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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13 | <sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
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14 | <sect1info>
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15 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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16 | <date>$Date$</date>
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17 | </sect1info>
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18 | <?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
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19 | <title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>
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20 |
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21 | <sect2>
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22 | <title>Introduction to <application>a2ps</application></title>
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23 |
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24 | <para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilitized mainly in the
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25 | background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost
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26 | every input format into PostScript output. The application's name expands
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27 | appropriately to "all to PostScript".</para>
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28 |
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29 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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30 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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31 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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32 | url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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34 | url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
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37 | &a2ps-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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39 | &a2ps-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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40 | </sect3>
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41 |
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42 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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44 | <listitem><para>International fonts: <ulink
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45 | url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/>
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46 | </para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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47 | </sect3>
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48 |
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49 | <sect3><title><application>a2ps</application> dependencies</title>
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50 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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51 | <para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>),
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52 | <xref linkend="psutils"/>, <xref linkend="pst-typesetting-tex"/>,
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53 | <xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>,
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54 | <ulink
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55 | url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>,
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56 | <ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe
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57 | Reader</ulink> and
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58 | <ulink
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59 | url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
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60 | </para>
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61 | </sect4>
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62 | </sect3>
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63 |
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64 | </sect2>
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65 |
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66 | <sect2>
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67 | <title>Installation of <application>a2ps</application></title>
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68 |
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69 | <para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following
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70 | commands:</para>
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71 |
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72 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &&
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73 | sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &&
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74 | sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* char *malloc (); */|" \
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75 | lib/path-concat.c &&
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76 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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77 | --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
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78 | --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &&
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79 | make &&
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80 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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81 |
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82 | </sect2>
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83 |
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84 | <sect2>
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85 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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86 |
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87 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>:
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88 | This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
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89 | <application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted
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90 | <application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your
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91 | primary editor, skip this step.</para>
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92 |
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93 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>:
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94 | This command modifies the configure script to search for
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95 | <application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they were
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96 | installed by the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> instructions.</para>
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97 |
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98 | <para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* char *malloc (); */|" \
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99 | lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
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100 | <acronym>LFS</acronym> >5.1.</para>
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101 |
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102 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
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103 | goes to <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of
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104 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>
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105 |
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106 | <para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building
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107 | the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para>
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108 |
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109 | <para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
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110 | the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
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111 | would eliminate this switch.</para>
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112 |
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113 | </sect2>
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114 |
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115 | <sect2>
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116 | <title>Configuring <application>a2ps</application></title>
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117 |
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118 | <sect3><title>Config files</title>
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119 |
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120 | <para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>,
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121 | <filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>
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122 |
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123 | </sect3>
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124 |
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125 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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126 |
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127 | <para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application> can be
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128 | found in the comments contained in the above files, and also by
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129 | running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
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130 | </sect3>
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131 |
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132 | </sect2>
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133 |
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134 | <sect2>
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135 | <title>Contents</title>
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136 |
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137 | <para>The <application>a2ps</application> package
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138 | contains <command>a2ps</command>, <command>card</command>,
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139 | <command>composeglyphs</command>, <command>fixnt</command>,
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140 | <command>fixps</command>, <command>ogonkify</command>,
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141 | <command>pdiff</command>, <command>psmandup</command>,
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142 | <command>psset</command>, <command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command>,
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143 | <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> libraries
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144 | and filter data.</para>
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145 | </sect2>
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146 |
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147 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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148 |
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149 | <sect3><title>a2ps</title>
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150 | <para><command>a2ps</command> is a filter, utilized primarily by
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151 | printing scripts, that converts standard input or supported files
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152 | to PostScript.</para></sect3>
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153 |
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154 | <sect3><title>card</title>
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155 | <para><command>card</command> prints a reference card of a given program's
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156 | options.</para></sect3>
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157 |
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158 | <sect3><title>composeglyphs</title>
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159 | <para><command>composeglyphs</command> creates a composite font
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160 | program.</para></sect3>
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161 |
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162 | <sect3><title>fixnt</title>
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163 | <para><command>fixnt</command> is supposed to fix the problems in
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164 | the PostScript files generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under
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165 | Windows NT (3.5 and 4.0).</para></sect3>
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166 |
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167 | <sect3><title>fixps</title>
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168 | <para><command>fixps</command> tries to fix common PostScript problems that
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169 | break postprocessing.</para></sect3>
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170 |
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171 | <sect3><title>ogonkify</title>
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172 | <para><command>ogonkify</command> provides international support for
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173 | Postscript by performing various munging of PostScript files
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174 | related to printing in different languages.</para></sect3>
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175 |
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176 | <sect3><title>pdiff</title>
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177 | <para><command>pdiff</command> produces a pretty comparison between
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178 | files.</para></sect3>
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179 |
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180 | <sect3><title>psmandup</title>
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181 | <para><command>psmandup</command> tries to produce a version of a given
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182 | PostScript file to print in manual duplex.</para></sect3>
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183 |
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184 | <sect3><title>psset</title>
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185 | <para><command>psset</command> produces a version of a given PostScript file
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186 | with a protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'. Typical use
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187 | is making a file print duplex, or on the manual tray, etc.</para></sect3>
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188 |
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189 | <sect3><title>texi2dvi4a2ps</title>
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190 | <para><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command> compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to
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191 | <acronym>DVI</acronym> or <acronym>PDF</acronym></para></sect3>
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192 |
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193 | </sect2>
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194 |
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195 | </sect1>
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