 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="a2ps-prog">
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| 200 | <term><command>a2ps</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>is a filter, utilized primarily by printing scripts,
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| 203 | that converts standard input or supported files to PostScript.</para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="a2ps a2ps-prog">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-a2ps">a2ps</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm>
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| 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <varlistentry id="card">
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| 211 | <term><command>card</command></term>
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| 212 | <listitem>
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| 213 | <para>prints a reference card of a given program's options.</para>
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| 214 | <indexterm zone="a2ps card">
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| 215 | <primary sortas="b-card">card</primary>
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| 216 | </indexterm>
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| 217 | </listitem>
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| 218 | </varlistentry>
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| 219 |
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| 220 | <varlistentry id="composeglyphs">
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| 221 | <term><command>composeglyphs</command></term>
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| 222 | <listitem>
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| 223 | <para>creates a composite font program.</para>
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="a2ps composeglyphs">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="b-composeglyphs">composeglyphs</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 | </varlistentry>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="fixnt">
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| 231 | <term><command>fixnt</command></term>
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>is supposed to fix the problems in the PostScript files
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| 234 | generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under Windows NT
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| 235 | (3.5 and 4.0).</para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="a2ps fixnt">
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| 237 | <primary sortas="b-fixnt">fixnt</primary>
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| 238 | </indexterm>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="fixps">
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| 243 | <term><command>fixps</command></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>tries to fix common PostScript problems that break
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| 246 | postprocessing.</para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="a2ps fixps">
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[56ab82c] | 248 | <primary sortas="b-fixps">fixps</primary>
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[db35990d] | 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="ogonkify">
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| 254 | <term><command>ogonkify</command></term>
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| 255 | <listitem>
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| 256 | <para>provides international support for Postscript by performing
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| 257 | various munging of PostScript files related to printing in different
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| 258 | languages.</para>
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="a2ps ogonkify">
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| 260 | <primary sortas="b-ogonkify">ogonkify</primary>
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| 261 | </indexterm>
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| 262 | </listitem>
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| 263 | </varlistentry>
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| 264 |
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| 265 | <varlistentry id="pdiff">
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| 266 | <term><command>pdiff</command></term>
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| 267 | <listitem>
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| 268 | <para>produces a pretty comparison between files.</para>
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| 269 | <indexterm zone="a2ps pdiff">
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| 270 | <primary sortas="b-pdiff">pdiff</primary>
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| 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <varlistentry id="psmandup">
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| 276 | <term><command>psmandup</command></term>
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| 277 | <listitem>
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| 278 | <para>tries to produce a version of a given PostScript file to
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| 279 | print in manual duplex.</para>
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| 280 | <indexterm zone="a2ps psmandup">
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| 281 | <primary sortas="b-psmandup">psmandup</primary>
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| 282 | </indexterm>
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| 283 | </listitem>
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| 284 | </varlistentry>
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| 285 |
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| 286 | <varlistentry id="psset">
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| 287 | <term><command>psset</command></term>
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| 288 | <listitem>
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| 289 | <para>produces a version of a given PostScript file with a
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| 290 | protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'.
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| 291 | Typical use is making a file print duplex, or on the manual
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| 292 | tray, etc.</para>
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| 293 | <indexterm zone="a2ps psset">
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| 294 | <primary sortas="b-psset">psset</primary>
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| 295 | </indexterm>
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| 296 | </listitem>
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| 297 | </varlistentry>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <varlistentry id="texi2dvi4a2ps">
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| 300 | <term><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command></term>
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| 301 | <listitem>
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| 302 | <para>compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF</para>
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| 303 | <indexterm zone="a2ps texi2dvi4a2ps">
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| 304 | <primary sortas="b-texi2dvi4a2ps">texi2dvi4a2ps</primary>
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| 305 | </indexterm>
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| 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | </variablelist>
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| 310 |
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| 311 | </sect2>
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[5fd03d2] | 312 |
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| 313 | </sect1>
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