[ff769b8c] | 1 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 2 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[959f944] | 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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[b3811e1] | 5 |
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[959f944] | 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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[b3811e1] | 8 | <!ENTITY a2ps-md5sum "0c8e0c31b08c14f7a7198ce967eb3281">
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[959f944] | 9 | <!ENTITY a2ps-size "1.9 MB">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize "19.2 MB">
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[b3811e1] | 11 | <!ENTITY a2ps-time "0.26 SBU">
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[959f944] | 12 | ]>
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| 13 |
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[5fd03d2] | 14 | <sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
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[a0f03b0] | 15 | <sect1info>
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[5cd0959d] | 16 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 17 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[a0f03b0] | 18 | </sect1info>
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[dd3f20f0] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
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[5fd03d2] | 20 | <title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
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| 21 |
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[959f944] | 22 | <sect2>
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| 23 | <title>Introduction to <application>a2ps</application></title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilitized mainly in the
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| 26 | background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
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| 27 | every input format into PostScript output. The application's name expands
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| 28 | appropriately to "all to PostScript".</para>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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| 31 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 32 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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| 33 | url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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| 34 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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| 35 | url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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[b3811e1] | 36 | <listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;</para></listitem>
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[959f944] | 37 | <listitem><para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para></listitem>
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[518538f] | 38 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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[959f944] | 39 | &a2ps-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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| 40 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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| 41 | &a2ps-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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| 42 | </sect3>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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| 45 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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[b3811e1] | 46 | <listitem><para>International fonts: <ulink
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| 47 | url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
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| 48 | </itemizedlist>
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[959f944] | 49 | </sect3>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <sect3><title><application>a2ps</application> dependencies</title>
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| 52 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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[1eee454] | 53 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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[b3811e1] | 54 | <xref linkend="psutils"/>,
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| 55 | <xref linkend="tex"/>,
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[1eee454] | 56 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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| 57 | <ulink
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| 58 | url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>,
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| 59 | <ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe
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| 60 | Reader</ulink> and
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| 61 | <ulink
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| 62 | url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
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| 63 | </para>
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| 64 | </sect4>
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[959f944] | 65 | </sect3>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | </sect2>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <sect2>
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| 70 | <title>Installation of <application>a2ps</application></title>
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| 71 |
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[1eee454] | 72 | <para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
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| 73 | commands:</para>
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[959f944] | 74 |
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[1eee454] | 75 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
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| 76 | sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
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[b3811e1] | 77 | sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" \
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[1eee454] | 78 | lib/path-concat.c &&
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[959f944] | 79 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 80 | --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
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[1eee454] | 81 | --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &&
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[959f944] | 82 | make &&
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| 83 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | </sect2>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <sect2>
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| 88 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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| 89 |
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[1eee454] | 90 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
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| 91 | This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
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| 92 | <application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
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[959f944] | 93 | <application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
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[1eee454] | 94 | primary editor, skip this step.</para>
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[959f944] | 95 |
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[1eee454] | 96 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
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[959f944] | 97 | This command modifies the configure script to search for
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[1eee454] | 98 | <application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they were
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| 99 | installed by the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> instructions.</para>
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| 100 |
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[b3811e1] | 101 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|"
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| 102 | lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
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| 103 | <application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x</para>
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[959f944] | 104 |
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| 105 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
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[b3811e1] | 106 | is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
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[959f944] | 107 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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| 108 |
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[95426ad] | 109 | <para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
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| 110 | the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para>
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| 111 |
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[959f944] | 112 | <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
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| 113 | the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
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| 114 | would eliminate this switch.</para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | </sect2>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <sect2>
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| 119 | <title>Configuring <application>a2ps</application></title>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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| 122 |
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[1eee454] | 123 | <para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>,
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| 124 | <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>
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[959f944] | 125 |
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| 126 | </sect3>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application> can be
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| 131 | found in the comments contained in the above files, and also by
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| 132 | running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
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| 133 | </sect3>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | </sect2>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect2>
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| 138 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para>The <application>a2ps</application> package
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[95426ad] | 141 | contains <command>a2ps</command>, <command>card</command>,
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| 142 | <command>composeglyphs</command>, <command>fixnt</command>,
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| 143 | <command>fixps</command>, <command>ogonkify</command>,
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| 144 | <command>pdiff</command>, <command>psmandup</command>,
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| 145 | <command>psset</command>, <command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command>,
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| 146 | <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> libraries
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| 147 | and filter data.</para>
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[959f944] | 148 | </sect2>
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| 149 |
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| 150 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <sect3><title>a2ps</title>
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| 153 | <para><command>a2ps</command> is a filter, utilized primarily by
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| 154 | printing scripts, that converts standard input or supported files
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[95426ad] | 155 | to PostScript.</para></sect3>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <sect3><title>card</title>
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| 158 | <para><command>card</command> prints a reference card of a given program's
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| 159 | options.</para></sect3>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <sect3><title>composeglyphs</title>
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| 162 | <para><command>composeglyphs</command> creates a composite font
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| 163 | program.</para></sect3>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <sect3><title>fixnt</title>
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| 166 | <para><command>fixnt</command> is supposed to fix the problems in
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| 167 | the PostScript files generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under
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| 168 | Windows NT (3.5 and 4.0).</para></sect3>
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| 169 |
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| 170 | <sect3><title>fixps</title>
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| 171 | <para><command>fixps</command> tries to fix common PostScript problems that
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| 172 | break postprocessing.</para></sect3>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <sect3><title>ogonkify</title>
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| 175 | <para><command>ogonkify</command> provides international support for
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| 176 | Postscript by performing various munging of PostScript files
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| 177 | related to printing in different languages.</para></sect3>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <sect3><title>pdiff</title>
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| 180 | <para><command>pdiff</command> produces a pretty comparison between
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| 181 | files.</para></sect3>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <sect3><title>psmandup</title>
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| 184 | <para><command>psmandup</command> tries to produce a version of a given
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| 185 | PostScript file to print in manual duplex.</para></sect3>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <sect3><title>psset</title>
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| 188 | <para><command>psset</command> produces a version of a given PostScript file
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| 189 | with a protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'. Typical use
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| 190 | is making a file print duplex, or on the manual tray, etc.</para></sect3>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <sect3><title>texi2dvi4a2ps</title>
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| 193 | <para><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command> compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to
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| 194 | <acronym>DVI</acronym> or <acronym>PDF</acronym></para></sect3>
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[959f944] | 195 |
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| 196 | </sect2>
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[5fd03d2] | 197 |
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| 198 | </sect1>
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