source: pst/ps/a2ps.xml@ 86af98a

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<sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="a2ps.html"?>
<title>a2ps-&a2ps-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>a2ps</application></title>

<para><application>a2ps</application> is a filter utilitized 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".</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&a2ps-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&a2ps-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &a2ps-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &a2ps-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&a2ps-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&a2ps-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>International fonts: <ulink 
url="ftp://ftp.enst.fr/pub/unix/a2ps/i18n-fonts-0.1.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>a2ps</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), 
<xref linkend="psutils"/>, 
<xref linkend="tex"/>, 
<xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>, 
<ulink 
url="http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/libpaper">libpaper</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html">Adobe 
Reader</ulink> and 
<ulink 
url="http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostview/ghostview.html">Ghostview</ulink>
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>a2ps</application></title>

<para>Install <application>a2ps</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure &amp;&amp;
sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|" \
    lib/path-concat.c &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
    --enable-shared --with-medium=letter &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>sed -i -e "s|emacs||" contrib/Makefile.in</command>: 
This command eliminates the compiling and installing of the
<application>Emacs</application> script files. If you have substituted 
<application>Emacs</application> for <application>Vi</application> as your 
primary editor, skip this step.</para>

<para><command>sed -i -e "s|/usr/local/share|/usr/share|" configure</command>: 
This command modifies the configure script to search for
<application>Ghostscript</application> fonts at the location where they were 
installed by the <acronym>BLFS</acronym> instructions.</para>

<para><command>sed -i -e "s|char \*malloc ();|/* &amp; */|" 
lib/path-concat.c</command>: This command fixes a build problem with
<application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application>-3.4.x</para>

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
is installed in <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter>: This switch enables building 
the dynamic <filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> library.</para> 

<para><parameter>--with-medium=letter</parameter>: This switch changes
the default paper format of A4 to letter. Installations that utilize A4
would eliminate this switch.</para> 

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>a2ps</application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>

<para><filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps.cfg</filename>, 
<filename>/etc/a2ps/a2ps-site.cfg</filename></para>

</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Information about configuring <application>a2ps</application> can be 
found in the comments contained in the above files, and also by 
running <command>info a2ps</command>.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>a2ps</application> package 
contains <command>a2ps</command>, <command>card</command>, 
<command>composeglyphs</command>, <command>fixnt</command>, 
<command>fixps</command>, <command>ogonkify</command>, 
<command>pdiff</command>, <command>psmandup</command>, 
<command>psset</command>, <command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command>, 
<filename class='libraryfile'>liba2ps</filename> libraries 
and filter data.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>a2ps</title>
<para><command>a2ps</command> is a filter, utilized primarily by
printing scripts, that converts standard input or supported files 
to PostScript.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>card</title>
<para><command>card</command> prints a reference card of a given program's 
options.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>composeglyphs</title>
<para><command>composeglyphs</command> creates a composite font 
program.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>fixnt</title>
<para><command>fixnt</command> is supposed to fix the problems in 
the PostScript files generated by the Microsoft PostScript driver under 
Windows NT (3.5 and 4.0).</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>fixps</title>
<para><command>fixps</command> tries to fix common PostScript problems that 
break postprocessing.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ogonkify</title>
<para><command>ogonkify</command> provides international support for 
Postscript by performing various munging of PostScript files 
related to printing in different languages.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>pdiff</title>
<para><command>pdiff</command> produces a pretty comparison between 
files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>psmandup</title>
<para><command>psmandup</command> tries to produce a version of a given 
PostScript file to print in manual duplex.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>psset</title>
<para><command>psset</command> 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.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>texi2dvi4a2ps</title>
<para><command>texi2dvi4a2ps</command> compiles Texinfo and LaTeX files to 
<acronym>DVI</acronym> or <acronym>PDF</acronym></para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>