r.a2ps

r.a2ps - formats an ascii file for printing on a postscript printer using a2ps. It is recommended to use this binary as it provides a more consistent output as a2ps is platform dependant. DOCUMENTATION: pollux 5% r.a2ps -h Usage: r.a2ps [options] [ f1 [ [H_opt] f2 ...] ] options = -#num number of copies to print -? print this information -b -nb force (DON'T FORCE) binary printing -c -nc allow (DON'T ALLOW) two files on the same sheet -d -nd PRINT (don't print) current date at the bottom -Fnum font size, num is a float number -f -nf FOLD (don't fold) lines -Hstr use str like header title for subsequent files -nH don't print any header -h print this information -Ifile include this file as a2ps prologue -i -ni INTERPRET (don't interpret) tab, bs and ff chars -lnum use num lines per page -m process the file as a man -n -nn NUMBER (don't number) line files -Pprinter -nP SEND (don't send) directly to the printer (with options '-l' and -Pprinter) -p -np print in portrait (LANDSCAPE) mode -r -nr RESTART (don't restart) page number after each file -s -ns PRINT (don't print) surrounding borders -tnum set tab size to n -v -nv VISIBLE (blank) display of unprintable chars -w -nw wide (NARROW, 2-up if landscape) The following is from a "man" of a2ps: A2PS(1L) EP/IX Reference Manual A2PS(1L) NAME a2ps - formats an ascii file for printing on a postscript printer SYNOPSIS a2ps [ -#num ] [ -? ] [ -b ] [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -Fnum ] [ -f ] [ -Hstr ] [ -h ] [ -Ifile ] [ -i ] [ -lnum ] [ -m ] [ -n ] [ -n{bcdfHinPprsvw} ] [ -Pprinter ] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -s ] [ - tnum ] [ -v ] [ -w ] [ file1 [ [ -Hstr ] file2 ... ] DESCRIPTION a2ps formats each named file for printing in a postscript printer; if no file is given, a2ps reads from the standard input. The output is sent to lpr or to stdout. The format plied header), line numbering, etc. This is very useful for making archive listings of programs. Options offered by a2ps are the following: -? Print usage information. -#num To get multiple copies of output, where num is the number of copies desired of each file named. By default, you get only one copy. -b Force printing binary files. By default, binary files option). -c Compact mode for a sequence of files. This option allows the printing of two files in the same sheet: sheet). -d Print the current date and time at the bottom of the no surrounding border and the no header options. -Fnum Changes font size to this value. Default values for font size are 6.8 in landscape mode and 9.0 in por- trait mode. Try other sizes if you think that these values are too small (or big). -f Fold lines too large to be printed inside the borders (default option). Max line size depends on format and font size used and whether line numbering has been suppressed. A2PS(1L) EP/IX Reference Manual A2PS(1L) -Htext headers for printing subsequent files. Additional -H directives can be mixed in with the filenames. Warn- ing: multiple files printed between -H directives will all have the same heading (but will still be printed -h Print usage information. -Ifile Use the specified file as the postscript prologue for a2ps. -i Interpret TAB, BS and FF characters (default option). TAB is replaced by enough spaces to reach next tab stop while BS and FF have their meanings. This is useful for printing preformatted documents ing of the font size will be suppressed if this option is used with option -fnum. The minimum number of a number less than 40 is supplied, scaling will be turned off and a warning message is printed on the terminal. no line numbering and possible bolding and underlining sequences. The understanding of bolding and underlin- ing is there by default even if -m is not specified. -n Output lines are preceded by line numbers, numbered sequentially from 1. -nb Don't print binary files (default option). To detect such a file we make use of a very simple heuristic: if non-printing characters, it's a binary file. First -nc Don't use compact mode for a sequence of files. The beginning of each file will be printed in a new sheet. -nd Don't print the current date and time in the footer. -nf Truncate lines too large (don't fold). A2PS(1L) EP/IX Reference Manual A2PS(1L) -ni Don't interpret TAB, BS and FF characters. They will be printed according to -v option. -nn Don't number output lines (default option). -nP Send output to stdout. Default is to send output directly to the printer in landscape mode. -nr Sheet numbering (see -r option) must be continue for all files (don't reset on new file). -nv Replace non-printing characters by a space. -nw Don't use wide format (see -w option). -Pprinter Send output to the named printer. The default option is send to the default printer. sheet. The default option is to use landscape mode may not be used with the -w option. -r Reset sheet numbering for each new file (default option). Sheet numbering is used to number physical fied). -tnum Set TAB size to num (default 8). This option is ignored if -ni is specified (see below). -v Replace non-printing characters so that they are visi- ble and easy to identify (default option). Control characters (ascii codes lower than 0x20) are printed like ^X for ctrl-x; the delete character (hex 0x3f) is printed as ^?. Non ascii characters (with the high bit set) are printed as M- (for meta) followed by the character of the low 7 bits. TAB, BS and FF are han- dled like non-printing characters if -ni option was taken. A2PS(1L) EP/IX Reference Manual A2PS(1L) option may not be used with the -p option. USAGE a2ps generates postcript to its standard output. The user could redirect this output to a file, pipe it directly to a print command (like lpr), or to another filter for further processing. By default, a2ps pipes directly the output to the print command (see -P option). a2ps -nP file1 > file2 a2ps -nP -p file1 | psnup -n4 | lpr -l -Pps Don't forget -l option in lpr , if you want that lpr inter- prets your postscript program rather than merely printing it as ascii text. This filter must be used only with text files. Avoid spe- cially output from TeX, troff or any other such text for- matters. SEE ALSO tgrind(1) lpr(1) AUTHORS Evan Kirshenbaum (evan@csli) for the initial version. Miguel Santana (miguel@imag.imag.fr) for versions 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0. CONTRIBUTORS Oscar Nierstrasz (oscar@cui.uucp) Tim Clark (T.Clark@warwick.ac.uk) Henk Tullemans (tullemans@apolloway.prl.philips.nl) Johan Vromans (jv@mh.nl) Craig Stevenson (craig.r.stevenson@att.com) John Macdonald (jmm@eci386.uucp) Huub van de Wetering (wstahw@lso.win.tue.nl)