Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 12.3

Chapter 50. PostScript

Enscript-1.6.6

Introduction to Enscript

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.3 platform.

[Caution]

Caution

Enscript cannot convert UTF-8 encoded text to PostScript. The issue is discussed in detail in the Needed Encoding Not a Valid Option section of the Locale Related Issues page. The solution is to use paps-0.8.0, instead of Enscript, for converting UTF-8 encoded text to PostScript.

Package Information

Enscript Dependencies

Optional

texlive-20240312 (or install-tl-unx)

Installation of Enscript

Install Enscript by running the following commands: 

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

pushd docs &&
  makeinfo --plaintext -o enscript.txt enscript.texi &&
popd

If you have texlive-20240312 installed, you can create Postscript and PDF documentation by issuing (does not support parallel make): 

make -j1 -C docs ps pdf

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&

install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/enscript-1.6.6 &&
install -v -m644    README* *.txt docs/*.txt \
                    /usr/share/doc/enscript-1.6.6

If you built Postscript and PDF documentation, install it using the following command as the root user: 

install -v -m644 docs/*.{dvi,pdf,ps} \
                 /usr/share/doc/enscript-1.6.6

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 size instead of the A4 default.

Contents

Installed Programs: diffpp, enscript, mkafmmap, over, sliceprint, and states
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /etc/enscript, /usr/share/doc/enscript-1.6.6, and /usr/share/enscript

Short Descriptions

diffpp

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

enscript

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

mkafmmap

creates a font map from a given file

over

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

sliceprint

slices documents with long lines

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