source: pst/ps/enscript.xml@ 518538f

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

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

<para><application>Enscript</application> converts <acronym>ASCII</acronym> 
text files to PostScript, <acronym>HTML</acronym>, <acronym>RTF</acronym>, 
<acronym>ANSI</acronym> and overstrikes.</para>

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of Enscript</title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/enscript \
    --localstatedir=/var --with-media=Letter &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

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

<para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/enscript</parameter>: This switch puts 
configuration data in <filename class="directory">/etc/enscript</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/etc</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--localstatedir=/var</parameter>: This switch sets the 
directory for runtime data to <filename class="directory">/var</filename> 
instead of <filename class="directory">/usr/var</filename>.</para>

<para><parameter>--with-media=Letter</parameter>: This switch sets the
medium format to letter.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Enscript</application> package contains 
<command>diffpp</command>, 
<command>enscript</command>, 
<command>mkafmmap</command>, 
<command>over</command>, 
<command>sliceprint</command>, 
<command>states</command> and filter data.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>diffpp</title>
<para><command>diffpp</command> converts <command>diff</command> output files 
to a format suitable to be printed with <command>enscript</command>.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>enscript</title>
<para><command>enscript</command> is a filter, used primarily by printing 
scripts, that converts <acronym>ASCII</acronym> text files to PostScript, 
<acronym>HTML</acronym>, <acronym>RTF</acronym>, <acronym>ANSI</acronym> and 
overstrikes.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>mkafmmap</title>
<para><command>mkafmmap</command> creates a font map from a given file.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>over</title>
<para><command>over</command> is a script which calls 
<command>enscript</command> and passes the correct parameters to create
overstriked fonts.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>sliceprint</title>
<para><command>sliceprint</command> slices documents with long lines.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>states</title>
<para><command>states</command> is an <command>awk</command>-like text 
processing tool with some state machine extensions. It is designed for program 
source code highlighting and for similar tasks where state information helps 
input processing.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

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