source: pst/ps/a2ps.xml@ 959f944

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;
 
  <!ENTITY a2ps-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY a2ps-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/a2ps/a2ps-&a2ps-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY a2ps-size          "1.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY a2ps-buildsize     "19.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY a2ps-time           "0.26 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="a2ps" xreflabel="a2ps-&a2ps-version;">
<?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 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><xref linkend="psutils"/> and
<xref linkend="gs"/> or <xref linkend="espgs"/>
</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>cd contrib &amp;&amp;
cp Makefile.in Makefile.in.orig &amp;&amp;
sed -e "s:emacs::" Makefile.in.orig > Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
cd .. &amp;&amp;
cp configure{,.orig} &amp;&amp;
sed -e 's|/usr/local/share/ghostscript|/usr/share/ghostscript|g' \
    configure.orig > configure &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps --localstatedir=/var \
    --with-medium=letter &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

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

<para><screen><command>cd contrib &amp;&amp;
cp Makefile.in Makefile.in.orig &amp;&amp;
sed -e "s:emacs::" Makefile.in.orig > Makefile.in &amp;&amp;
cd .. &amp;&amp;</command></screen>
These commands eliminate 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, you would want to skip these instructions.</para>

<para><screen><command>cp configure{,.orig} &amp;&amp;
sed -e 's|/usr/local/share/ghostscript|/usr/share/ghostscript|g' \
    configure.orig > configure</command></screen>
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><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/a2ps</parameter>: Configuration data
goes to <filename class="directory">/etc/a2ps</filename> instead of 
<filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</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> 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>

</sect2>

</sect1>