Beyond Linux From Scratch - Version 6.0

Chapter 45. PostScript

Enscript-1.6.4

Introduction to Enscript

Enscript converts ASCII text files to PostScript, HTML, RTF, ANSI and overstrikes.

Package information

Installation of Enscript

Install Enscript by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc/enscript \
    --localstatedir=/var --with-media=Letter &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--sysconfdir=/etc/enscript: This switch puts configuration data in /etc/enscript instead of /usr/etc.

--localstatedir=/var: This switch sets the directory for runtime data to /var instead of /usr/var.

--with-media=Letter: This switch sets the medium format to letter.

Contents

The Enscript package contains diffpp, enscript, mkafmmap, over, sliceprint, states and filter data.

Description

diffpp

diffpp converts diff output files to a format suitable to be printed with enscript.

enscript

enscript is a filter, used primarily by printing scripts, that converts ASCII text files to PostScript, HTML, RTF, ANSI and overstrikes.

mkafmmap

mkafmmap creates a font map from a given file.

over

over is a script which calls enscript and passes the correct parameters to create overstriked fonts.

sliceprint

sliceprint slices documents with long lines.

states

states is an awk-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.

Last updated on 2005-02-15 21:09:14 -0700