%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar a2ps a2ps a2ps is a filter utilized mainly in the background and primarily by printing scripts to convert almost every input format into PostScript output. The application's name expands appropriately to "all to PostScript". Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum; Download size: &a2ps-size; Estimated disk space required: &a2ps-buildsize; Estimated build time: &a2ps-time; Additional Downloads International fonts: a2ps Dependencies Optional X ( or ), , , or , libpaper, Adobe Reader and Ghostview Install a2ps by running the following commands: sed -i "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in && sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh && sed -i "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure && sed -i "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" \ lib/path-concat.c && ./configure --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \ --enable-shared --with-medium=letter && make To test the results, issue: make check. The printers.tst test will fail, as there is no default test printer. Now, as the root user: make install Install the downloaded i18n-fonts by running the following commands as the root user: cp -v fonts/* /usr/share/a2ps/fonts && cp -v afm/* /usr/share/a2ps/afm && cd /usr/share/a2ps/afm && ./make_fonts_map.sh && mv fonts.map.new fonts.map sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in: This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the Emacs script files. If you have substituted Emacs for Vi as your primary editor, skip this step. sed -i 's/+0 -1/-k 1,2/' afm/make_fonts_map.sh: The make_fonts_map.sh script to uses an option that is invalid with the version of sort installed as part of Coreutils-5.93. If you are using an older version of Coreutils, skip this step. sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure: This command modifies the configure script to search for Ghostscript fonts at the location where they were installed by the BLFS instructions. sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* & */|" lib/path-concat.c: This command fixes a build problem with GCC-3.4.x --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps: Configuration data is installed in /etc/a2ps instead of /usr/etc. --enable-shared: This switch enables building the dynamic liba2ps library. --with-medium=letter: This switch changes the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4 would eliminate this switch. /etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg, /etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg /etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg /etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg Information about configuring a2ps can be found in the comments contained in the above files, and also by running info a2ps. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories a2ps, card, composeglyphs, fixnt, fixps, ogonkify, pdiff, psmandup, psset, and texi2dvi4a2ps liba2ps.[so,a] and filter data /etc/a2ps and /usr/share/a2ps Short Descriptions a2ps is a filter, utilized primarily by printing scripts, that converts standard input or supported files to PostScript. a2ps card prints a reference card of a given program's options. card composeglyphs creates a composite font program. composeglyphs fixnt is supposed to fix the problems in the PostScript files generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under Windows NT (3.5 and 4.0). fixnt fixps tries to fix common PostScript problems that break postprocessing. fixps ogonkify provides international support for Postscript by performing various munging of PostScript files related to printing in different languages. ogonkify pdiff produces a pretty comparison between files. pdiff psmandup tries to produce a version of a given PostScript file to print in manual duplex. psmandup psset produces a version of a given PostScript file with a protected call to the PostScript operator 'setpagedevice'. Typical use is making a file print duplex, or on the manual tray, etc. psset texi2dvi4a2ps compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to DVI or PDF texi2dvi4a2ps