This is a2x's README.
A2x converts ascii to ps and different formats using GhostScript.
Its heart is a2x.ps, a PostScript program, which does most of the work.
You may choose upon paper formats, orientations, fonts, their sizes,
number of columns; you may print only odd/even pages, or just count the
number of pages, the output would have; you may print the page's number,
the file's name and current date on top of each page; it handles tabs
and backspaces, supports different character sets and more...
Please, read the manual page (nroff -man a2x.1 | less).
It describes how to install and use a2x in detail.
I hope, this for you.
Christoph
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Note: This is NOT an official release! This is a pre 1.0.
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Changes:
0.1 --> 0.2 (08/23/94) ------------------------------
* added the a2x script (it's bad, but seems to work)
* wrote a2xdoc
0.2 --> 0.3 (09/04/94) ------------------------------
* minor bug fixes
* added head=name option
0.3 --> 0.4 (09/28/94) ------------------------------
* a2x.ps now handles tabs
0.4 --> 0.9 (11/17/94) ------------------------------
* a2x.ps now handles backspaces with -bs option
* added -man option for printing manpages
* added -nx option to do x lines per page printing
* a2x.ps now runs with real PostScript printers :-)
* rewrote a2x script
* added manual page (replaces a2xdoc)
* replaced -head[=xxx] option by -title[=xxx] and -date options
0.9 --> 0.91
* fixed backspace handling:
a sequence matching x\by(\b.)* is treated as x\by now.
eg aaaa22222xxxx is treated as aa22xx
0.91 --> 0.92
* INCOMPATIBILITY CHANGE:
-num now numbers columns, rather than physical pages.
new option -pagenum acts like previous -num.
* added options -O, -E to print odd, even columns only.
* added option -R to print columns on each page in reverse order.
* new option -1up is the same as -p -c1.
* new option -2up is similar to -l -c2, except that with -2up columns are
separeted by leftmargin+rightmargin, instead of colsep.
* added options -D for Duplex, -T for Tumble printing, if your PS device
supports this (use both, -D and -T for tumble). These are untested.
0.92 --> 1.0 (10/05/96) ------------------------------
* updated man page.
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